Warstones

Warstones is a suburban area of Wolverhampton, England, situated to the south-west of the city centre. It is home to Warstones Wanderers F.C.

Council housing at Warstones Gardens

Warstones has three schools, within a half mile vicinity of each other: Highfields School, Springdale and Warstones. Not far away are Smestow School sports college and Colton Hills Community School.

There is also a youth centre; the YWCA.

Warstones has many facilities such as a library and many shops.

It is the location of some of Wolverhampton's first post World War II council houses, built around Enville Road in the second half of the 1940s.[1]

In the past few years there have been some problems in the area. Gang culture was a major issue. West Midlands Police tackled the problem by putting a curfew on the area for a short while and putting a police station in the area.

Notable former residents of Warstones Estate include Slade guitarist Dave Hill[2] and journalist and writer Caitlin Moran.[3] Another well known resident was Peter Knowles who boarded on the estate when he came to play for Wolves.

References
  1. http://www.wolverhamptonhistory.org.uk/politics/houses/development2
  2. "Dave Hill from Slade talks about his roots. - Birmingham Live". 24 July 2010.
  3. "Caitlin Moran in Wolverhampton: 'This is where we stuffed our bras and lied about our ages' - Birmingham Live". 25 February 2015.

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