Harden is an area to the north of Walsall and borders with Bloxwich, Blakenall Heath, Coalpool, Goscote and Rushall.

[1] The south of Harden was developed for further council housing in the 1940s and 1950s, when the new W.R. Wheway School was opened for children aged 11 upwards.

The Forest Estate at Harden was developed at around the same time as the Poet's Estate, on the southern opposite side of Harden Road, but more than 200 council houses were added in the 1950s and so was a new secondary modern school, which was known as Forest Comprehensive School for around 20 years until its closure 1992 due to falling pupil numbers.

The remaining pupils were transferred to Frank F. Harrison School in nearby Leamore, but the Forest buildings were retained as Hawbush Centre community facility.

This section of Harden has suffered less of the problems which affected areas like the Poet's Estate, and the emphasis on improving the housing and environment in more recent times has been on modernisation rather than demolition.