Short Heath is a small, urban residential area north of the town of Willenhall

Willenhall

Willenhall is a town in the Black Country area of the West Midlands of England, with a population of approximately 40,000. It is situated between Wolverhampton and Walsall, historically in the county of Staffordshire...

, nestled in between the urban villages of New Invention

New Invention, Walsall

New Invention is a small suburban commuter village three miles north of the town of Willenhall and four miles east of the city of Wolverhampton in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, West Midlands, although formerly South Staffordshire, England...

 and Lane Head. The area contains extensive housing developments and a small shopping area on Wood Lane.

History

The area's history consists, as is the case in much of the surrounding area, of collieries and mining