Penkridge is a market town or village and civil parish in Staffordshire, England. Penkridge has a history since the 17th century as an industrial and commercial centre for neighbouring villages and the agricultural produce of Cannock Chase, strengthening its interpretation as a small town.
Population: 7,341
Latitude: 52° 43' 32.02" N
Longitude: -2° 06' 56.16" W
Wolverhampton (/ˌwʊlvərˈhæmptən/) is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. In the 2011 census, the local government district had population of 249,470. Wolverhampton's urban population at the time of the 2001 census was give…
Staffordshire (/ˈstæfədʃɪər/ or /ˈstæfədʃə/; abbreviated Staffs) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands of England. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders.
The Black Country is an area of the West Midlands metropolitan county in England, north and west of Birmingham. It includes parts of the boroughs of Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton. During the Industrial Revolution, it became one of the …
Dudley North is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2005 by Ian Austin of the Labour Party.
Watling Street is the name given to an ancient trackway in England and Wales that was first used by the Britons mainly between the areas of modern Canterbury and St Albans using a natural ford near Westminster. The Romans later paved the route, whic…
Molineux Stadium (/ˈmɒlɨnjuː/ MOL-i-new) is a Championship football stadium situated in Whitmore Reans, Wolverhampton, England.
The Shugborough Inscription is a sequence of letters - O U O S V A V V, between the letters D M - carved on the 18th-century Shepherd's Monument in the grounds of Shugborough Hall in Staffordshire, England, below a mirror image of Nicolas Poussin's …
The M5 is a motorway in England. It runs from Junction 8 of the M6 at West Bromwich near Birmingham to Exeter in Devon. Heading south-west, the M5 runs east of West Bromwich and west of Birmingham through Sandwell Valley. It continues past Bromsgrov…
Wolverhampton South West is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The Staffordshire Hoard is the largest hoard of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver metalwork yet found. Discovered in a field near the village of Hammerwich, near Lichfield, in Staffordshire, England, on 5 July 2009, it consists of over 3,500 items that ar…
Cannock Chase is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Aidan Burley of the Conservative Party.
Aldridge-Brownhills /ˈɔːldrɪdʒ braʊnhɪlz/ is a constituency in the West Midlands, represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1979 by Richard Shepherd of the Conservative Party.
Walsall North is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1979 by David Winnick, a member of the Labour Party.
West Bromwich West is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2000 by Adrian Bailey, a member of the Labour Party and of the Cooperative Party.
Wolverhampton North East is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Cannock Chase (grid reference SK000165) is a mixed area of countryside in the county of Staffordshire, England. The area has been designated as the Cannock Chase Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Walsall South is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Valerie Vaz, a member of the Labour Party.
Wolverhampton South East is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.