Terraced housing, Penn Fields, Wolverhampton
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Terraced housing, Penn Fields, Wolverhampton
Image: © Roger D Kidd Taken: 17 Mar 2010
The housing all around is predominantly solid late Victorian and early 20th century, much of it terraced. Here the junction has five ways and the view is straight up Manlove Street from Owen Road (continuing to the left). Some of the old corner shops in the area have closed but many 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 very useful launderette here*, and that has been a dying "species" for years. (See a picture from 2008 taken in full sun http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1092682) * This launderette is partly an extension onto the original corner building. It also provides key cutting services and sells locks, paint brushes, tools and Duracell batteries!
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Image Location
Latitude
52.576959
Longitude
-2.141871