List of conservation areas in the West Midlands (county) explained

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

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
Anchorage Road, Sutton Coldfield	17.57	15 October 1992	None.	^[4] ^[5]	52.569°N -1.824°W
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
Austin Village, Northfield/ Longbridge	13.26	17 July 1997	Covered by Article 4(2) Direction.	^[9]	52.401°N -1.972°W
Barnsley Road, Edgbaston	12.07	19 May 1988	None.	^[10] ^[11]	52.474°N -1.963°W
Bournville Tenants	9.147	17 June 1971	Extended 6 February 1975.	^[12] ^[13]	52.417°N -1.947°W
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
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 -1.9°W
Digbeth, Deritend, and Bordesley High Streets	28.68	31 May 2000	None.	^[21] ^[22]	52.476°N -1.884°W
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
Four Oaks, Sutton Coldfield	114	10 July 1986	None.	^[26] ^[27]	52.576°N -1.832°W
Harborne Old Village	24.79	17 July 1969	None.	^[28] ^[29]	52.453°N -1.957°W
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
Ideal Village, Bordesley Green	17.57	18 October 1990	Covered by Article 4(2) Direction.	^[32] ^[33]	52.478°N -1.836°W
Jewellery Quarter	94.43	10 January 1980	Extended 18 January 1996 and 27 September 2000.	^[34] ^[35] ^[36]	52.488°N -1.911°W
Kings Norton	14.28	17 July 1969	None.	^[37] ^[38]	52.408°N -1.93°W
Lee Crescent, Edgbaston	2.342	6 June 1974	None.	^[39] ^[40]	52.469°N -1.908°W
Lozells and Soho Hill	34.44	19 July 1979	None.	^[41]	52.501°N -1.919°W
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
Moseley	95.06	17 March 1983	Extended 12 November 1987 and 14 March 2005.	^[44] ^[45]	52.449°N -1.893°W
Northfield Old Village	4.076	17 July 1969	None.	^[46] ^[47]	52.411°N -1.964°W
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
Ryland Road, Edgbaston	2.759	13 March 1969	None.	^[50] ^[51]	52.468°N -1.909°W
St Agnes, Moseley	27.59	25 June 1987	None.	^[52] ^[53] ^[54]	52.442°N -1.877°W
St Augustines, Edgbaston	13.46	18 February 1988	None.	^[55] ^[56]	52.473°N -1.944°W
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
Steelhouse, City Centre	11.07	4 October 1993	None.	^[61] ^[62] ^[63]	52.484°N -1.893°W
Warwick Bar, Digbeth	16.19	25 June 1987	None.	^[64] ^[65]	52.479°N -1.884°W

Coventry

Coventry has 15 conservation areas. The first conservation areas were designated in 1968.^[66]

Name	Date designated	Additional designations or notes
Allesley Village	20 December 1968	Extended 29 November 1994.	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.	52.384°N -1.536°W
Stoke Green	20 December 1968	Extension and other minor boundary adjustments approved 6 January 2004.	52.406°N -1.481°W
Greyfriars Green, City Centre	8 August 1969	Extended 6 April 1977.	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.	52.408°N -1.507°W
Lady Herbert's Garden, City Centre	8 August 1969	Extended 6 April 1977. Minor boundary adjustment approved 6 January 2004.	52.411°N -1.508°W
Spon Street, City Centre	8 August 1969	Extension to north and other minor boundary adjustments approved 6 January 2004.	52.408°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.	52.457°N -1.469°W
Chapelfields	9 November 1976	None.	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.	52.399°N -1.496°W
High Street, City Centre	12 October 1982	None.	52.407°N -1.509°W
Ivy Farm Lane, Canley	16 November 1989	Minor boundary adjustments approved 6 January 2004.	52.387°N -1.547°W
Far Gosford Street, adjacent to the A460	21 October 1992	None.	52.407°N -1.494°W
Naul's Mill	10 September 2003	None.	52.413°N -1.515°W
Spon End	10 September 2003	None.	52.411°N -1.522°W

Dudley

There are 21 conservation areas in Dudley.^[67]

Name	Additional designations or notes
All Saints, Sedgley	None.	52.54°N -2.123°W
Bumble Hole, Netherton	None.	52.492°N -2.072°W
Castle Hill, Dudley	None.	52.515°N -2.079°W
Church Road, Oldswinford	None.	52.447°N -2.136°W
The Coppice, Coseley	None.	52.541°N -2.103°W
Delph 'Nine' Locks, Brierley Hill	None.	52.477°N -2.12°W
Dudley Town Centre	None.	52.509°N -2.084°W
High Street, Stourbridge	None.	52.457°N -2.146°W
The Leasowes, Halesowen	Article Four.	52.469°N -2.065°W
Love Lane, Oldswinford	Article Four.	52.448°N -2.146°W
Lutley Mill, Lutley	None.	52.45°N -2.077°W
Mushroom Green	Article Four.	52.476°N -2.093°W
Oak Street, Coseley	None.	52.536°N -2.09°W
Parkhead Locks, Dudley	None.	52.498°N -2.099°W
Stourbridge Branch Canal (Amblecote)	None.	52.467°N -2.155°W
Stourbridge Canal (Canal Street)	None.	52.461°N -2.152°W
Stourbridge 16 Locks, Wordsley	None.	52.478°N -2.151°W
The Village, Kingswinford	Partly covered by Article Four.	52.501°N -2.157°W
Wollaston	None.	52.46°N -2.163°W
Wordsley Church	None.	52.479°N -2.16°W
Wordsley Hospital	None.	52.485°N -2.16°W

Sandwell

There are six conservation areas in Sandwell.^[68]

Name	Area (ha)	Date designated	Additional designations or notes
Church Square, Oldbury	1.34	1974	None.	52.503°N -2.014°W
Market Place, Wednesbury	3.11	1980	None.	52.552°N -2.018°W
Smethwick Summit (Galton Valley)	47.48	1985	None.	52.497°N -1.972°W
Factory Locks, Tipton	2.62	1986	None.	52.531°N -2.071°W
High Street, West Bromwich	11.80	1990	Extended 1995 and 1997.	52.52°N -1.997°W
Warrens Hall	33.98	1994	None.	52.494°N -2.065°W

Solihull

There are 20 conservation areas in Solihull.^[69]

Name
Ashleigh Road	52.417°N -1.787°W
Barston	52.4°N -1.696°W
Berkswell	52.409°N -1.641°W
Bickenhill	52.437°N -1.724°W
Castle Bromwich	52.507°N -1.788°W
Granville Road, Dorridge	52.37°N -1.747°W
Grove Avenue	Unknown
Hampton-in-Arden	52.427°N -1.701°W
Knowle	52.388°N -1.734°W
Malvern Hall and Brueton Avenue	52.412°N -1.769°W
Malvern Park Farm	52.399°N -1.771°W
Meriden Green	52.437°N -1.649°W
Meriden Hill	52.436°N -1.652°W
Olton	52.428°N -1.811°W
Solihull	52.412°N -1.776°W
Station Approach, Dorridge	52.372°N -1.753°W
Temple Balsall	52.381°N -1.699°W
Walsal End	52.412°N -1.704°W
Warwick Road	52.417°N -1.781°W
Whitehouse Green	52.411°N -1.795°W

Walsall

There are 18 conservation areas in Walsall. The first were designated in 1977.^[70]

Name	Area (ha)	Date designated
Aldridge	38	25 March 1980	52.605°N -1.913°W
Walsall Arboretum	31.32	19 April 1989	52.59°N -1.972°W
Bloxwich High Street	Unknown.	18 October 2002	52.617°N -2.004°W
Bloxwich Park	9.41	13 December 1989	52.619°N -2.005°W
Bradford Street	6.05	17 April 1991	52.58°N -1.985°W
Bridge Street	5.5	13 July 1983	52.584°N -1.981°W
Caldmore Green	1.5	18 March 1987	52.583°N -1.981°W
Church Hill	20.5	9 March 1979	52.581°N -1.977°W
Darlaston	6.5	7 February 1977	52.568°N -2.033°W
Elmore Green, Bloxwich	7.73	19 April 1990	52.614°N -2.004°W
Great Barr	764	12 January 1996	52.569°N -1.917°W
Highgate	10.2	12 October 1994	52.576°N -1.975°W
Lichfield Street	6.9	6 July 1988	52.586°N -1.978°W
Old Pelsall	3.9	20 August 1986	52.626°N -1.978°W
Old Rushall	7.07	26 October 1983	52.597°N -1.964°W
Pelsall Common	57.5	2 March 1979	52.626°N -1.967°W
Walsall Locks	5.5	18 March 1987	52.588°N -1.993°W
Willenhall	7.7	28 January 1977	52.584°N -2.055°W

Wolverhampton

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
Ash Hill	13 October 1994	None.	52.585°N -2.165°W
Bantock House	12 October 1989	None.	52.579°N -2.154°W
Bilston Town Centre	1975	Boundaries were adjusted 30 September 2002.	52.566°N -2.074°W
Bushbury Hill	1972	Boundaries were adjusted 25 June 1974.	52.625°N -2.105°W
Castlecroft Gardens	28 July 1988	None.	52.577°N -2.176°W
Cedar Way	22 April 1999	None.	52.607°N -2.088°W
Chapel Ash	11 April 1991	None.	52.584°N -2.137°W
Cleveland Road, City Centre	13 June 1996	None.	52.581°N -2.12°W
Copthorne Road	2001	Boundaries were adjusted 4 March 2002.	52.571°N -2.141°W
Fellows Street, Blakenhall	26 November 2001	None.	52.575°N -2.13°W
Old Hall Street, City Centre	26 October 1995	None.	52.583°N -2.124°W
Park	1975	Boundaries were adjusted 12 October 1995.	52.59°N -2.14°W
Penn Fields	14 April 1994	None.	52.567°N -2.147°W
Penn Road, Graiseley	24 July 1997	None.	52.573°N -2.138°W
Springfield Brewery	3 October 2003	None.	52.592°N -2.121°W
St John's Square	1972	Boundaries were adjusted in 1986 and on 12 October 1989.	52.581°N -2.128°W
St Philips, Penn Fields	10 October 1991	None.	52.566°N -2.159°W
Staffordshire and Worcestershire & Shropshire Union Canal	14 October 1993	None.	52.615°N -2.146°W
Tettenhall Greens	1972	Boundaries were adjusted 14 July 2003.	52.6°N -2.172°W
Tettenhall Road	1 December 2004	None.	52.592°N -2.153°W
Tettenhall Wood	6 November 1975	None.	52.594°N -2.188°W
The Oaks, Merridale	1 December 2004	None.	52.584°N -2.143°W
The Woodlands	17 June 1976	None.	52.562°N -2.155°W
Union Mill	1985	Boundaries were adjusted 14 March 2007.	52.588°N -2.117°W
Vicarage Road, Penn	1972	Boundaries were adjusted 17 June 1976.	52.556°N -2.16°W
Wednesfield	1988	Boundaries were adjusted 13 January 1994.	52.599°N -2.083°W
Wightwick Bank	12 October 1989	None.	52.582°N -2.193°W
Wolverhampton Locks	1975	Boundaries were adjusted 14 March 2007.	52.606°N -2.141°W
Wolverhampton City Centre	1972	Boundaries were adjusted in 1974, 1975, 1976, 1991, 2005 and on 14 March 2007.	52.587°N -2.128°W
Worcester Street, City Centre	26 October 1995	None.	52.582°N -2.13°W

See also

• Article Four Direction
• Conservation in the United Kingdom

External links

• Birmingham.gov.uk: What is a Conservation Area?

Notes and References

1. Web site: Birmingham's Conservation Areas . Birmingham City Council . 26 October 2007.
2. Web site: Conservation Area Properties Index . Birmingham City Council . 27 September 2000 . 23 August 2008.
3. Book: Larkham, Peter J. . Conservation and the City . 92 . Routledge . 1996 . 0-415-07947-0.
4. Web site: Anchorage Road Conservation Area Map . Birmingham City Council . 27 March 2008.
5. Web site: Anchorage Road Conservation Area Designation Report . Birmingham City Council . 27 March 2008.
6. Web site: Aston Hall and Church Conservation Area Map . Birmingham City Council . 27 March 2008.
7. Web site: Aston Hall and Church Conservation Area Designation Report . Birmingham City Council . 27 March 2008.
8. Web site: Aston Hall . Birmingham City Council . 27 March 2008 . https://archive.today/20080305182640/http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/preview/GenerateContent?CONTENT_ITEM_ID=2663&CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE=0&MENU_ID=1762 . 5 March 2008 . dead .
9. Web site: Austin Village Conservation Area Map . Birmingham City Council . 27 March 2008.
10. Web site: Barnsley Road Conservation Area Map . Birmingham City Council . 27 March 2008.
11. Web site: Barnsley Road Conservation Area Designation Report . Birmingham City Council . 27 March 2008.
12. Web site: Bournville Tenants Conservation Area Map . Birmingham City Council . 27 March 2008.
13. Web site: Bournville Tenants Conservation Area Designation Report . Birmingham City Council . 27 March 2008.
14. Web site: Bournville Village Conservation Area Map . Birmingham City Council . 27 March 2008.
15. Web site: Bournville Design Guide . Birmingham City Council . 27 March 2008.
16. Web site: Bournville Village Conservation Area Designation Report . Birmingham City Council . 27 March 2008.
17. Web site: Colmore Row and Environs Conservation Area Map . Birmingham City Council . 27 March 2008.
18. Web site: Colmore Row and Environs Conservation Area Designation Report . Birmingham City Council . 27 March 2008.
19. Web site: Character Appraisal and Supplementary Planning Policies . Birmingham City Council . 27 March 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080313172848/http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/Media/?MEDIA_ID=143718 . 13 March 2008 . dead .
20. Web site: Colmore Row and Environs Conservation Area . Birmingham City Council . 27 March 2008.
21. Web site: Digbeth, Deritend and Bordesley High Streets Conservation Area Map . Birmingham City Council . 27 March 2008.
22. Web site: Digbeth Deritend & Bordesley High Streets Designation Report . Birmingham City Council . 27 March 2008.
23. Web site: Edgbaston Conservation Area Map . Birmingham City Council . 27 March 2008.
24. Web site: Edgbaston Conservation Area Designation Report . Birmingham City Council . 27 March 2008.
25. Web site: Edgbaston Character Appraisal . Birmingham City Council . 27 March 2008.
26. Web site: Four Oaks Conservation Area Map . Birmingham City Council . 27 March 2008.
27. Web site: Four Oaks Conservation Area Designation Report . Birmingham City Council . 27 March 2008.
28. Web site: Harborne Old Village Conservation Area Map . Birmingham City Council . 27 March 2008.
29. Web site: Harborne Old Village Conservation Area Designation Report . Birmingham City Council . 27 March 2008.
30. Web site: High Street Sutton Coldfield Conservation Area Map . Birmingham City Council . 27 March 2008.
31. Web site: High Street Sutton Coldfield Conservation Area Designation Report . Birmingham City Council . 27 March 2008.
32. Web site: Ideal Village Bordesley Green Conservation Area Map . Birmingham City Council . 27 March 2008.
33. Web site: Ideal Village Bordesley Green Conservation Area Designation Report . Birmingham City Council . 27 March 2008.
34. Web site: Jewellery Quarter Conservation Area Map . Birmingham City Council . 27 March 2008.
35. Web site: Jewellery Quarter Conservation Area Designation Report . Birmingham City Council . 27 March 2008.
36. Web site: Jewellery Quarter Regeneration Partnership . Birmingham City Council . 27 March 2008 . https://archive.today/20080305185850/http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/preview/GenerateContent?CONTENT_ITEM_ID=12991&CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE=0&MENU_ID=48 . 5 March 2008 . dead .
37. Web site: Kings Norton Conservation Area Map . Birmingham City Council . 27 March 2008.
38. Web site: Kings Norton Conservation Area Designation Report . Birmingham City Council . 27 March 2008.
39. Web site: Lee Crescent Edgbaston Conservation Area Map . Birmingham City Council . 27 March 2008.
40. Web site: Lee Crescent Edgbaston Conservation Area Designation Report . Birmingham City Council . 27 March 2008.
41. Web site: Lozells and Soho Hill Conservation Area Map . Birmingham City Council . 27 March 2008.
42. Web site: Moor Pool Harborne Conservation Area Map . Birmingham City Council . 27 March 2008.
43. Web site: Moor Pool Harborne Conservation Area Designation Report . Birmingham City Council . 27 March 2008.
44. Web site: Moseley Conservation Area Map . Birmingham City Council . 27 March 2008.
45. Web site: Moseley Conservation Area Designation Report . Birmingham City Council . 27 March 2008.
46. Web site: Northfield Old Village Conservation Area Map . Birmingham City Council . 27 March 2008.
47. Web site: Northfield Old Village Conservation Area Designation Report . Birmingham City Council . 27 March 2008.
48. Web site: Old Yardley Conservation Area Map . Birmingham City Council . 27 March 2008.
49. Web site: Old Yardley Conservation Area Designation Report . Birmingham City Council . 27 March 2008.
50. Web site: Ryland Road Edgbaston Conservation Area Map . Birmingham City Council . 27 March 2008.
51. Web site: Ryland Road Conservation Area Designation Report . Birmingham City Council . 27 March 2008.
52. Web site: St Agnes Moseley Conservation Area Map . Birmingham City Council . 27 March 2008.
53. Web site: St Agnes Moseley Conservation Area Designation Report . Birmingham City Council . 27 March 2008.
54. Web site: St Agnes Leaflet . Birmingham City Council . 27 March 2008.
55. Web site: St Augustines Edgbaston Conservation Area Map . Birmingham City Council . 27 March 2008.
56. Web site: St Augustines Edgbaston Conservation Area Designation Report . Birmingham City Council . 27 March 2008.
57. Web site: School Road Hall Green Conservation Area Map . Birmingham City Council . 27 March 2008.
58. Web site: School Road Hall Green Conservation Area Designation Report . Birmingham City Council . 27 March 2008.
59. Web site: School Road Character Appraisal . Birmingham City Council . 27 March 2008.
60. Book: Stanilov, Kiril . Brenda Case Scheer . Suburban Form: An International Perspective . 247 . Routledge . 2004 . 0-415-31476-3.
61. Web site: Steelhouse City Centre Conservation Area Map . Birmingham City Council . 27 March 2008.
62. Web site: Steelhouse City Centre Conservation Area Designation Report . Birmingham City Council . 27 March 2008.
63. Web site: Character Appraisal and Supplementary Planning Policies . Birmingham City Council . 27 March 2008.
64. Web site: Warwick Bar Digbeth Conservation Area Map . Birmingham City Council . 27 March 2008.
65. Web site: Warwick Bar Digbeth Conservation Area Designation Report . Birmingham City Council . 27 March 2008.
66. Web site: List of conservation areas . Coventry City Council . 27 March 2008.
67. Web site: Conservation Area Plans . Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council . 27 March 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080608123840/http://www.dudley.gov.uk/environment--planning/planning/historic-environment/conservation-areas/conservationarea-plans . 8 June 2008 .
68. Web site: Conservation . Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council . 27 March 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080612152045/http://www.laws.sandwell.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/environment/planning/historic-buildings-and-conservation/conservation/ . 12 June 2008 .
69. Web site: Conservation Areas . Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council . 27 March 2008.
70. Web site: Conservation areas . Walsall Council . 27 March 2008.
71. Web site: Conservation areas . Wolverhampton City Council . 27 March 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081121163234/http://www.wolverhampton.gov.uk/environment/land_premises/conservation/areas/areas.htm . 21 November 2008 . dead .
72. Web site: Wolverhampton Conservation Areas – Summary . Wolverhampton City Council . March 2007 . 27 March 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070926235928/http://www.wolverhampton.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/A080B77B-5610-46B1-A478-E438891A07A7/0/wton_conservation_areas.pdf . 26 September 2007 . dead .
73. Web site: Conservation Areas in Wolverhampton . Wolverhampton City Council . 27 March 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070926235527/http://www.wolverhampton.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/B2B83960-C11C-4594-AB58-501D81A8B71F/0/ca_map.pdf . 26 September 2007 . dead .