Redevelopment site by Penn Road, Wolverhampton
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Redevelopment site by Penn Road, Wolverhampton
Image: © Roger D Kidd Taken: 1 May 2017
The industrial buildings have been demolished and cleared away and this site off Graiseley Hill is ready for redevelopment. It was already cleared and partly overgrown before 2009. Straight ahead are the former Sunbeam factory (currently in an advanced state of being transformed into residential use) and the spire of St John's in the Square. Metal Castings Ltd made car and washing machine parts for more than a century here, but it closed in 2004 with the loss of 40 jobs. Jaguar Land Rover plan to open a new centre here (and on the plot behind the camera) and hope to start work in 2017.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.5774
Longitude
-2.1338