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Vehicle recovery in Walsall
Junction 9 of the M6 is the Wednesbury and Bescot exit. Bescot Stadium, where Walsall FC play, is on Bescot Crescent less than a mile from the junction, with parking for about 1,200 cars and a railway station a short walk away. Junction 10 is where the A454 comes in from Wolverhampton along the Black Country Route and heads on into Walsall. It was notorious for queues until National Highways replaced its two old bridges with four-lane ones and widened the slip roads; the work finished in March 2024. Between these junctions the M6 is smart motorway, and the hard shoulder is opened as a running lane at busy times. If the signs show it in use, it's live traffic. Use an emergency area or leave at the next junction, and if you're stranded in a running lane, stay belted in and call 999.
The town's ring road, the A4148, is about 5.3 miles long and isn't a purpose-built road. It's a chain of existing streets signed as a ring, meeting the A461, A4038, A454, A34 and A4031 along the way. Near the Arboretum, the big roundabout was replaced with traffic lights. Because the ring changes name and character so often, the most useful thing you can tell us is the nearest landmark or shop.
The Saddlers Centre has a multi-storey with 468 spaces, reached from Bridgeman Street if you've come off the M6. At Walsall Manor Hospital, the main visitor car park is Car Park B off Moat Road, and Car Park D is the closest one for the emergency department and the urgent treatment centre on Wilbraham Road. The hospital is signposted from both Junction 9 and Junction 10.
A recovered vehicle can go to a garage in Walsall, to your home, or to a dealer further afield, and the full trip is priced before dispatch.
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Walsall recovery & roadside FAQs
My car stopped on the M6 between Junctions 9 and 10. Is the hard shoulder safe?
Only when the overhead signs show it closed to traffic. At busy times it's opened as a running lane, and then it isn't a safe place to stop. If you can, carry on to an emergency area or the next junction. If you've stopped in a live lane, stay belted in with hazards on and call 999. Once you're safe, call us with the junctions and your direction.
I've come out of Walsall Manor Hospital and the car won't start.
Tell us if the car is in Car Park B off Moat Road or Car Park D near the emergency department, the make and model, and what the engine does. A jump start or a replacement battery fitted in the bay usually sorts it without the car going anywhere.
Can you pick up a car from Bescot Stadium on a match day?
Yes, though traffic round Junction 9 is slow straight after a game. Tell us where in the car park the car is, and the make and model. If it's a flat battery, a jump start in the car park is usually the answer.
Can my car go to a garage outside Walsall?
Yes. Give us the address or postcode and the quote covers the whole journey, whether it's Wolverhampton, Birmingham or much further.
Is there a charge just for you to come out?
There's one price, agreed before dispatch, based on where the car is, the vehicle, its condition and the destination. No separate callout fee and no membership.