St Peter's is a
ward
Ward may refer to:
Division or unit
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of
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 has two parts: the city centre (i.e. the area inside the city's
Ring Road
A ring road (also known as circular road, beltline, beltway, circumferential (high)way, loop or orbital) is a road or a series of connected roads encircling a town, city or country. The most common purpose of a ring road is to assist in reducin ...
), and the inner-city areas immediately to the north and north-west, including
Dunstall Hill and part of
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 is bordered by the wards of
Bushbury South and Low Hill
Bushbury South and Low Hill is a ward of Wolverhampton City Council, West Midlands, England. It is situated to the north of the city centre, bordering the Bushbury North, Fallings Park, Heath Town, St Peter's and Oxley wards, and forms part ...
,
Heath Town
Heath Town is a suburban area of Wolverhampton, in the county of the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England, to the east of the city centre. It is also a Ward (politics), ward of City of Wolverhampton Council. The ward forms part of t ...
,
East Park,
Ettingshall
Ettingshall is an area of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England. It lies within two wards of Wolverhampton City Council: Ettingshall North and Ettingshall South and Spring Vale. The population of Ettingshall taken at the 2011 census was 13,4 ...
,
Blakenhall
Blakenhall is a suburb and ward of Wolverhampton, England. The population of the ward, including Goldthorn Park, was around 12,600 at the 2021 census.
Toponymy and history
Blakenhall's name, according to toponymists, comes from the Old Eng ...
,
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 ...
,
Park
A park is an area of natural, semi-natural or planted space set aside for human enjoyment and recreation or for the protection of wildlife or natural habitats. Urban parks are urban green space, green spaces set aside for recreation inside t ...
,
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 ...
and
Oxley. It forms part of the
Wolverhampton West constituency.
The city centre includes the main shopping centres: the Mander Centre (named after the Mander family whose paint factory once stood on the site) and
Wulfrun Centre), the
Civic Centre
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(the headquarters of the city council), the main 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 ...
and the terminus of the
West Midlands Metro
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.
St Peter's Church is in that part of the ward: it is the principal
Anglican
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church in the city, and gives the ward its name.
The rest of the ward includes the
Molineux Stadium
Molineux Stadium ( ) is a association football, football stadium situated in Wolverhampton, West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. It has been the home ground of Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C., Wolverhampton Wanderers ...
(home of
Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.
Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club ( ), commonly referred to as Wolves, is a professional football club based in Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands of England. ...
), further parts of the
University
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, and Dunstall Park (the city's
horse racing
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course).
See also
City of Wolverhampton Council elections
City of Wolverhampton Council elections are held three years out of every four, with a third of the council elected each time. City of Wolverhampton Council is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of Wolverhampton in the West Midland ...
References
Wards of Wolverhampton City Council
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