Geography Wolverhampton

1 geography

1.1 climate
1.2 areas of city
1.3 nearby places

geography

wolverhampton lies northwest of larger near-neighbour birmingham, , forms second largest part of west midlands conurbation. north , west lies staffordshire , shropshire countryside.

wolverhampton city centre falls outside of area traditionally known black country, although districts such bilston , heath town , willenhall side of wolverhampton fall within black country coalfields, leading confusion whether entire city falls within region. modern usage has tended towards using term refer western part of west midlands county, excluding birmingham, solihull , coventry. examples uk government regional bodies such black country development corporation, under remit city fell.

the city lies upon midlands plateau @ 163 m (535 ft) above sea level. there no major rivers within city, although river penk , river tame (tributaries of river trent) rise in city, smestow brook, tributary of river stour, , thence river severn. means city lies astride main east-west watershed of england.

the geology of city complex, combination of triassic , carboniferous geology; bunter , keuper sandstone, , upper , middle coal measures. there area of dolerite intrusions.

climate

wolverhampton s climate oceanic (köppen cfb) , therefore quite temperate, average maximum temperatures in july being around 21 °c (70 °f), , maximum daytime temperature in january being around 6.9 °c (44.4 °f).

the met office s nearest observation station @ penkridge, 11 miles (18 km) north of city.

areas of city

as of locality, majority of areas in wolverhampton have names of old english (anglo-saxon) origin, few exceptions such penn (pre-english brittonic place name) , parkfields, park village, lanesfield etc. (modern place names of last couple of hundred years).

localities in city of wolverhampton include:

notes 
†–partial urban districts added wolverhampton county borough in 1966. these urban districts split between wolverhampton , other local authorities. parts within present city of wolverhampton local council area considered ons part of wolverhampton urban sub-division.
††–areas within wolverhampton urban sub-division administered south staffordshire district council.

nearby places

cities

towns

commuter villages