Warstones
Warstones is a suburban area of Wolverhampton, England, situated to the south-west of the city centre.
Warstones has three schools, within a half mile vicinity of each other:
- Highfields Science Specialist School
- Springdale
- Warstones
Also, not far away are:
- Smestow School (Sports College)
- Colton Hills Community School
There is also a youth centre; the YWCA.
Warstones has many facilities such as a library and many shops.
It is the location of some of Wolverhampton's first post World War II council houses, built around Enville Road in the second half of the 1940s.[1]
In the past few years there have been some problems in the area. Gang culture was a major issue. West Midlands Police tackled the problem by putting a curfew on the area for a short while and putting a police station in the area.
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Coordinates: 52°34′01″N 2°10′01″W / 52.567°N 2.167°W
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