Industrial town in West Midlands, central England, 13 km/8 mi northwest of Birmingham; population (2001) 171,000. It has a leather industry and also produces castings. Until the 1930s coal was mined here. Walsall's art gallery contains the GarmanRyan collection, over 350 paintings including works by Jacob Epstein. The writer Jerome K Jerome was born here in 1859.
Green represents the Islamic minority. Orange stands for the Hindu Tamils. The sword denotes authority. The four pipul leaves symbolize Buddhism. Effective date: 7 September 1978.