Crossroads at Owen Road, Penn Fields, Wolverhampton
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Crossroads at Owen Road, Penn Fields, Wolverhampton
Image: © Roger D Kidd Taken: 26 Dec 2008
The housing all around is predominantly solid late Victorian and early 20th century, much of it terraced. Here the junction has five ways, Owen Road passing through (south-east to north-west), and Burleigh Road, Manlove Street, and Dalton Street branching off. Some of the old corner shops have closed, but others remain, now operated by a multi-cultural population. Some regeneration has been attempted by introducing many speed humps, a 20mph speed restriction, and attractively block paving the roads at the junction, giving a real urban village feel to the site. There is still a launderette here, and that has been a dying "species" for years.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.577031
Longitude
-2.141767