| Country: | England |
| Region: | West Midlands |
| Official Name: | Finchfield |
| Static Image Name: | Redundant Church at Finchfield - geograph.org.uk - 128005.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | Redundant Church at Finchfield |
| Static Image 2 Caption: | Flag |
| Os Grid Reference: | SO881978 |
| Coordinates: | 52.5785°N -2.1759°W |
| Label Position: | right |
| Metropolitan County: | West Midlands |
| Metropolitan Borough: | City of Wolverhampton |
| Constituency Westminster: | Wolverhampton West |
| Post Town: | Wolverhampton |
| Postcode Area: | WV |
| Postcode District: | WV3 |
| Dial Code: | 01902 |
Finchfield is a suburb of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England. It is located south-west of the city centre, within the Tettenhall Wightwick Ward between the Merry Hill and Tettenhall Regis Wards of Wolverhampton City Council. Many of the streets have arboreal/plant related names.
Finchfield was a small village before the early 20th century, when parcels of agricultural land and the gardens and grounds of gentlemen were sold off for housing. Until 1974, Finchfield was a district of South Staffordshire.[1]
Windmill Community Church is a non-denominational Christian church.
Finchfield library was one of nine Wolverhampton libraries that the City Council planned to close or merge under plans to create 'community hubs' in the city.[2] In November 2012, after a consultation showed strong opposition, the council announced that Finchfield library and some others would remain open.[3]
Westacre Infant school and Uplands Junior school are situated in this area. There are also two public houses, "The Chestnut Tree" and "Westacres".
In the centre of Finchfield is a Lidl supermarket. In 2013 this was the subject to a public inquiry after it appealed refusal of planning permission to extend the store that would have led to the demolition of a Victorian era property. The Planning Inspectorate finally granted permission for the extension.[4]
There have been several criminal incidents around the shopping parade at Finchfield Road West, notably an armed robbery at the Co-Op store in September 2012.[5] In response residents, with the backing of West Midlands Police, set up a 'Shopwatch' to record incidents of anti-social behaviour, graffiti and fly tipping.[6]