North end of Ward Road, Goldthorn Park
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North end of Ward Road, Goldthorn Park
Image: © Richard Vince Taken: 3 Jun 2013
The wide grass verges on the corners of Ward Road and Goldthorn Hill Road give a clue to the former shape of this junction. In 1949, the Fighting Cocks to Willenhall trolleybus route was diverted here from Image to ease congestion in the latter turning circle, the wide mouth of Ward Road being sufficiently spacious to turn a bus. This remained a terminus for the same route and its successors until (if memory serves) 1993, when the 527 (Fighting Cocks to Ashmore Park via Bilston and Willenhall) was extended from both ends to Wolverhampton town centre to form a circular route. However, until the junction was rebuilt in its present form some years later, the westbound bus stop remained on the western corner of Ward Road (close to where a black litter bin can be discerned in this picture).
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Image Location
Latitude
52.56689
Longitude
-2.125949