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Owen Road, WOLVERHAMPTON, WV3 0HU

The view in Merridale, Wolverhampton.

Aston Street climbs from Owen Road to Norfolk Street. The early 20th century terraced houses here are clearly slightly "higher class" than some of the smaller ones lower down to the east. Quite apart from being a little more spacious, they have front bay downstairs windows. Parking is a obvious problem.

The view from Owen Road in Penn Fields, Wolverhampton.

The view from Owen Road in Penn Fields, Wolverhampton.

This is at the junction with Aston Street. The area contains mainly early 20th or late Victorian terraced housing. The community is racially very mixed. Many corner shops still thrive, and other premises also support a variety of small businesses. The one in this image specialises in ladies', gents' and children's clothing.

This is in Owen Road north-west of the junction with Manlove Street and Burleigh Road. The area contains mainly late Victorian or early 20th terraced housing. The community is racially very mixed. Many corner shops still thrive, and other premises in some of the terraces support a variety of small businesses.

This is north of the junction with Aston Street. The area contains mainly early 20th or late Victorian terraced housing. The community is racially very mixed. Corner shops still thrive, and other premises also support a variety of small businesses. The two seen here deal in ladies, gents and children's clothing, and (on the corner) fresh/frozen meat, poultry and sea foods.

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), with Dalton Street branching to the right by the white house. 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. A larger image (2010) can be seen here Image]

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.