List_of_conservation_areas_in_the_West_Midlands
This is a list of conservation areas in the West Midlands, England. There are a total of 137 conservation areas throughout the West Midlands.
Birmingham has 27 conservation areas. The first conservation areas in Birmingham were designated in 1969.[1] Birmingham City Council have designed 31 conservation areas,[2] of which one, St Peter's Place, have been de-designated in 1976 following the demolition of the church in its centre.[3] The Castle Bromwich Conservation Area was transferred to Solihull following a boundary amendment from 1 April 1988. The former Key Hill and St Paul's Conservation Areas were incorporated into the Jewellery Quarter Conservation Area on 27 September 2000.[2]
Name | Area (ha) | Date designated | Additional designations or notes |
References | Coordinates (links to map & photo sources) |
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Anchorage Road, Sutton Coldfield | 17.57 | 15 October 1992 | None. | [4][5] | 52.569°N 1.824°W / 52.569; -1.824 |
Aston Hall and Church | 24.98 | 27 January 1972 | Extended 6 February 1975 and 17 November 1977. | [6][7][8] | 52.506°N 1.884°W / 52.506; -1.884 |
Austin Village, Northfield/ Longbridge | 13.26 | 17 July 1997 | Covered by Article 4(2) Direction. | [9] | 52.401°N 1.972°W / 52.401; -1.972 |
Barnsley Road, Edgbaston | 12.07 | 19 May 1988 | None. | [10][11] | 52.474°N 1.963°W / 52.474; -1.963 |
Bournville Tenants | 9.147 | 17 June 1971 | Extended 6 February 1975. | [12][13] | 52.417°N 1.947°W / 52.417; -1.947 |
Bournville Village | 76.86 | 17 June 1971 | Covered by Article 4(2) Direction. Extended 7 October 1971, 18 June 1981 and 14 July 1994. | [14][15][16] | 52.431°N 1.934°W / 52.431; -1.934 |
Colmore Row and Environs, City Centre | 21.70 | 7 October 1971 | Extended 21 March 1985 and 5 July 1985. | [17][18][19][20] | 52.481°N 1.900°W / 52.481; -1.900 |
Digbeth, Deritend, and Bordesley High Streets | 28.68 | 31 May 2000 | None. | [21][22] | 52.476°N 1.884°W / 52.476; -1.884 |
Edgbaston | 395.4 | 4 September 1975 | Extended 13 December 1984, 17 September 1992 and 10 October 1992. | [23][24][25] | 52.461°N 1.919°W / 52.461; -1.919 |
Four Oaks, Sutton Coldfield | 114 | 10 July 1986 | None. | [26][27] | 52.576°N 1.832°W / 52.576; -1.832 |
Harborne Old Village | 24.79 | 17 July 1969 | None. | [28][29] | 52.453°N 1.957°W / 52.453; -1.957 |
High Street, Sutton Coldfield | 16.95 | 28 November 1973 | Partly covered by Article 4(1) Direction. Extended 6 February 1975, 14 August 1980 and 16 July 1992. | [30][31] | 52.566°N 1.823°W / 52.566; -1.823 |
Ideal Village, Bordesley Green | 17.57 | 18 October 1990 | Covered by Article 4(2) Direction. | [32][33] | 52.478°N 1.836°W / 52.478; -1.836 |
Jewellery Quarter | 94.43 | 10 January 1980 | Extended 18 January 1996 and 27 September 2000. | [34][35][36] | 52.488°N 1.911°W / 52.488; -1.911 |
Kings Norton | 14.28 | 17 July 1969 | None. | [37][38] | 52.408°N 1.930°W / 52.408; -1.930 |
Lee Crescent, Edgbaston | 2.342 | 6 June 1974 | None. | [39][40] | 52.469°N 1.908°W / 52.469; -1.908 |
Lozells and Soho Hill | 34.44 | 19 July 1979 | None. | [41] | 52.501°N 1.919°W / 52.501; -1.919 |
Moor Pool, Harborne | 22.32 | 30 July 1970 | Covered by Article 4(2) Direction. Character Appraisal and Management Plan adopted in March 2012. | [42][43] | 52.463°N 1.957°W / 52.463; -1.957 |
Moseley | 95.06 | 17 March 1983 | Extended 12 November 1987 and 14 March 2005. | [44][45] | 52.449°N 1.893°W / 52.449; -1.893 |
Northfield Old Village | 4.076 | 17 July 1969 | None. | [46][47] | 52.411°N 1.964°W / 52.411; -1.964 |
Old Yardley | 11.47 | 17 July 1969 | Covered by Article 4(1) Direction). Extended 15 August 1974. | [48][49] | 52.474°N 1.803°W / 52.474; -1.803 |
Ryland Road, Edgbaston | 2.759 | 13 March 1969 | None. | [50][51] | 52.468°N 1.909°W / 52.468; -1.909 |
St Agnes, Moseley | 27.59 | 25 June 1987 | None. | [52][53][54] | 52.442°N 1.877°W / 52.442; -1.877 |
St Augustines, Edgbaston | 13.46 | 18 February 1988 | None. | [55][56] | 52.473°N 1.944°W / 52.473; -1.944 |
School Road, Hall Green | 6.380 | 17 November 1988 | First designation of speculative semi-detached suburbia. | [57][58][59][60] | 52.433°N 1.837°W / 52.433; -1.837 |
Steelhouse, City Centre | 11.07 | 4 October 1993 | None. | [61][62][63] | 52.484°N 1.893°W / 52.484; -1.893 |
Warwick Bar, Digbeth | 16.19 | 25 June 1987 | None. | [64][65] | 52.479°N 1.884°W / 52.479; -1.884 |
Coventry has 15 conservation areas. The first conservation areas were designated in 1968.[66]
Name | Date designated | Additional designations or notes |
Coordinates (links to map & photo sources) |
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Allesley Village | 20 December 1968 | Extended 29 November 1994. | 52.423°N 1.558°W / 52.423; -1.558 |
Kenilworth Road, Earlsdon | 20 December 1968 | Extensions agreed 6 September 1978 with effect from 10 October 1978. Minor boundary adjustments approved 6 January 2004. | 52.384°N 1.536°W / 52.384; -1.536 |
Stoke Green | 20 December 1968 | Extension and other minor boundary adjustments approved 6 January 2004. | 52.406°N 1.481°W / 52.406; -1.481 |
Greyfriars Green, City Centre | 8 August 1969 | Extended 6 April 1977. | 52.404°N 1.513°W / 52.404; -1.513 |
Hill Top, City Centre | 8 August 1969 | "Outstanding" status given 14 December 1976 (since discontinued). Minor boundary adjustment approved 6 January 2004. | 52.408°N 1.507°W / 52.408; -1.507 |
Lady Herbert's Garden, City Centre | 8 August 1969 | Extended 6 April 1977. Minor boundary adjustment approved 6 January 2004. | 52.411°N 1.508°W / 52.411; -1.508 |
Spon Street, City Centre | 8 August 1969 | Extension to north and other minor boundary adjustments approved 6 January 2004. | 52.408°N 1.517°W / 52.408; -1.517 |
Hawkesbury Junction | 14 September 1976 | Designated jointly with Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council and ratified by the West Midlands County Council in October 1976. | 52.457°N 1.469°W / 52.457; -1.469 |
Chapelfields | 9 November 1976 | None. | 52.407°N 1.533°W / 52.407; -1.533 |
London Road, north of Whitley | 5 April 1977 | Given "outstanding" status 7 October 1977 (since discontinued). The Cemetery is now on the English Heritage Parks & Gardens register. | 52.399°N 1.496°W / 52.399; -1.496 |
High Street, City Centre | 12 October 1982 | None. | 52.407°N 1.509°W / 52.407; -1.509 |
Ivy Farm Lane, Canley | 16 November 1989 | Minor boundary adjustments approved 6 January 2004. | 52.387°N 1.547°W / 52.387; -1.547 |
Far Gosford Street, adjacent to the A460 | 21 October 1992 | None. | 52.407°N 1.494°W / 52.407; -1.494 |
Naul's Mill | 10 September 2003 | None. | 52.413°N 1.515°W / 52.413; -1.515 |
Spon End | 10 September 2003 | None. | 52.411°N 1.522°W / 52.411; -1.522 |
There are 21 conservation areas in Dudley.[67]
There are six conservation areas in Sandwell.[68]
Name | Area (ha) | Date designated | Additional designations or notes |
Coordinates (links to map & photo sources) |
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Church Square, Oldbury | 1.34 | 1974 | None. | 52.503°N 2.014°W / 52.503; -2.014 |
Market Place, Wednesbury | 3.11 | 1980 | None. | 52.552°N 2.018°W / 52.552; -2.018 |
Smethwick Summit (Galton Valley) | 47.48 | 1985 | None. | 52.497°N 1.972°W / 52.497; -1.972 |
Factory Locks, Tipton | 2.62 | 1986 | None. | 52.531°N 2.071°W / 52.531; -2.071 |
High Street, West Bromwich | 11.80 | 1990 | Extended 1995 and 1997. | 52.520°N 1.997°W / 52.520; -1.997 |
Warrens Hall | 33.98 | 1994 | None. | 52.494°N 2.065°W / 52.494; -2.065 |
There are 20 conservation areas in Solihull.[69]
There are 18 conservation areas in Walsall. The first were designated in 1977.[70]
There are 30 conservation areas in Wolverhampton, more than any other metropolitan borough in the West Midlands. The first conservation area was designated in 1972.[71][72][73]
Name | Date designated | Additional designations or notes |
Coordinates (links to map & photo sources) |
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Ash Hill | 13 October 1994 | None. | 52.585°N 2.165°W / 52.585; -2.165 |
Bantock House | 12 October 1989 | None. | 52.579°N 2.154°W / 52.579; -2.154 |
Bilston Town Centre | 1975 | Boundaries were adjusted 30 September 2002. | 52.566°N 2.074°W / 52.566; -2.074 |
Bushbury Hill | 1972 | Boundaries were adjusted 25 June 1974. | 52.625°N 2.105°W / 52.625; -2.105 |
Castlecroft Gardens | 28 July 1988 | None. | 52.577°N 2.176°W / 52.577; -2.176 |
Cedar Way | 22 April 1999 | None. | 52.607°N 2.088°W / 52.607; -2.088 |
Chapel Ash | 11 April 1991 | None. | 52.584°N 2.137°W / 52.584; -2.137 |
Cleveland Road, City Centre | 13 June 1996 | None. | 52.581°N 2.120°W / 52.581; -2.120 |
Copthorne Road | 2001 | Boundaries were adjusted 4 March 2002. | 52.571°N 2.141°W / 52.571; -2.141 |
Fellows Street, Blakenhall | 26 November 2001 | None. | 52.575°N 2.130°W / 52.575; -2.130 |
Old Hall Street, City Centre | 26 October 1995 | None. | 52.583°N 2.124°W / 52.583; -2.124 |
Park | 1975 | Boundaries were adjusted 12 October 1995. | 52.590°N 2.140°W / 52.590; -2.140 |
Penn Fields | 14 April 1994 | None. | 52.567°N 2.147°W / 52.567; -2.147 |
Penn Road, Graiseley | 24 July 1997 | None. | 52.573°N 2.138°W / 52.573; -2.138 |
Springfield Brewery | 3 October 2003 | None. | 52.592°N 2.121°W / 52.592; -2.121 |
St John's Square | 1972 | Boundaries were adjusted in 1986 and on 12 October 1989. | 52.581°N 2.128°W / 52.581; -2.128 |
St Philips, Penn Fields | 10 October 1991 | None. | 52.566°N 2.159°W / 52.566; -2.159 |
Staffordshire and Worcestershire & Shropshire Union Canal | 14 October 1993 | None. | 52.615°N 2.146°W / 52.615; -2.146 |
Tettenhall Greens | 1972 | Boundaries were adjusted 14 July 2003. | 52.600°N 2.172°W / 52.600; -2.172 |
Tettenhall Road | 1 December 2004 | None. | 52.592°N 2.153°W / 52.592; -2.153 |
Tettenhall Wood | 6 November 1975 | None. | 52.594°N 2.188°W / 52.594; -2.188 |
The Oaks, Merridale | 1 December 2004 | None. | 52.584°N 2.143°W / 52.584; -2.143 |
The Woodlands | 17 June 1976 | None. | 52.562°N 2.155°W / 52.562; -2.155 |
Union Mill | 1985 | Boundaries were adjusted 14 March 2007. | 52.588°N 2.117°W / 52.588; -2.117 |
Vicarage Road, Penn | 1972 | Boundaries were adjusted 17 June 1976. | 52.556°N 2.160°W / 52.556; -2.160 |
Wednesfield | 1988 | Boundaries were adjusted 13 January 1994. | 52.599°N 2.083°W / 52.599; -2.083 |
Wightwick Bank | 12 October 1989 | None. | 52.582°N 2.193°W / 52.582; -2.193 |
Wolverhampton Locks | 1975 | Boundaries were adjusted 14 March 2007. | 52.606°N 2.141°W / 52.606; -2.141 |
Wolverhampton City Centre | 1972 | Boundaries were adjusted in 1974, 1975, 1976, 1991, 2005 and on 14 March 2007. | 52.587°N 2.128°W / 52.587; -2.128 |
Worcester Street, City Centre | 26 October 1995 | None. | 52.582°N 2.130°W / 52.582; -2.130 |
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