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Wolverhampton Civic Centre is a municipal building in the City of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England. The building houses a council chamber for City of Wolverhampton Council . History
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 (the headquarters of the city council), the main campus of the University of Wolverhampton and the terminus of the West Midlands Metro.
The council meets and has its main offices at Wolverhampton Civic Centre, in St Peter's Square in the city centre. [39] The building was purpose-built for the council and opened in 1979. [40] [41] Prior to 1979 the council had met at the Town Hall on North Street, which had been completed in 1871 for the old borough council. [42]
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.
A plaque placed by Wolverhampton Civic Society and Ashmore Park Community Association on The Hub Community Centre states Ashmore Park Colliery operated from 1875 to 1948 and employed a total of over 230 people below and above ground. Ordnance Survey mapping shows the colliery linked by a mineral tramway to a basin on the Wyrley and Essington Canal.
Graiseley is home to parks, shopping centres and schools, along with sub-urban and inner city housing. Areas within the ward include: part of Graiseley; Penn Fields; Merridale; Chapel Ash; and part of Bradmore. It borders the St Peter's, Blakenhall, Penn, Merry Hill and Park wards. It forms part of the Wolverhampton West constituency. [3]
It is part of a complex branded as University of Wolverhampton at The Halls, Wolverhampton including University of Wolverhampton at The Civic Hall, University of Wolverhampton at Wulfrun Hall and the Slade Rooms (previously known as The Little Civic). The complex is owned by City of Wolverhampton Council, operated by AEG Presents and is a Grade ...
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