A449 Penn road in Blakenhall, Wolverhampton
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A449 Penn road in Blakenhall, Wolverhampton
Image: © Roger Kidd Taken: 26 Aug 2022
By the Goldthorn Hotel, looking north-north-east towards Wolverhampton city centre. Permission has now been granted to demolish the Goldthorn Hotel (recently called Quality Hotel, then Mercure Goldthorn Hotel; sold by them to Talash Hotels in 2017). It is to be replaced by another Lidl supermarket, less than two hundred metres from the entrance to a larger Tesco supermarket. The original building (before multiple extensions) dates from c1894 was called The Pines; a private residence. There is a lot of local discontent! https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/wolverhampton/2021/05/03/lidl-submits-plans-for-new-store-at-old-hotel-site/ https://www.expressandstar.com/news/local-hubs/wolverhampton/2022/05/25/wolverhampton-hotel-to-be-demolished-and-replaced-with-lidl-supermarket/ https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/black-country/glitzy-hotel-famous-stars-once-24058884
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Image Location
Latitude
52.575149
Longitude
-2.136744