• Bilston East
• Bilston North
• Blakenhall
• Bushbury North
• Bushbury South and Low Hill
• East Park
• Ettingshall
• Fallings Park
• Graiseley
• Heath Town

• Merry Hill
• Oxley
• Park
• Penn
• St Peter's
• Spring Vale
• Tettenhall Regis
• Tettenhall Wightwick
• Wednesfield North
• Wednesfield South

Notes 

†–Partial Urban Districts added to Wolverhampton County Borough in 1966. These Urban Districts were split between Wolverhampton and other County Boroughs. Those parts within the present City of Wolverhampton local authority area are considered by the ONS to be part of the Wolverhampton Urban Sub-Area.

††–Areas within the Wolverhampton Urban Sub-Area but administered by South Staffordshire District Council.

Nearby places

Cities

Towns

Commuter villages

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Heath Town is a district of Wolverhampton which sprung up in the late 19th century, with many terraced houses being built in the shadow of factories near the main road to Lichfield. ... Lanesfield is a district now within the boundaries of Wolverhampton. ... Lower Penn is a village in South Staffordshire, situated to the south-west of Wolverhampton, West Midlands. ... Low Hill is a housing estate in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England. ... Merridale is an area of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England. ... Merry Hill is a suburb of Wolverhampton, West Midlands and a ward of Wolverhampton City Council. ... Monmore Green is an area of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England. ... Newbridge is a suburb of the city of Wolverhampton, West Midlands. ... Old Fallings is a suburb of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England. ... Oxley is a suburb of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands. ... Park Village is an inner city area of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England. ... Pendeford is a suburb of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England. ... Penn (population 12000) is a suburb of Wolverhampton, West Midlands. ... Penn Fields is an area of the city of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, situated about one mile to the south-west of the city centre within the Graiseley ward. ... Portobello is an area of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England. ... Perton is a Civil Parish in South Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England, situated to the west of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, and to the south of Codsall. ... Sedgley is a town in the West Midlands of England, but formerly in Staffordshire. ... Tettenhall is a historic part of the city of Wolverhampton, England. ... Tettenhall Wood is a suburb of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England. ... Wednesfield (population about 35,000) is a town in Wolverhampton, West Midlands. ... Whitmore Reans is a small suburb bordering on the city centre of Wolverhampton, England. ... 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Demography

Total population

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The figure given for Wolverhampton is 251,462, which also includes areas outside the borough (236,582). By this reckoning it is the 13th largest city in England.

Age and gender

Wolverhampton has a relatively old population, with the proportion of the population aged 60 and over being larger than the proportion of children aged 15 or under. The proportion of young people in the city has decreased between the 1991 Census and the 2001 Census by 7.4%, compared with an England and Wales average increase of 1.7%.

The proportion of females within the city (51%) is slightly higher than that of males (49%).

Of adults aged over 16, 31.3% were single, 43.4% were married for the first time, 7.7% divorced and 9.6% were widowed.^[24]

Ethnicity

Wolverhampton is an ethnically diverse city, with 22.2% of residents classifying themselves as non-white in the 2001 Census, with the largest non-white category being Indian at 12.3%, which compares with a West Midlands average of 6.2% and an England and Wales average of 2.1%.

Religion

Wolverhampton’s multi-cultural nature is reflected in an above–average level of non-Christian religions (13.6% of people, compared with 5.5% for England and Wales), with Sikhs accounting for 7.6% of Wolverhampton’s population, which the fourth largest Sikh community in England and Wales. Hinduism is also above the average for England and Wales (Wolverhampton 3.9%, England and Wales 1.1%), while the proportion of people following Judaism and Islam was below the average for England and Wales. The figure for Buddhism is in line with the England and Wales average.

Economic activity and qualifications

According to the 2001 Census, 62.2% of the population of the city between the ages of 16 and 75 are considered to be economically active, with 37.5% holding full time employment, 11.3% part time employment, 5.4% self-employed and 2.6% being full-time students with other employment. The rate of unemployment was 5.3%, above the national average of 3.4%.

Of those who are economically inactive, 14.4% were retired, 7.1& were looking after homes or families, whilst 5.1% were full-time students without other employment.^[25]

Degree-level quealifications (or above) were held by 13.6% of the population (compared with 19.8% in England and Wales), while 40.7% possessed no qualifications (compared with 29.1& across England and Wales).^[26]

Transport

Wolverhampton is within the top 11% of local authority areas in England and Wales (excluding London Boroughs) for public transport use for travelling to work at 16% of the total. 63% used private transport, either as a driver or passenger, 13% cycled or travelled on foot, whilst 8% worked from home.^[27]

Car ownership is lower than the average for England and Wales with 35.2% of households not owning a car, compared with 26.8% nationally. Single car ownership is in line with national averages (Wolverhampton 42.9%, England and Wales 43.8%), while the proportion of households owning more than one car is lower than the national average.^[28]

Economy

The Chubb Building, Fryer Street

The largest single employer within the city is Wolverhampton City Council.^[30] which has over 12,000 staff^[31] Other large employers within the city include: Image File history File links Size of this preview: 635 × 599 pixelsFull resolution‎ (640 × 604 pixels, file size: 152 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Photo taken from Geograph and taken by Roger Kidd File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 635 × 599 pixelsFull resolution‎ (640 × 604 pixels, file size: 152 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Photo taken from Geograph and taken by Roger Kidd File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Engineering is the discipline of acquiring and applying knowledge of design, analysis, and/or construction of works for practical purposes. ... Manufacturing (from Latin manu factura, making by hand) is the use of tools and labor to make things for use or sale. ... The tertiary sector of industry, also called the service sector or the service industry, is one of the three main industrial categories of a developed economy, the others being the secondary industry (manufacturing and primary goods production such as agriculture), and primary industry (extraction such as mining and fishing). ...

• Banking: Birmingham Midshires (which is headquartered within the city) and Portman Building Society
• Education: University of Wolverhampton and City of Wolverhampton College
• Construction: Carillion (headquarters)
• Brewing: Marston's, formerly Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries
• Aerospace: H S Marston, Smiths Aerospace and Goodrich Corporation
• Retail: Beatties
• Manufacturing: Chubb Locks
• the National Health Service

Wolverhampton is one of the major retail centres in the West Midlands Region, being placed at 5th largest in 2005, with an annual turnover of £380 million.^[32] Birmingham Midshires logo Birmingham Midshires is a commercial bank in the United Kingdom, a subsidiary of Halifax plc (part of HBOS). ... The Portman Building Society is a UK mutual building society and provides mortgages and savings accounts in the UK, as well as commercial lending. ... The University of Wolverhampton is a British university, located on four campuses across the West Midlands and Shropshire. ... The Netherlands Carillon in Arlington, Virginia, USA A carillon is a keyboard percussion instrument composed of a range of bells controlled by a keyboard. ... Marstons is the colloquial name for the brewer and pub operator Marstons PLC; some of its beer output; and the Marstons Brewery. ... Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries PLC is a UK brewer based in Wolverhampton. ... Smiths Aerospace is the largest European based aerospace equipment company with its businesses and sales revenues split between Europe and North America. ... The Goodrich Corporation (formerly the B.F. Goodrich Company) NYSE: GR, based in Charlotte is an American aerospace manufacturing company. ... Beatties is a British department store group with 12 stores across the Midlands. ... The Chubb Locks subsidiary of the Assa Abloy Group is a British manufacturer of high security locking systems for residential and commercial applications. ... NHS redirects here. ... The West Midlands is an official Region of England, covering the western half of the Midlands. ...

Many of the traditional industries in the city have closed or dramatically downsized. Famous companies once based in the city include:

• Vehicle manufacturers: AJS, Clyno, Guy Motors, Kieft Cars, Norton-Villiers, Sunbeam Car Company, Sunbeam Motorcycles
• Aerospace: Boulton Paul Aircraft
• Tyres: Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
• Paint, varnish, printing inks and property: Mander Brothers

Unemployment within the City Council area at May 2007 was 5.1%,^[33] which varied across wards, with two wards having rates of over 8% (being St Peter's and Heath Town), and three wards with rates less than 3% (Penn, Tettenhall Wightwick and Tettenhall Regis). AJS was the name used for cars and motorcycles made by the Wolverhampton, England company A. J. Stevens Ltd. ... Developing from a Motor Cycle manufacturer, the Clyno Engineering Company (1922) Ltd became the surprise success of British car manufacturing in the 1920s. ... Guy Motors badge Guy Motors was a British company from Wolverhampton that made cars, lorries and buses. ... Kieft Cars founded by Cyril Kieft was a British car company that built Formula 3 racing cars and some road going sports cars in a factory in Wolverhampton. ... Norton-Villiers was a British motorcycle manufacturer formed in the 1960s following the collapse of Associated Motorcycles. ... Sunbeam was a marque registered by John Marston Co. ... Older Sunbeam badge Another Sunbeam badge BSA Sunbeam Scooter badge Sunbeam was a British motorcycle marque generally known for high quality. ... Boulton Paul Defiant Boulton Paul Aircraft Ltd was a British aircraft manufacturer that operated between 1914 and 1961. ... Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company was founded in 1898 by Frank Seiberling. ... Mander Brothers was a major employer in the city of Wolverhampton, in the English Midlands, a progressive company founded in 1773 which became the Number One manufacturers of varnish, paint and later printing ink in the British Empire. ... St Peters is a ward of Wolverhampton City Council, West Midlands. ... Heath Town is a district of Wolverhampton which sprung up in the late 19th century, with many terraced houses being built in the shadow of factories near the main road to Lichfield. ... Penn may refer to: // Penn, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom Penn, West Midlands, United Kingdom Penn, Pennsylvania, United States Penn Lake Park, Pennsylvania, United States Penn Township, several municipalities in the United States University of Pennsylvania, a private research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Alexander Penn Wooldridge, American mayor of Austin, Texas... Tettenhall Wightwick is a ward of Wolverhampton City Council, West Midlands. ... Tettenhall Regis is a ward of Wolverhampton City Council, West Midlands. ...

Transport

Road

Wolverhampton is near to several motorways, with the following being within 7 miles of the city centre: Motorway symbol in UK, France and Ireland. ...

• M6 linking the city with the north-west of England (including Manchester and Liverpool, Scotland and London via the M1. This section opened between 1966 and 1970.^[34] The section of M6 motorway nearest to the city is one of the busiest within the UK.^[35]
• M5 connecting with the south-west of England, and London via the M40 (opened 1970^[36])
• M6 Toll which bypasses the busiest section of the M6 near the city (opened 2003^[37])
• M54 linking the city with Telford, Shrewsbury and Wales (opened 1983^[38])

Wolverhampton Inner Ring Road

There have also been several motorways proposed near to the city that have not been constructed, or have been constructed to a lower standard: This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article is about the City of Manchester in England. ... For other uses, see Liverpool (disambiguation). ... This article is about the country. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... The M1 motorway heading south towards junction 37 at Barnsley, South Yorkshire. ... The M5 near J28, Devon This article concerns the M5 motorway in England. ... The M40 motorway is a motorway in the English transport network that connects London to Birmingham. ... The M6 Toll (previously called the Birmingham North Relief Road, or BNRR) is the United Kingdoms first toll-paying motorway, other than the Severn Bridges on the M4 and M48 motorways. ... The M54 motorway is a major road in England also known as the Telford motorway. ... , This article is about the town of Telford, Shropshire. ... For other places with the same name, see Shrewsbury (disambiguation). ... This article is about the country. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (1,024 × 768 pixels, file size: 96 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Wolverhampton Ring Road St Patricks, April 2004 Clockwise carriageway I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (1,024 × 768 pixels, file size: 96 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Wolverhampton Ring Road St Patricks, April 2004 Clockwise carriageway I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ...

• Western Orbital or Wolverhampton Western Bypass. First proposed in the 1970s, and cancelled in the 1990s^[39]
• Bilston Link Motorway. First proposed in 1960s, built in the 1990s as the Black Country Route^[40]
• M54 to M6 / M6 (Toll) Link Road. Proposed in 2000s to relieve the overloaded section of A460 near the city^[41]

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Other major roads passing through the city include:

• A41 between London and Birkenhead
• A449 between South Wales and Stafford
• A454 between Bridgnorth and Sutton Coldfield
• A4123 between Wolverhampton and Birmingham. Constructed in 1927,^[42] it was the first purpose built inter-city road in the United Kingdom within the twentieth century.^[43]

Rail

Wolverhampton railway station

Main article: Wolverhampton railway station

See also: Category:Disused railway stations in Wolverhampton

The city's railway station is served by the West Coast Main Line. It has regular rail services to London, Birmingham and Manchester, as well as many other major cities in the UK. The Wrexham, Shropshire and Marylebone Railway is due to start services to the city in 2008. The A41 is a major trunk road in England, United Kingdom that links London and Birkenhead. ... For other uses, see Birkenhead (disambiguation). ... The A449 is a major road in the United Kingdom. ... , Stafford is the county town of Staffordshire in England. ... The A454 is a major road in England. ... , Bridgnorth is a town in Shropshire, England, along the Severn Valley. ... , Holy Trinity Church on Trinity Hill north of Sutton town centre. ... The numbering zones for A-roads in Great Britain List of A roads beginning with 4 in Great Britain starting north of the A4 and south/west of the A5. ... This article is about the British city. ... Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Wolverhampton railway station in Wolverhampton, West Midlands is on the West Coast Main Line. ... Wolverhampton railway station in Wolverhampton, West Midlands is on the West Coast Main Line. ... The WCML running alongside the M1 motorway at Watford Gap in Northamptonshire A Virgin Pendolino and freight train on the WCML The West Coast Main Line (WCML) is one of the most important intercity railway lines in the United Kingdom, part of the British railway system. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... This article is about the British city. ... This article is about the City of Manchester in England. ... The Wrexham, Shropshire and Marylebone Railway (WSMR) is a newly formed railway company, which will run trains from Wrexham, in North Wales, to London on an open-access basis under the name Wrexham & Shropshire from 2008[1]. // WSMR is a joint venture between two existing railway companies: Renaissance Trains and...

The railway station is due for redevelopment, with the main station buildings being demolished in a project called Wolverhampton Interchange. It is due to open in 2012.^[44]

There are many local services, including those on the Cambrian Line, the Walsall to Wolverhampton Line, the Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury Line and the Rugby-Birmingham-Stafford Line. The Cambrian Line is a railway from Shrewsbury (in Shropshire, England) to Welshpool, Aberystwyth and Pwllheli. ... The Walsall to Wolverhampton Line is a railway line in the West Midlands, England. ... The Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury Line (previously starting from Birmingham) is the railway line from Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury via Wellington. ... The Rugby-Birmingham-Stafford Line is a loop off the West Coast Main Line (WCML) between Rugby and Stafford via the West Midlands cities of Coventry, Birmingham and Wolverhampton. ...

There are also many closed stations within the city, including Wolverhampton Low Level, the most northerly broad gauge station on the Great Western network. Wolverhampton High Level was a railway station on Sun Street, in Wolverhampton, England. ... For other uses, see Gauge. ... The original Bristol Temple Meads station, first terminus of the GWR, is the building to the left of this picture The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company, linking South West England, the West Country and South Wales with London. ...

Bus

The city's bus station is situated adjacent to the railway station, providing an interchange between the two modes of transport.

Buses in the city are regulated by Centro, and the largest provider of services is West Midlands Travel. Centro can refer to: Centro, one of the regions of Portugal Centro, the Central New York Regional Transportation Authority in the USA. Centro, the West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive in the United Kingdom. ... Travel West Midlands is the current trading name for all West Midlands Travel Ltd bus services operating from their depots in the cities of Birmingham and Wolverhampton, as well as the boroughs of Dudley, Sandwell, and Walsall in the West Midlands region of England. ...

Metro

Main article: Midland Metro

Midland Metro terminus

The Midland Metro, a light-rail tram system, currently connects Wolverhampton St. George's to Birmingham Snow Hill via West Bromwich and Wednesbury, mostly following the former Birmingham Snow Hill-Wolverhampton Low Level Line. There are plans for further lines within the city, with both a city centre loop and a line to Walsall via Wednesfield and Willenhall, mostly following the route of the closed Wolverhampton and Walsall Railway.^[45] Midland Metro tram 05 approaching West Bromwich tram stop The Midland Metro is a light-rail or tram system in the West Midlands of England. ... Image File history File links Midland_Metro_terminus,_Wolverhampton. ... Image File history File links Midland_Metro_terminus,_Wolverhampton. ... A Citadis tram of the Luas system in Dublin, Ireland Changchun LRT, China Shanghai Metro transit station, China A METRORail train approaching Preston Station in downtown Houston, Texas, USA. A LYNX light rail train from Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. The Guadalajara urban L-train system (SITEUR), at first a trolleybus... This article refers to public transport vehicles running on rails. ... A Midland Metro tram at its terminus at Wolverhampton St. ... The station entrance Birmingham Snow Hill station is a railway station located in the centre of Birmingham, England. ... The Public by Will Alsop. ... , For the legal principle, see Wednesbury unreasonableness. ... Note omission of Jewellery Quarter. ... , Walsall is a large industrial town in the West Midlands of England. ... Wednesfield (population about 35,000) is a town in Wolverhampton, West Midlands. ... Map sources for Willenhall at grid reference SO9698 Willenhall is a small town in the West Midlands of England, with a population of approximately 40,000. ... The Wolverhampton and Walsall Railway was incorporated in 1865 in order to connect the city of Wolverhampton, England with nearby towns such as Walsall, Willenhall and Wednesfield. ...

Air

Wolverhampton's original airport was at Pendeford, opened in 1938 and closed on 31 December 1970.^[46] The current Wolverhampton Airport, renamed from Halfpenny Green, is a small general aviation airfield located 8 miles southwest of the city. Expansion of the airport has been suggested, but this has been successfully resisted by local residents. Pendeford is a suburb of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England. ... Wolverhampton Airport, (IATA: N/A, ICAO: EGBO) (formerly Halfpenny Green Airport, Wolverhampton Business Airport) is a small, 400 acre airport situated near the village of Bobbington, South Staffordshire. ...

The nearest major airport is Birmingham International Airport, approximately 25 miles away. The airport is easy to reach by train, with a direct express service to it. By car, it can actually sometimes be quicker to reach Manchester Airport instead, due to traffic delays on the M6 eastbound motorway towards Birmingham International. Birmingham International Airport (IATA: BHX, ICAO: EGBB) is a major airport located 5. ... For City Airport Manchester, UK, see City Airport Manchester. ...

Water

There are no navigable rivers within the city, but there are many miles of canal network: the Birmingham Main Line Canal, the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, the Shropshire Union Canal and the Wyrley & Essington Canal are all to be found. The BCN Main Line, or Birmingham Canal Navigations Main Line describes the evolving route of the Birmingham Canal between Birmingham and Wolverhampton in England. ... The Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal is a canal in the Midlands of England, passing through Staffordshire and Worcestershire. ... The Shropshire Union Canal near Norbury Junction The Shropshire Union Canal is a canal linking Wolverhampton with the River Mersey. ... The Wyrley and Essington Canal is a canal in the Midlands of England, from Wolverhampton to Cannock. ...

Cycling

Most places in the borough and some of the neighbouring villages in South Staffordshire are within easy reach by pedal cycle of the city centre and terrain is moderately hilly. Climbs tend to be of two to three minutes duration. Cycling benefits from the 20 mph city centre within the Ring Road and a number of routes that use quieter roads and paths to avoid the ten 'A' roads that radiate from the Ring Road. Wolverhampton is on the Smethwick to Telford section of Sustrans National Cycle Network Route 81. This follows the Birmingham Main Line Canal towpath from Smethwick to Broad Street Basin, Wolverhampton where the route splits in two. The choice here is between riding the 21 locks section of the Birmingham Main Line Canal to Aldersley Junction or taking the Cross-City route braid in order to visit the city centre, West Park or Smestow Valley Local Nature Reserve before returning to Aldersley Junction . NCN81 continues to Autherley Junction along the towpath of the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal and then along the east bank towpath of the Shropshire Union Canal as far as Pendeford Mill Lane before turning to Bilbrook in Staffordshire. The lanes of nearby South Staffordshire and east Shropshire provide ideal cycle touring conditions. Staffordshire (abbreviated Staffs) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. ... Sustrans is a British engineering charity which promotes sustainable transport. ... The first section of the NCN to be built was the Bristol and Bath Railway Path, opened in 1984. ... The BCN Main Line, or Birmingham Canal Navigations Main Line describes the evolving route of the Birmingham Canal between Birmingham and Wolverhampton in England. ... For the former parliamentary constituency, see Smethwick (UK Parliament constituency). ... The BCN Main Line, or Birmingham Canal Navigations Main Line describes the evolving route of the Birmingham Canal between Birmingham and Wolverhampton in England. ... The Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal is a canal in the Midlands of England, passing through Staffordshire and Worcestershire. ... The Shropshire Union Canal near Norbury Junction The Shropshire Union Canal is a canal linking Wolverhampton with the River Mersey. ... Bilbrook is a village just outside Wolverhampton, England. ... Staffordshire (abbreviated Staffs) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. ... Shropshire (pronounced /, -/), alternatively known as Salop[6] or abbreviated Shrops[7], is a county in the West Midlands of England. ...

Culture

Music

Slade

Wolverhampton has a number of live music venues; the biggest is technically the football ground, Molineux stadium, which was used for a Bon Jovi concert in 2003^[47], but the biggest indoor venue is Wolverhampton Civic Hall, with a standing capacity of 3,000. Second to that is Wulfrun Hall (part of the same complex as the Civic Hall, which is owned and operated by the City Council) which has a standing capacity of just over 1,100. There are also a number of smaller venues with capacities between 100 and 250: the Little Civic and the Wolverhampton Varsity being the most long-standing of these. The 18th century church of St John's-in-the-Square is a popular venue for smaller scale classical concerts. The city is also home to Regent Records, a choral and organ music recording company. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Mighty Lemon Drops was an English rock group active from 1985 to 1992. ... Babylon Zoo was an electro rock band of the mid 1990s. ... For other uses, see Soul music (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Rhythm and blues (disambiguation). ... Beverley Knight MBE (born March 22, 1973) is a critically-acclaimed English soul and R&B singer, songwriter, and record producer who released her debut album in 1995. ... Drum and bass (drum n bass, DnB) is an electronic music style. ... For other uses, see Goldie (disambiguation). ... Jamelia Niela Davis (born on 11 January 1981), better known as Jamelia, is an English R&B and pop singer and songwriter who found fame in early 2000 after impressing music executives at Parlophone Records with self-written a cappella songs. ... “Soccer” redirects here. ... Molineux Stadium is the home ground of Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C., who are currently members of the Football League Championship. ... Bon Jovi is a hard rock band originating from Sayreville, New Jersey. ... Wolverhamptons Civic Hall has been one of the most important live music venues in the UKs West Midlands for several decades, though for many of the bigger names, the venue is in competition with Birminghams Carling Academy, among others. ... Wolverhamptons Civic Hall has been one of the most important live music venues in the UKs West Midlands for several decades, though for many of the bigger names, the venue is in competition with Birminghams Carling Academy, among others. ... The Wolverhampton Varisty is a City Centre pub and live venue, part of the Varsity chain of public houses. ...

The city's main choral groups include the City of Wolverhampton Choir (a choral society founded as the Wolverhampton Civic Choir in 1947) and St Peter's Collegiate Church Choir, who perform cathedral style church services each week during term time.

Arts and museums

Wolverhampton Art Gallery

The Grand Theatre on Lichfield Street is Wolverhampton's largest theatre, opening on 10th December 1894. It was designed by C. J. Phipps and completed within six months. Included amongst the people to have appeared at the theatre are Henry Irving, Charlie Chaplin and Sean Connery. It was also used by politicians including Winston Churchill and David Lloyd George. The theatre was closed between 1980 and 1982.^[48] Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1000x719, 283 KB)Wolverhampton Art Gallery seen from the side. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1000x719, 283 KB)Wolverhampton Art Gallery seen from the side. ... Charles John Phipps FSA, known as C. J. Phipps, born Bath, 1835 was an English architect, best known for his theatres. ... Sir Henry Irving, as Hamlet, in an 1893 illustration from The Idler magazine John Henry Brodribb (February 6, 1838 – October 13, 1905), knighted in 1895, as Sir Henry Irving, was one of the most famous stage actors of the Victorian era. ... Charles Chaplin redirects here. ... Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born 25 August 1930) is a retired Scottish actor and producer who is perhaps best known as the first actor to portray James Bond in cinema, starring in seven Bond films. ... Churchill redirects here. ... David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, OM, PC (17 January 1863 – 26 March 1945) was a British statesman who was Prime Minister throughout the latter half of World War I and the first four years of the subsequent peace. ...

The Arena Theatre on Wulfruna Street, within the University of Wolverhampton is the secondary theatre, seating 150. It hosts both professional and amateur performances.^[49] The Arena Theatre, is part of the University of Wolverhampton. ... The University of Wolverhampton is a British university, located on four campuses across the West Midlands and Shropshire. ...

Cinema is catered for by a multiplex Cineworld located at Bentley Bridge, Wednesfield, and a smaller cinema, The Light House, housed in the former Chubb Buildings on Fryer Street. Cineworld caters mainly for popular tastes, showing Hollywood films and other big-budget films as well as some Bollywood films whilst The Light House shows a range of older and subtitled films as well as some selected new releases. The Light House has also played host to visual art shows, and incorporates a small café. Wednesfield (population about 35,000) is a town in Wolverhampton, West Midlands. ... The Chubb Locks subsidiary of the Assa Abloy Group is a British manufacturer of high security locking systems for residential and commercial applications. ... ... Bollywood (Hindi: , Urdu: ) is the informal name given to the popular Mumbai-based Hindi-language film industry in India. ...

The City's Arts & Museums service, run by the council, covers three sites: Wolverhampton Art Gallery, home to England's biggest Pop Art collection after that held at the Tate;^[50] Bantock House, a fine historic house with Edwardian interior with a museum of Wolverhampton located within Bantock Park; Bilston Craft Gallery with exhibitions of contemporary crafts. Wolverhampton Art Gallery is located in the Millenium City of Wolverhampton and opened in May 1884. ... Just What Is It That Makes Today’s Homes So Different, So Appealing? (1956) is one of the earliest works to be considered pop art. ... This article is about the UK art galleries. ... Bantock House Museum and Park is a museum of Edwardian life and local history and park located in Wolverhampton, West Midlands. ...

Eagleworks Studio situated in Chapel Ash, is run by an elderly craft group, and has infrequent amateur exhibitions and group shows.

Media

Wolverhampton is home to the Express & Star newspaper, which boasts of having the largest circulation of any provincial daily evening newspaper in the UK. The Express & Star is a right wing leaning evening newspaper based in Wolverhampton, England, publishing 11 different editions covering the Black Country, Birmingham and areas of the wider West Midlands from Tamworth to Kidderminster. ...

The city is also home to four radio stations, WCR FM, 107.7 The Wolf, Beacon Radio and Classic Gold WABC. WCR FM is a Wolverhampton based Community Radio Station that began broadcasting at 6am on Friday 30th March 2007. ... 107. ... Beacon Radio is the name of an Independent Local Radio station in the Midlands of England, previously known as Beacon FM, and Beacon Radio 303 before that. ... Classic Gold WABC Categories: United Kingdom broadcasting stubs | Radio stations in the United Kingdom ...

In December 2005, the BBC commissioned the poet Ian McMillan to write a poem about Wolverhampton, along with four other towns which "had a reputation they didn't deserve". The result of this can be found here. Ian McMillan is a British poet, journalist, playwright and broadcaster. ...

Education

Wolverhampton Grammar School

Wolverhampton Grammar School was founded in 1512, making it one of the oldest active schools in the UK. Old boys include Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of England since July 2003, and Sir David Wright, former British Ambassador to Japan. Image File history File links WGS.jpg‎ College Logo, from main site http://www. ... Image File history File links WGS.jpg‎ College Logo, from main site http://www. ... Wolverhampton Girls High School is a selective, single-sex school for girls at Tettenhall Road, Newbridge, Wolverhampton in the West Midlands of England. ... Rachael Heyhoe-Flint MBE (born 11 June 1939, in Wolverhampton) is probably the best known female cricketer in England. ... Hélène Valerie Hayman, Baroness Hayman, PC, née Middleweek (born 26 March 1949 in Wolverhampton) is Lord Speaker of the House of Lords in the United Kingdom. ... The Lord Speaker (or Lady Speaker) will be a new position in the British Parliament created once the Constitutional Reform Acts provisions about the Speakership of the House of Lords comes into effect. ... This article is about the British House of Lords. ... Wolverhampton Grammar School is an exclusive public school located in the city of Wolverhampton. ... Mervyn Allister King (born 1948) is Governor of the Bank of England. ... Headquarters Coordinates , , Governor Mervyn King Central Bank of United Kingdom Currency Pound sterling ISO 4217 Code GBP Base borrowing rate 5. ... Sir David Wright, GCMG LVO was a United Kingdom diplomat, Her Britannic Majestys Ambassador to Japan 1996-1999. ...

Other notably historic schools include The Royal Wolverhampton School (founded in 1850) and Tettenhall College (1863). The school began life as The Wolverhampton Orphan Asylum in 1850. ... Tettenhall College is a coeducational public school located in the Wolverhampton suburb of Tettenhall. ...

In 1835, the Wolverhampton Mechanics' Institute was founded, and its lineage can be traced via the Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Technical College (1935), to The Polytechnic, Wolverhampton (1969) to today's University of Wolverhampton, given university status in 1992. The main university campus is in the city centre, with other campuses at Compton, and in the nearby towns of Walsall and Telford. The University of Wolverhampton is a British university, located on four campuses across the West Midlands and Shropshire. ... Compton is a suburb of Wolverhampton in, West Midlands England. ... , Walsall is a large industrial town in the West Midlands of England. ... , This article is about the town of Telford, Shropshire. ...

Sport

Molineux, home of Wolverhampton Wanderers

Football

Wolverhampton is represented in the Football League Championship by Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. Image File history File links Molineux_Ground,_Wolverhampton. ... Image File history File links Molineux_Ground,_Wolverhampton. ... The Football League Championship (often referred to as The Championship for short, or the Coca-Cola Football League Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the highest division of The Football League and second-highest division overall in the English football league system after the Premier League. ... Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. are an English football club playing at Molineux Stadium. ...

"Wolves", as they are known, are one of the oldest English football clubs, and were one of the 12 founder members of the Football League. Their most successful period was the 1950s, where they won three League Championships and two FA Cups, and were involved in the earliest European friendlies. They were hailed by the press as "The Unofficial World Champions" after one of their most famous victories, against Budapest Honvéd FC of Hungary. They were also the first English team to play in the Soviet Union. These victories instigated the birth of the European Cup competition which later evolved into the UEFA Champions' League (see European Cup and Champions League History). The Football League is an organisation representing 72 professional football clubs in England and Wales, and runs the oldest professional football league competition in the world. ... This article is about the English FA Cup. ... Budapest Honvéd FC is a Hungarian football team from Budapest. ... The history of the European Cup and Champions League is long and remarkable, with fifty years of competition finding winners and losers from all parts of the continent. ...

In total, they have won three League Championships, four FA Cups, have two League Cup victories and many other minor honours, including reaching the UEFA Cup Final in 1972, and appearances in the last eight of both the UEFA European Cup, and the European Cup Winners' Cup, but have spent just one season in the top division since 1984. They are also the only club to have won five different league titles (Division 1, Division 2, Division 3, Division 4 and Division 3 (North)). The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup, is an English football competition. ... The UEFA Cup (also known as European Cup 3, CE3 or C3) is a football competition for European club teams, organized by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). ... The UEFA Champions League (BB formerly named but still often called the European Cup) is an annual club football competition organized by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for the most successful football clubs in Europe. ... The Cup Winners Cup was a football club competition between the winners of the European domestic cup competitions. ...

The City's second club, Wolverhampton Casuals F.C. play in the West Midlands Regional League Premier Division Wolverhampton Casuals F.C. is a football club based in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England. ... West Mids Regional League logo The West Midlands Regional League Premier Division is a football competition based in England. ...

Athletics

Wolverhampton's Aldersley Leisure Village is also home to Wolverhampton & Bilston Athletics Club, which was formed in 1967 with a merger between Wolverhampton Harriers and Bilston Town Athletic Club. They have won the National League Division One for men from 1975 to 1982, and the Men's National Cup finals in 1976, 1977, 1979 and 1980. It also represented Britain in the European Clubs Cup from 1976 to 1983 with the best finishing position of 3rd.^[51] Wolverhampton & Bilston Athletics Club was formed in 1967 and has its home ground at Aldersley Leisure Village formally Aldersley Stadium in Aldersley Wolverhampton. ...

Olympic Medallists in athletics Denise Lewis, Tessa Sanderson, Kathy Smallwood-Cook, Garry Cook and Sonia Lannaman^[52] all lived within the city. Denise Lewis OBE (born August 27, 1972, in West Bromwich, England) is a British athlete who specialises in the heptathlon. ... Tessa Sanderson CBE (born 14 March 1956) is a former British javelinist and heptathlete. ... Kathy Cook (nee Smallwood) (born 3 May 1960) is one of the most successful female sprinters in British athletics history. ... Garry Cook (born 10 January 1958) was a British athlete, who competed mainly in the 400 metres. ... Sonia Lannaman (born 24 March 1956) is a British athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. ...

Speedway

Wolverhampton Wolves, one of the leading Speedway clubs in the UK represents the city, participating in the Elite League at the Monmore Green stadium. The Wolverhampton Wolves are a British Speedway team based in Wolverhampton, England. ... Motorcycle speedway, normally referred to as Speedway, is a motorcycle sport that involves usually 4 and sometimes up to 6 riders competing over 4 laps of an oval circuit. ... The Elite League is the top division of Speedway in the United Kingdom. ...

Wolverhampton Speedway is one of the oldest speedway tracks in the world that is still in operation being first used in 1928.^[53]

Ole Olsen (in 1971 and 1975) and Sam Ermolenko (in 1993) were riders for the club when thay became World Speedway Champions. Ole Olsen (born 1946) is a former Danish motorcycle speedway rider. ... Guy Allen Sam Ermolenko (born 23 November 1960 Marywood, California, U.S.) is a former Speedway rider. ... The World Championship of Speedway is an international competition between the highest ranked motorcycle speedway riders of the world. ...

Cycling

Wolverhampton Wheelers is the city's oldest cycling club (formed in 1891), and was home to Hugh Porter who won four world championship pursuit medals; and Percy Stallard who has been credited with bringing cycle road racing to Britain when he held the Llangollen to Wolverhampton race on June 7th, 1942.^[54]. Hugh Porter (born: January 1940) was one of Britains greatest professional cyclists, winning four world titles in the individual pursuit discipline, as well as a Commonwealth Games gold medal in 1966. ... Percy Thornley Stallard (19 July 1909 - 11 August 2001) was an English racing cyclist who reintroduced massed-start road racing on British roads in the 1940s. ...

Wolverhampton has also hosted the Tour of Britain, with a stage start in 2006 and a stage finish in 2007. The Tour of Britain is the name given to a cycle race, conducted over several stages, in which participants race from place to place across parts of Great Britain. ...

Horse and Greyhound Racing

Wolverhampton Racecourse is located at Dunstall Park, just to the north of the city centre. This was one of the first all-weather horse racing courses in the UK and is Britain's only floodlit horse race track. There is also greyhound racing at Monmore Green. West Park, a large park near the city centre, was converted from a racecourse. Wolverhampton Racecourse is a thoroughbred horse racing venue located in Wolverhampton, West Midlands. ... Horse-racing is an equestrian sporting activity which has been practiced over the centuries; the chariot races of Roman times were an early example, as was the contest of the steeds of the god Odin and the giant Hrungnir in Norse mythology. ... Several greyhounds before a race. ...

Motor Sports

Sunbeam 1000HP at National Motor Museum in Beaulieu, UK

Sunbeam built many early Grand Prix cars and was the only British make to win a Grand Prix in the first half of the 20th century.^[55] Sunbeam also built several holders of the Land speed record, including the first vehicle to travel at over 200mph, the Sunbeam 1000 hp. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (2,048 × 1,536 pixels, file size: 1. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (2,048 × 1,536 pixels, file size: 1. ... The 24 Hours of Le Mans (24 Heures du Mans) is the worlds most famous sports car endurance race, held annually at Circuit de la Sarthe near Le Mans, France, in the French Sarthe département. ... Richard Attwood was a Formula One driver from Britain. ... Sunbeam was a marque registered by John Marston Co. ... Grand Prix motor racing has its roots in organised automobile racing that began in France as far back as 1894. ... Ralph DePalma in his Packard 905 Special at Daytona Beach in 1919, courtesy Florida Photographic Collection For the album Land Speed Record by the band Hüsker Dü, see Land Speed Record (album). ... Sunbeam 1000HP at National Motor Museum in Beaulieu, UK The Sunbeam Slug 1000 hp is an aero-engined car built by the Sunbeam Car Company. ...

Kieft Cars built Formula 3 cars in the early 1950s. Their most famous driver was Stirling Moss.^[56] Kieft Cars founded by Cyril Kieft was a British car company that built Formula 3 racing cars and some road going sports cars in a factory in Wolverhampton. ... Formula Three is a class of auto racing. ... Sir Stirling Moss OBE (born September 17, 1929 in London) is a British former racing driver from England. ...

AJS was heavily involved in motorcycle racing either side of World War II, which included winning the 1949 World Championship in the 500cc category. AJS was the name used for cars and motorcycles made by the Wolverhampton, England company A. J. Stevens Ltd. ... The 1949 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season is the first competitive motorcycle season races, with six Grand Prix and 4 classes, 500cc, 350cc, 250cc and 125cc. ...

Landmarks

St Peter's Church

In and around the city there are a number of places of interest, which include the following: Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1000x796, 295 KB)St Peters Church and gardens in Wolverhampton This image has been (or is hereby) released into the public domain by its creator, G-Man. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1000x796, 295 KB)St Peters Church and gardens in Wolverhampton This image has been (or is hereby) released into the public domain by its creator, G-Man. ...

• Baggeridge Country Park
• Bantock House Museum and Park
• Bilston Craft Gallery
• Black Country Living Museum in nearby Dudley contains many Wolverhampton artifacts
• Boscobel House
• Central Library
• Chillington Hall
• Grand Theatre
• Himley Hall
• St John's in the Square, city centre church which has a famous Renatus Harris organ
• Maypole Gallery, Wombourne
• Molineux Stadium
• Moseley Old Hall
• RAF Museum, Cosford
• Saxon Pillar and Bargaining stone, city centre
• St Peter's Collegiate Church, city centre
• Statue of Prince Albert, city centre
• West Park
• Wightwick Manor
• Wolverhampton Art Gallery
• Wolverhampton Civic Hall
• Wulfrun Hall
• Wolverhampton Racecourse

People

The following people were born in Wolverhampton, or are closely associated with the city: Bantock House Museum and Park is a museum of Edwardian life and local history and park located in Wolverhampton, West Midlands. ... Trolleybuses at the Black Country Living Museum. ... Map sources for Dudley at grid reference SO9390 Dudley is a town in the West Midlands, England. ... Boscobel House, on the Shropshire/Staffordshire border, England, was built around 1632, when landowner John Gifford of White Ladies Priory converted a timber-framed farmhouse into a hunting lodge, Boscobel house became one of the most evocative sites in the English historical imagination. ... Chillington Hall is a Georgian country house in Codsall Wood, four miles northwest of Wolverhampton, England. ... Himley Hall is a country house situated between Kingswinford and Wombourne, near Dudley in Staffordshire, England. ... Renatus Harris (c 1652 - 1724) was a master organ maker in England in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. ... Molineux Stadium is the home ground of Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C., who are currently members of the Football League Championship. ... Moseley Old Hall is a National Trust property, north of Wolverhampton in the United Kingdom. ... An Avro Lancaster in the main hangar of the RAF Museum London The Royal Air Force Museum (RAF Museum) is a museum dedicated to the history of aviation, and the British Royal Air Force in particular. ... Wightwick Manor is one of only a few surviving examples of a house built and furnished under the influence of the Arts and Crafts Movement. ... Wolverhampton Art Gallery is located in the Millenium City of Wolverhampton and opened in May 1884. ... Wolverhamptons Civic Hall has been one of the most important live music venues in the UKs West Midlands for several decades, though for many of the bigger names, the venue is in competition with Birminghams Carling Academy, among others. ... Wolverhampton Racecourse is a thoroughbred horse racing venue located in Wolverhampton, West Midlands. ...

• Nigel Bennett - actor
• Richard Attwood - Winner, 1971 24 Hours of Le Mans. Former Formula One driver.
• Frances Barber - actress.
• Sir William Maddock Bayliss - physician.
• Norman Brook - Cabinet Secretary (1947–1962)
• Stephen Byers - former Cabinet Minister, Labour Party politician.
• Edward Elgar - despite living in Worcester, he was an ardent Wolverhampton Wanderers fan and may have travelled to home games on his bicycle. Elgar bought two Wolverhampton-produced Royal Sunbeam bicycles in 1903, which he named Mr Phoebus, and visited the Sunbeam Works in Upper Villiers Street for 'tuning'.
• Dr Robert William Felkin (1853-1926) - LRCS (Edinburgh), MD (Marberg), FRSE, FRGS; medical missionary; ceremonial magician, member of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and founder of the Whare Ra lodge; author on Uganda and Central Africa; explorer and anthropologist.
• Button Gwinnett - signatory of the US Declaration of Independence.
• Helene Hayman, Baroness Hayman - first Lord Speaker.
• Sir Jack Hayward, OBE - son of Wolverhampton factory owners, self-made millionaire, benefactor of many charities, fighter pilot in the Second World War, President of Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.
• Rachael Heyhoe-Flint - captain of the England Women's Cricket World Cup team 1973.
• Dave Hill - lead guitarist for the band Slade.
• Noddy Holder - born in Walsall, singer/rhythm guitarist for Slade.
• Dave Holland - jazz bassist.
• Eric Idle - actor and comedian.
• Charles Jones (1866-1959) - gardener and photographer.
• Jamelia - musician originally from Birmingham now living in Wolverhampton.
• Mervyn King - Governor of the Bank of England, educated at Wolverhampton Grammar School.
• Beverley Knight - soul singer.
• Sir Richard Leveson - Vice Admiral of the Fleet for Life, hero of the Battle of Cadiz, 1596.
• Denise Lewis - Olympic Gold Medallist born in West Bromwich and raised in Wolverhampton.
• Barbara "Babs" Lord - dancer in Pan's People.
• Hayley Price- Olympic gymnast in Los Angeles.
• Anita Lonsborough - Olympic Gold Medallist in swimming.
• Sir Geoffrey Le Mesurier Mander - chairman of Mander Brothers, Liberal MP for Wolverhampton East, donor of Wightwick Manor to the National Trust.
• Miles Mander - early Hollywood film actor, director and novelist.
• John Marston the founder of the Sunbeam company, in Upper Villiers Street
• Mil Millington - journalist and novelist.
• Jimmy Mullen - Spent his whole career from 1938 to 1959 playing for Wolverhampton Wanderers FC. He also played for England 12 times.
• Alfred Noyes - poet.
• Brian Pendleton - rhythm guitarist with The Pretty Things in the sixties.
• Dora Penny - was the daughter of the Rector of Wolverhampton and a good friend of Edward Elgar and his family. She became immortalised as 'Dorabella' in the tenth of the Enigma Variations. Her autobiography 'Memories of a Variation' was penned under her married name of Mrs Richard Powell.
• Robert Plant - singer in Led Zeppelin, born in West Bromwich.
• Hugh Porter - Olympic cyclist, broadcaster and media personality.
• Lisa Potts - teacher and George Medal Holder.
• Enoch Powell - politician (Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton South West 1950 - 1974), poet, scholar and soldier.
• Oscar Gustave Rejlander - the "father of art photography".
• Kevin Rowland - singer in Dexys Midnight Runners.
• Tessa Sanderson - gold medallist in the javelin throw, 1984 Olympic Games.
• Nigel Slater - food writer and journalist.
• Vikram Solanki- England and Worcestershire cricketer.
• Percy Stallard - racing cyclist, founder of the British League of Racing Cyclists and, as organiser of the 1942 Wolverhampton-Llangollen race, the father of massed-start cycle racing on public roads in Britain.
• Meera Syal - actress, novelist and comedian.
• Jack Taylor - referee, 1974 FIFA World Cup final.
• Maggie Teyte - soprano, creator of role of Melisande in Debussy's Pelleas et Melisande.
• Thomas Turner - pioneer of sanitary disposal.
• Evelyn Underhill - mystic and Anglican writer.
• Sir Charles Pelham Villiers - member of Parliament for sixty-three years, holding the record for being the longest serving MP in Parliamentary history. A statue of him stands in West Park in Wolverhampton.
• Sir Charles Wheeler - sculptor and former president of the Royal Academy.
• Jonathan Wild - self-penned Chief Thieftaker General of Great Britain and Ireland.
• Bert Williams - Spent his whole career from 1945 to 1959 playing for Wolverhampton Wanderers FC. He also played for England 24 times.
• Billy Wright - captain of England and Wolverhampton Wanderers and for a long period of time the most capped English football player.
• Billy Wright - the Northern Ireland loyalist paramilitary leader.
• David Wright - former UK Ambassador to Japan.
• Percy M. Young - musicologist, writer and composer.
• Josef Stawinoga - local hermit

External links

• BBC Black Country BBC website for Wolverhampton
• Express & Star town and city guide: Wolverhampton
• Wolverhampton History & Heritage Society
• City of Wolverhampton College
• University of Wolverhampton
• Wolverhampton City PCT, Wolverhampton's NHS Primary Care Trust
• Wolverhampton Art Gallery website, including Bantock House and Bilston Craft Gallery
• “Sir Geoffrey Mander: the last of the Midland Radicals” by Nicholas Mander
• Wolverhamptonhistory.org
• Wolves on Wheels Cycle Campaign

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Coordinates: 52°35′N, 2°08′W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...