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As its wealth and influence grew, Wolverhampton both took part in notable exhibitions and hosted them. Following successful exhibitions at Mechanics' Institutes in Manchester and many northern towns, Wolverhampton held an exhibition that was the brain child of George Wallis , an artist employed by the firm of Ryton and Walton.

The exhibition was held in the Mechanics' Institute in Queen Street and showed fine art, furniture, and decorated trays, as well as a variety of ironwork, locks and steel toys. The largest and most ambitious exhibition was the Arts and Industrial Exhibition which took place in Although housing only one international pavilion, from Canada , the scope and scale of the exhibition mirrored all the advances in other exhibitions of its time.

The exhibition site featured several halls housing machinery, industrial products, a concert hall, two bandstands, a restaurant, and a fun fair with thrill rides and a water chute. Wolverhampton lies northwest of its larger near-neighbour Birmingham , and forms the second largest part of the West Midlands conurbation. Wolverhampton city centre falls outside of the area traditionally known as the Black Country , although some districts such as Bilston and Heath Town and the Willenhall side of Wolverhampton fall within the Black Country coalfields , leading to confusion as to whether the entire city falls within the region.

Modern usage has tended towards using the term to refer to the western part of the West Midlands county , excluding Birmingham, Solihull and Coventry. This means that the city lies astride the main east-west watershed of England. The geology of the city is complex, with a combination of Triassic and Carboniferous geology; specifically Bunter and Keuper sandstone , and Upper and Middle Coal measures. There is also an area of dolerite intrusions. As with much of the locality, the majority of areas in Wolverhampton have names that are of Old English Anglo-Saxon origin, with a few exceptions such as Penn pre-English Brittonic place name and Parkfields, Park Village, Lanesfield etc.

Wolverhampton has green belt within its boundary, as a part of the wider West Midlands Green Belt. This is scattered around the western half of the city, in the form of green wedges , due to it being highly urbanised. Areas covered include: [73]. The vast majority of Wolverhampton is governed locally by City of Wolverhampton Council, although some smaller parts of the urban area are governed by South Staffordshire District Council.

The entire city is part of the West Midlands constituency of the European Parliament. The City of Wolverhampton is a metropolitan borough , meaning that its City Council is effectively a unitary authority , and therefore is single-tier and provides all services to the district that a borough and county council would together. South Staffordshire District Council is a two-tier authority, with some services provided by Staffordshire County Council. The Labour Party currently control the council and have been in majority on the council since , with the exceptions of —, , — and — Wolverhampton gained the beginnings of modern local government in , when the Wolverhampton Improvement Act was passed by Parliament.

This allowed for the establishment of Town Commissioners who undertook a variety of local improvement work such as punishing bear baiting, improving drainage, widening streets and by the end of the century street lighting had been provided at every street corner and over the doorway of every inn, and water supply had been improved by the sinking of ten new wells and the provision of a great water tank in the market place.

Policing had been improved with the appointment of ten watchmen and attempts were also made to regulate the markets and inspect hazardous food. Wolverhampton parliamentary borough was created by the Reform Act , which included areas currently located with the Metropolitan Boroughs of Dudley , Walsall and Sandwell such as Wren's Nest , New Invention and Sedgley.

It was one of 22 large towns that returned two members of parliament.

Under the Redistribution of Seats Act , the original borough was replaced by three new single-member constituencies: Wolverhampton East , Wolverhampton South and Wolverhampton West. In , Wolverhampton Borough Police was formed. It was disestablished in , and the larger West Midlands Constabulary , which covered not only Wolverhampton but the County Boroughs of Walsall , Dudley , West Bromwich and Warley took over its duties and was headquartered in the city. This force was then replaced in with the West Midlands Police.

Wolverhampton was incorporated as a municipal borough in under the Municipal Corporations Act In , the boundaries of the borough expanded, taking in areas from Cannock Rural District and Seisdon Rural District , with very little of the surrounding urban area being affected, [81] with only Heath Town Urban District being abolished. The bulk of the urban districts of Bilston a borough itself after , Tettenhall and Wednesfield were added to the borough in , along with the northern section of the urban district of Coseley and parts from the north of Sedgley and the west of Willenhall.

The vast majority of these areas were traditionally part of the Parish of Wolverhampton, and were part of the original Parliamentary Borough. Wolverhampton was one of only two County Boroughs the other being Liverpool to have no changes made to the boundary during the reorganisation of local government , the borough already having a population larger than the , required for education authorities.

This contrasted with both the Redcliffe-Maud Report , and the initial White Paper for the reforms [82] where large areas of the present South Staffordshire district were to be added to the borough. During the reforms it was placed within the West Midlands Metropolitan County. Wolverhampton was also a Royal Peculiar covering a large area.

The names of Honorary Aldermen are inscribed on a roll of honour board. This is situated on the ground floor of the Wolverhampton Civic Centre. The main police station for Wolverhampton is based on Bilston Street [84] in the city centre. Below is a list of people granted the title 'Freeman of Wolverhampton': [86] [87].

The figure given for Wolverhampton is , which also includes areas outside the borough , By this reckoning it is the 12th largest city in England outside London. Wolverhampton has a relatively old population, with the proportion of the population aged 60 and over being larger than the proportion of children aged 15 or under. The proportion of young people in the city has decreased between the Census and the Census by 7.

Of adults aged over 16, Wolverhampton has a White British population of Wolverhampton had a significant Asian population who mainly reside in Penn, Farndale and Whitmore Reans areas of the city. It has a high black population who mainly reside in the Heath Town and Whitmore Reans areas of the city.

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The city is well multicultural and racial tensions and prejudices are amongst the lowest in the country. Based upon the census, Wolverhampton has a Christian population of Wolverhampton has the fourth largest Sikh community in England and Wales.

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Sikhs accounting for 7. Wolverhampton's Sikh Population rose to 9. The number of Hindus is also higher than the England and Wales average Wolverhampton 3. The figure for Buddhism is in line with the England and Wales average. According to the Census, Of those who are economically inactive, Degree-level qualifications or above were held by Car ownership is lower than the average for England and Wales with Single car ownership is in line with national averages Wolverhampton There were , people resident within the TTWA who were in employment, and , jobs.

According to Eurostat data, Wolverhampton has its own Larger Urban Zone , [98] [99] which had a total resident population in of , The tables below detail the population change since , separating that of the city itself and the geographical area now administered by Wolverhampton City Council. Traditionally, Wolverhampton's economy has been dominated by iron , steel , automobiles , engineering and manufacturing industries.

Many of the traditional industries in the city have closed or dramatically downsized over the years. However, by the economy was dominated by the service sector , with The major subcomponents of this sector are in public administration, education and health The largest non-service industry was that of manufacturing The largest single employer within the city is Wolverhampton City Council. Unveiled by Her Majesty , the plant produces 2.

Goodyear opened a large factory on Stafford Road, Fordhouses , in However, it was decided in December that tyre production at the plant would be discontinued with the loss of more than jobs. This came after some 2, job losses at the plant since The end of production came in but the factory remained open for tyre moulding and tractor tyre production. The varied success of Wolverhampton Wanderers since the club's formation in has also contributed to the economy of Wolverhampton. The club's greatest successes came between and , when it won the league title three times and the FA Cup twice, as well as hosting a series of high profile friendly matches against Europe's leading club sides, also competing in two early editions of the European Cup.

During this era, Wolves frequently attracted crowds of between 40, and 50, Wolves went on to win the Football League Cup in and again in , spending all but three seasons outside the top division of English football during the first 35 years of postwar league football, and continued to attract strong crowds. This decline also came at a time when the economy of Wolverhampton was struggling due to the early s recession. Wolves enjoyed a surge in the late s with two consecutive promotions, thanks largely to the prolific scoring of striker Steve Bull , and an upturn in attendances which also provided a boost to the local economy - as did the club's increased support during the s, during which time the stadium was extensively rebuilt and its facilities improved, with its new features including a restaurant and office space.

In , Wolves won promotion to the FA Premier League for the third time in 15 years, and a year later reached its first FA Cup semi final since , and further redevelopment of the stadium is planned. In recent years, Wolverhampton City Council have embarked on many city improvements and regeneration schemes.

In January , the Summer Row project was formally cancelled [] as the CPO expired before the council found the necessary financial backing for the project. Debenhams , who were listed as the anchor store of Summer Row, announced they were still keen in opening a department store in Wolverhampton. To be completed in , the 90, sq. A number of larger stores would be created, replacing smaller ones. The reconfiguration saw the relocation of the toilets, escalators and elevators.

The lower Central arcade was removed and Tesco and TJ Hughes were demolished to make way for 3-storey Debenhams store. Wolverhampton city centre forms the main focal point for the road network within the northwestern part of the West Midlands conurbation , and out into the rural hinterland of Staffordshire and Shropshire. The road network within the boundaries of the city council area is entirely maintained by Wolverhampton City Council , whilst those parts of the urban area outside the city council area have their networks maintained by Staffordshire County Council , with the exception of M54 and A on the northern fringes of the urban area which are maintained by the Highways Agency.

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Major historical improvements to the city's road network include Thomas Telford 's Holyhead Road now part of A41 , which was constructed between and to improve communications between London and Holyhead , and hence to Ireland. The majority of work within the city saw improvement to the contemporary network, though the both Wellington Road in Bilston [] and the cutting at the Rock near Tettenhall were newly constructed for the road, although the improvements at The Rock were constructed by the local Turnpike Trust rather than Telford himself.

In , plans were announced to build a Ring Road around the centre of Wolverhampton. However, the final section between Bilston Street and Stafford Street via Wednesfield Road was not completed until The first to be constructed in the area was the M6 , which opened in sections between and , [] and connects the city with the north-west of England including Manchester and Liverpool , Scotland as well as Birmingham and Coventry to the east, and London via the M1.

Together with the M5 , which opened in the area in [] and links the city with the south-west of England, and London via the M40 , the two motorways form a north-south bypass for the city. The section of M6 motorway nearest to the city is one of the busiest within the UK, [] and to relieve congestion on this stretch, the M6 Toll which bypasses both the Wolverhampton and Birmingham sections of the M6 motorway was opened in The M54 motorway forms a northern bypass to the city, passing just within the fringes of the urban area, and links the city with Telford , Shrewsbury and Wales.