Betfred Opening Times Wednesbury
Opening times for both Betfred betting shops in Wednesbury: 2 Walsall Street in the town centre and 115b Crankhall Lane, a mile north-east. Both show whether they are open right now and how long you have before they close today.
Checking times…
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Time now in Wednesbury
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— —Last Betfred in Wednesbury closes in
— —Until you share your location, “nearest” means nearest to the town centre: Betfred, 2 Walsall Street (WS10 9BZ), inside the shopping centre.
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Betfred Wednesbury opening times at a glance
- Betfred shops in Wednesbury
- 2 branches
- With published weekly times
- Both of them
- Opening time
- 08:30 Walsall St; 09:00 Crankhall Ln
- Latest closing
- 22:00 — Walsall St, every day
- Christmas Day
- Both shops closed — required by law
2 Walsall Street in the town centre runs 08:30 to 22:00 on every day of the week, Sunday included: the longest unchanging week of any Betfred on this site. Crankhall Lane, a mile north-east, closes at 20:30 every day and opens at 09:00, half an hour later except on Saturdays.
Betfred on Walsall Street
The town-centre branch at 2 Walsall Street. The row shows today’s times, whether the shop is open now and how long until it closes, with buttons for the map pin, a route from where you are and Street View of the shopfront.
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Betfred, Walsall Street2 Walsall Street, Wednesbury WS10 9BZ
Walsall Street runs 08:30 to 22:00 on all seven days, so its row never changes: thirteen and a half hours, Monday through Sunday. The Ladbrokes at 17–18 Market Place is about eighty yards away, opens at 07:30 and closes at the same 22:00. Distances are straight-line estimates from Walsall Street. Street View opens at the shop’s position, so you may need to turn the view to face the shopfront.
Wednesbury Betfred opening times compared
The full weekly pattern for both branches in one table. Today’s column is highlighted.
Neither shop’s closing time changes across the week: 22:00 at Walsall Street and 20:30 at Crankhall Lane. The only movement anywhere in the table is Crankhall Lane opening half an hour earlier on a Saturday.
| Shop | Mon – Fri | Saturday | Sunday | Find the shop |
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| Walsall Street2 Walsall Street, WS10 9BZ | 08:30–22:00 | 08:30–22:00 | 08:30–22:00 | |
| Crankhall Lane115b Crankhall Lane, WS10 0EF | 09:00–20:30 | 08:30–20:30 | 09:00–20:30 |
Earliest and latest Betfred shops in Wednesbury
Full weekly times are published for both branches, so this section covers every shop on the page.
Open earliest
Both open at 08:00 Monday to Saturday and 09:00 on a Sunday.
Open latest
Walsall Street closes at 22:00 every day and Crankhall Lane at 20:30 every day.
After 20:30, head into town: once Crankhall Lane shuts, Walsall Street is the only Betfred open in Wednesbury, until 22:00 on every day of the week. The Ladbrokes on Market Place keeps the same 22:00 close.
Betfred Wednesbury Sunday opening times
On a Sunday Walsall Street runs 08:30 to 22:00 and Crankhall Lane 09:00 to 20:30.
| Shop | Opens | Closes | Find the shop |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walsall Street2 Walsall Street, WS10 9BZ | 08:30 | 22:00 | |
| Crankhall Lane115b Crankhall Lane, WS10 0EF | 09:00 | 20:30 |
Walsall Street is one of very few Betfreds anywhere that opens at 08:30 and runs to 22:00 on a Sunday, so it covers the early racing, the afternoon football and the late kick-offs. Crankhall Lane closes at 20:30.
Betfred Wednesbury bank holiday opening times
Betting shops in England can trade on every bank holiday bar one. Premises licences issued under the Gambling Act 2005 carry a condition that gambling facilities cannot be provided on Christmas Day, so both Wednesbury branches close on 25 December by law rather than by choice.
On the other bank holidays, Wednesbury branches usually run either their normal times for that day of the week or a slightly shorter day. Betfred’s own shop notices have stated that all its shops close at 20:00 on bank holiday Mondays, which would take two hours off Walsall Street and half an hour off Crankhall Lane. Dates in the tables below update automatically.
Easter opening times
Betting shops have been allowed to open on Good Friday since the Gambling Act 2005 came into force, and there is no Easter Sunday restriction in Great Britain. Across the Easter weekend, expect both Wednesbury branches to follow their usual pattern for that day.
| Day | Falls on | Next date | What to expect |
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| Good Friday | Friday before Easter Sunday | — | Normal weekday times |
| Easter Saturday | Saturday before Easter Sunday | — | Normal Saturday times |
| Easter Sunday | First Sunday after the first full moon on or after 21 March | — | Normal Sunday times |
| Easter Monday | Day after Easter Sunday | — | Weekday opening, possible 20:00 close |
May and August bank holidays
The early May, spring and summer bank holidays all fall on a Monday. Check the window card or the Betfred shop finder the week before; a 20:00 close would take two hours off Walsall Street and half an hour off Crankhall Lane.
| Bank holiday | Falls on | Next date | What to expect |
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| Early May bank holiday | First Monday in May | — | Weekday opening, possible 20:00 close |
| Spring bank holiday | Last Monday in May | — | Weekday opening, possible 20:00 close |
| Summer bank holiday | Last Monday in August | — | Weekday opening, possible 20:00 close |
Christmas and New Year opening times
The festive fortnight is the only stretch of the year when Wednesbury times move far from the weekly pattern. Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve normally finish early, Boxing Day — the biggest racing day of the winter — runs close to normal, and New Year’s Day starts later.
| Day | Date | Next date | Usual pattern in Wednesbury |
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| Christmas Eve | 24 December | — | Normal opening, early close around 18:00 |
| Christmas Day | 25 December | — | Closed all day, both shops |
| Boxing Day | 26 December | — | Normal opening, close around 20:00 |
| Substitute bank holiday | When 25 or 26 December falls on a weekend | — | Normal times for that day |
| New Year’s Eve | 31 December | — | Normal opening, early close around 18:00 |
| New Year’s Day | 1 January | — | Later start around 10:00, close around 20:00 |
Each Wednesbury branch sets its own festive times and usually posts them in the window from mid-December. The dates in these tables update automatically each year.
How the live opening times work
Everything live on this page reads the clock in Wednesbury (UK time), not the clock on your device, and compares it against each shop’s published times. That keeps the status right even if you are checking from abroad.
The panel at the top
The top panel covers the Walsall Street branch in the town centre. It tells you whether it is open right now and how long until it closes. Crankhall Lane has its own live row below and shuts ninety minutes earlier.
The shop rows
Open now means the shop is inside its published times and the countdown shows how long is left. Closed shows when it opens next. Counters stop taking cash bets a few minutes before closing so staff can settle slips, so if you are collecting winnings, aim to arrive ten minutes before the time shown.
Map, directions and Street View
Each row has three buttons. Map drops a pin on the shop, Directions plans a route from wherever you are, and Street View shows the street around the shop so you can spot the frontage before you set off. Tap “Use my current location” and both lists re-order themselves, and the directions button points to whichever of the two branches is closer to you.
Betfred on Crankhall Lane
The second branch is at 115b Crankhall Lane, about a mile north-east of the town centre towards Friar Park. It publishes full weekly times, so its live status is as exact as Walsall Street’s.
Betfred in Crankhall Lane 1 shop
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Betfred, Crankhall Lane115b Crankhall Lane, Wednesbury WS10 0EF
Crankhall Lane runs 09:00 to 20:30 on weekdays and Sundays and 08:30 to 20:30 on a Saturday: ninety minutes earlier than Walsall Street every day. The licensing register writes the address as 115a–115b Crankhall Lane, which is the same unit; there is no separate shop at 115a.
Betfred near Wednesbury
The register and current listings agree on Wednesbury’s two Betfreds.
Both sources list the same two shops, with onlysmall differences in how the addresses are written: the register has “1A And 1-2 Walsall Street” for the town-centre shop and “115a-115b Crankhall Lane” for the other. Darlaston, Tipton, West Bromwich and Bilston have their own betting shops under their own post towns.
Both shops are licensed by Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council, which also covers West Bromwich, Tipton, Oldbury and Smethwick. If you are heading for Friar Park, Wood Green or Darlaston rather than the town centre, use the location button above to see which Betfred is nearest.
Other bookmakers in Wednesbury
Wednesbury has just two other betting shops.
One Ladbrokes, at 17–18 Market Place in the town centre, open 07:30 to 22:00, and one Coral, at 48 King Street in Darlaston, open 08:00 to 21:30. That is the thinnest competition of any town in this batch apart from Tranent, where Betfred is the only bookmaker at all.
We are still confirming full weekly times branch by branch for the non-Betfred shops in Wednesbury, so they are not listed with live status on this page yet. Every bookmaker in the town is closed on Christmas Day by law.
About Betfred in Wednesbury
| Trading name | Betfred |
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| Licensee | Done Brothers (Cash Betting) Limited |
| Head office | Birchwood, Warrington |
| Licensing authority | Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council |
| Branches with a Wednesbury address | 2 betting shops |
| In the town centre | 1 of 2 — Walsall Street |
| With published weekly times | Both of them |
Betfred began in Salford in 1967, when brothers Fred and Peter Done opened their first betting shop, and it runs its estate from Birchwood in Warrington, about seventy miles north-west. Wednesbury has two branches, one of them open until 22:00 seven days a week.
For visitors, 2 Walsall Street is the one to know: in the middle of the town, a short walk from the Wednesbury Great Western Street and Parkway tram stops, and open 08:30 to 22:00 on every day of the week.
Frequently asked questions
- How many Betfred shops are there in Wednesbury?
- Two, both licensed by Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council: 2 Walsall Street in the town centre and 115b Crankhall Lane, about a mile north-east.
- What time does Betfred close in Wednesbury?
- Walsall Street closes at 22:00 on every day of the week, Sunday included. Crankhall Lane closes at 20:30, also every day.
- What time does Betfred open in Wednesbury?
- Walsall Street opens at 08:30 every day. Crankhall Lane opens at 09:00 on weekdays and Sundays and 08:30 on a Saturday.
- Which Betfred in Wednesbury is open latest?
- 2 Walsall Street, by ninety minutes, every day of the week. It runs 08:30 to 22:00 on all seven days.
- Is Betfred open on Christmas Day?
- No. Every betting shop in Great Britain is closed on Christmas Day. It is a condition attached to premises licences under the Gambling Act 2005, not a company decision.
- Does either Wednesbury Betfred keep the same hours all week?
- Yes, both do at the closing end. Walsall Street runs 08:30 to 22:00 on all seven days, the longest unchanging week of any Betfred on this site, and Crankhall Lane closes at 20:30 every day, varying only by opening half an hour earlier on a Saturday.
- Are Betfred shops in Wednesbury open on bank holidays?
- Yes. Good Friday, Easter Monday and the May and August bank holidays are all trading days, usually on normal or slightly shortened hours. Betfred’s own shop notices have stated that all its shops close at 20:00 on bank holiday Mondays, which would take two hours off Walsall Street and half an hour off Crankhall Lane.
- Is there a bookmaker in Wednesbury that opens earlier than Betfred?
- Yes. The Ladbrokes at 17–18 Market Place, about eighty yards from the Walsall Street Betfred, opens at 07:30 and closes at the same 22:00, so it is open an hour before the Betfred each morning.
- How do I find the nearest Betfred to me in Wednesbury?
- Tap “Use my current location”. Both lists on this page then re-order nearest-first, and the directions button at the top routes you to the closer of the two shops.