Park, or Park Ward, is a

ward Ward may refer to: Division or unit * Hospital ward, a hospital division, floor, or room set aside for a particular class or group of patients, for example the psychiatric ward * Prison ward, a division of a penal institution such as a pris ...

Wolverhampton Wolverhampton ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands of England. Located around 12 miles (20 km) north of Birmingham, it forms the northwestern part of the West Midlands conurbation, with the towns of ...

City Council, West Midlands. It is located to the west of the city centre, and covers parts of the suburbs Bradmore, Compton,

Finchfield Finchfield is a suburb of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England. It is located south-west of the city centre, within the Tettenhall Wightwick Ward between the Merry Hill and Tettenhall Regis Wards of Wolverhampton City Council. Many of the ...

, Merridale, Newbridge and

Whitmore Reans Whitmore Reans is in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England. It is situated to the north-west of the city centre, in the city council's Park and St Peter's wards. History The name 'Whitmore' is said by toponymists to come from the Old Engli ...

. It borders the St Peter's,

Graiseley Graiseley is both an inner-city area of Wolverhampton, situated immediately to the south-west of the city centre, and the name of a ward of Wolverhampton City Council. Place-name The most likely origin of the Graiseley name is from the Old Engl ...

, Merry Hill,

Tettenhall Wightwick Tettenhall Wightwick is a ward of Wolverhampton City Council, West Midlands. The population of this ward taken at the 2011 census was 10,872. Geography It is one of two wards covering the Tettenhall area, the other being Tettenhall Regis. It ...

and

Tettenhall Regis Tettenhall Regis is a ward of Wolverhampton City Council, West Midlands. The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 11,911. Geography The modern ward of Tettenhall Regis is one of two covering the Tettenhall area, the other being Tet ...

wards. It forms part of the Wolverhampton West constituency.

Geography

Its name comes from the fact that two of the city's main parks, West Park and Bantock Park, lie within its boundaries. Two of the city's main thoroughfares are contained largely within the ward, namely the A41 Tettenhall Road and the Compton Road (A454). The Halfway House on Tettenhall Road was formerly a coaching house on the London to Holyhead route and as the name suggests, was the halfway point. It was a pub for many years but closed (2009) to reopen as a pharmacy.

Main sights

Park contains the Chapel Ash conservation area and also the Parkdale conservation area. Some other interesting architecture can be seen within the ward, particularly on the Tettenhall Road, such as first Mayor of Wolverhampton, George Thorneycroft's House.

Economy

The ward contains the

Marstons Carlsberg Britvic is a British subsidiary of Carlsberg Group, created in January 2025 by the merger of Carlsberg's UK business (including the former Marston's plc breweries) and Britvic, acquired by Carlsberg Group in 2024. History In 2020, ...

Park Brewery, one of the city's main employers. Other employers in the ward tend to be office or school based but there are also a number of well-known pubs and restaurants. The city's now closed Eye Infirmary was located at the top of Compton Road in

Chapel Ash Chapel Ash is a small area in Wolverhampton surrounded by the City Centre, Whitmore Reans and Merridale. The area is most noted for being the home of Marston's, where the Park Brewery produces the well-known Banks's range of ales History Owin ...

. The site began redevelopment in 2023 and plans to provide new housing and employment.

Education

Also inside Park ward are a number of schools, including

Wolverhampton Grammar School Wolverhampton Grammar School is a co-educational private school in Wolverhampton, England. History Initially a grammar school for boys, WGS was founded in 1512 by Sir Stephen Jenyns, a master of the ancient guild of Merchant Taylors, who was ...

Wolverhampton Girls' High School Wolverhampton Girls' High School is a grammar school for girls in Wolverhampton in the West Midlands of England. Overview Wolverhampton Girls' High School, founded in 1911, educates girls from the age of 11 to 18. There are 1178 girls enroll ...

St Peter's Collegiate Academy St Peter's Collegiate Academy (formerly St Peter's Collegiate School) is a mixed Church of England secondary school and sixth form located in the Compton area of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands of England. The school is named after Saint ...

and

St Edmund's Catholic Academy St Edmund's Catholic Academy is a Roman Catholic secondary school and sixth form with academy status located in the Compton area of Wolverhampton, West Midlands England England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is pa ...

, as well as numerous

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. The Compton campus of the

University of Wolverhampton The University of Wolverhampton is a public university in Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, England, located on four campuses across the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, Shropshire and Staffordshire. Originally founded in 1827 as the Wolverham ...

is there, as is the Paget Road campus of the

City of Wolverhampton College City of Wolverhampton College is a further education college located in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England. History The college was formed in September 1999 as the result of a merger of Wulfrun College in Wolverhampton and Bilston Community ...

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