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Walsall Illuminations (West Midlands)

Description: Come see the brightest night out in the midlands at the Walsall Arboretum. The Illuminations have up to sixty thousand ... more

Walsall Illuminations (West Midlands) ... bulbs. This event is now entering it's 58th year.

Newest Review: ... trees making some of the pathways impassable. The Illuminations The Illuminations are staged each year during the month of October. The 2008 Illuminations will run from 26th September until 2nd November. Incidentally there are so many lights and features that the Parks Department begin work on the setting up during August! Further details are available at ... more

... http://www.walsall-lights.com/ The route of the illuminations is around the lake and central green in the arboretum and then up the walk to the extension where the swings are, although this area will be closed as it always is when it is dark. It takes about an hour to walk all the way r...more

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Walsall Illuminations (West Midlands): A magical night out in Walsall Arboretum! (946 words)
by - written on 23/04/08 (Very useful, 165 readings)
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I lived in Walsall for most of my life until I moved here to Llandudno in 2002 and have visited the illuminations many times both as an observer and as a worker so I thought I would tell you about the spectacle. The Walsall Arboretum Illuminations Where is it? Walsall is in the West Midlands and the Arboretum is on the A461 out of Walsall travelling towards Lichfield. What is it? For those of you who don't know an arboretum is basically a collection of trees and Walsall Arboretum originally stood on the southern boundary of the Cannock Forest! It is very hard to visualise that now with all the building that has ... Read the complete review

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