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]
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°25′23″N1°33′29″W / 52.423°N 1.558°W |
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°23′02″N1°32′10″W / 52.384°N 1.536°W |
Stoke Green | 20 December 1968 | Extension and other minor boundary adjustments approved 6 January 2004. | 52°24′22″N1°28′52″W / 52.406°N 1.481°W |
Greyfriars Green, City Centre | 8 August 1969 | Extended 6 April 1977. | 52°24′14″N1°30′47″W / 52.404°N 1.513°W |
Hill Top, City Centre | 8 August 1969 | "Outstanding" status given 14 December 1976 (since discontinued). Minor boundary adjustment approved 6 January 2004. | 52°24′29″N1°30′25″W / 52.408°N 1.507°W |
Lady Herbert's Garden, City Centre | 8 August 1969 | Extended 6 April 1977. Minor boundary adjustment approved 6 January 2004. | 52°24′40″N1°30′29″W / 52.411°N 1.508°W |
Spon Street, City Centre | 8 August 1969 | Extension to north and other minor boundary adjustments approved 6 January 2004. | 52°24′29″N1°31′01″W / 52.408°N 1.517°W |
Hawkesbury Junction | 14 September 1976 | Designated jointly with Nuneaton & Bedworth Borough Council and ratified by the West Midlands County Council in October 1976. | 52°27′25″N1°28′08″W / 52.457°N 1.469°W |
Chapelfields | 9 November 1976 | None. | 52°24′25″N1°31′59″W / 52.407°N 1.533°W |
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°23′56″N1°29′46″W / 52.399°N 1.496°W |
High Street, City Centre | 12 October 1982 | None. | 52°24′25″N1°30′32″W / 52.407°N 1.509°W |
Ivy Farm Lane, Canley | 16 November 1989 | Minor boundary adjustments approved 6 January 2004. | 52°23′13″N1°32′49″W / 52.387°N 1.547°W |
Far Gosford Street, adjacent to the A460 | 21 October 1992 | None. | 52°24′25″N1°29′38″W / 52.407°N 1.494°W |
Naul's Mill | 10 September 2003 | None. | 52°24′47″N1°30′54″W / 52.413°N 1.515°W |
Spon End | 10 September 2003 | None. | 52°24′40″N1°31′19″W / 52.411°N 1.522°W |
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°30′11″N2°00′50″W / 52.503°N 2.014°W |
Market Place, Wednesbury | 3.11 | 1980 | None. | 52°33′07″N2°01′05″W / 52.552°N 2.018°W |
Smethwick Summit (Galton Valley) | 47.48 | 1985 | None. | 52°29′49″N1°58′19″W / 52.497°N 1.972°W |
Factory Locks, Tipton | 2.62 | 1986 | None. | 52°31′52″N2°04′16″W / 52.531°N 2.071°W |
High Street, West Bromwich | 11.80 | 1990 | Extended 1995 and 1997. | 52°31′12″N1°59′49″W / 52.520°N 1.997°W |
Warrens Hall | 33.98 | 1994 | None. | 52°29′38″N2°03′54″W / 52.494°N 2.065°W |
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]
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