Dunstall Hill is an inner-city area of
Wolverhampton
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,
West Midlands,
England
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. It is located on the north of the city centre within the
St Peter's ward
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Dunstall Park
Wolverhampton Racecourse
Wolverhampton Racecourse is a thoroughbred horse racing venue located in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England. The track was the first to be floodlit in Britain and often holds meetings in the evening. The track surface has been Tapeta since ...
, called ''Dunstall Park'' has been based at Dunstall since 1888, having moved from its previous location at Broad Meadows, the site of the current West Park after Sir
Alexander Staveley Hill sold Dunstall Hall and its estate. The first meeting took place on 13 August that year.
In 2004, an all-weather polytrack surface was laid at the racecourse.
Railway
Dunstall Park railway station opened in 1896, serving trains on the
Great Western Railway. It closed in 1968 when services between Wolverhampton and Shrewsbury switched to
Wolverhampton High Level station.
Aviation
In June 1910, just 4 years after the first flight in Europe, Dunstall hosted the first all-British flying meeting at Dunstall Park.
[https://archive.today/20120804132224/http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/Museum/Transport/planes/Dunstall.htm Aviation Meeting, Dunstall Park]
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Areas of Wolverhampton