List of conservation areas in the West Midlands (county)

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

Colmore Row and Environs, City Centre conservation area.

St Edburgha's Church (Old Yardley Church) within the Old Yardley conservation area.

The Warwick Bar stop lock and Banana Warehouse in the Warwick Bar conservation area.

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	Coordinates (links to map & photo sources)
Anchorage Road, Sutton Coldfield	17.57	15 October 1992	None.	[4][5]	52.569°N 1.824°W / 52.569; -1.824
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 / 52.506; -1.884
Austin Village, Northfield/ Longbridge	13.26	17 July 1997	Covered by Article 4(2) Direction.	[9]	52.401°N 1.972°W / 52.401; -1.972
Barnsley Road, Edgbaston	12.07	19 May 1988	None.	[10][11]	52.474°N 1.963°W / 52.474; -1.963
Bournville Tenants	9.147	17 June 1971	Extended 6 February 1975.	[12][13]	52.417°N 1.947°W / 52.417; -1.947
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 / 52.431; -1.934
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 1.900°W / 52.481; -1.900
Digbeth, Deritend, and Bordesley High Streets	28.68	31 May 2000	None.	[21][22]	52.476°N 1.884°W / 52.476; -1.884
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 / 52.461; -1.919
Four Oaks, Sutton Coldfield	114	10 July 1986	None.	[26][27]	52.576°N 1.832°W / 52.576; -1.832
Harborne Old Village	24.79	17 July 1969	None.	[28][29]	52.453°N 1.957°W / 52.453; -1.957
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 / 52.566; -1.823
Ideal Village, Bordesley Green	17.57	18 October 1990	Covered by Article 4(2) Direction.	[32][33]	52.478°N 1.836°W / 52.478; -1.836
Jewellery Quarter	94.43	10 January 1980	Extended 18 January 1996 and 27 September 2000.	[34][35][36]	52.488°N 1.911°W / 52.488; -1.911
Kings Norton	14.28	17 July 1969	None.	[37][38]	52.408°N 1.930°W / 52.408; -1.930
Lee Crescent, Edgbaston	2.342	6 June 1974	None.	[39][40]	52.469°N 1.908°W / 52.469; -1.908
Lozells and Soho Hill	34.44	19 July 1979	None.	[41]	52.501°N 1.919°W / 52.501; -1.919
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 / 52.463; -1.957
Moseley	95.06	17 March 1983	Extended 12 November 1987 and 14 March 2005.	[44][45]	52.449°N 1.893°W / 52.449; -1.893
Northfield Old Village	4.076	17 July 1969	None.	[46][47]	52.411°N 1.964°W / 52.411; -1.964
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 / 52.474; -1.803
Ryland Road, Edgbaston	2.759	13 March 1969	None.	[50][51]	52.468°N 1.909°W / 52.468; -1.909
St Agnes, Moseley	27.59	25 June 1987	None.	[52][53][54]	52.442°N 1.877°W / 52.442; -1.877
St Augustines, Edgbaston	13.46	18 February 1988	None.	[55][56]	52.473°N 1.944°W / 52.473; -1.944
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 / 52.433; -1.837
Steelhouse, City Centre	11.07	4 October 1993	None.	[61][62][63]	52.484°N 1.893°W / 52.484; -1.893
Warwick Bar, Digbeth	16.19	25 June 1987	None.	[64][65]	52.479°N 1.884°W / 52.479; -1.884

Coventry

Birmingham Road in the Allesley Village conservation area.

Engine house and Coventry Canal (left), Oxford Canal (right) at the Hawkesbury Junction conservation area.

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)
Allesley Village	20 December 1968	Extended 29 November 1994.	52.423°N 1.558°W / 52.423; -1.558
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 / 52.384; -1.536
Stoke Green	20 December 1968	Extension and other minor boundary adjustments approved 6 January 2004.	52.406°N 1.481°W / 52.406; -1.481
Greyfriars Green, City Centre	8 August 1969	Extended 6 April 1977.	52.404°N 1.513°W / 52.404; -1.513
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 / 52.408; -1.507
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 / 52.411; -1.508
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 / 52.408; -1.517
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 / 52.457; -1.469
Chapelfields	9 November 1976	None.	52.407°N 1.533°W / 52.407; -1.533
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 / 52.399; -1.496
High Street, City Centre	12 October 1982	None.	52.407°N 1.509°W / 52.407; -1.509
Ivy Farm Lane, Canley	16 November 1989	Minor boundary adjustments approved 6 January 2004.	52.387°N 1.547°W / 52.387; -1.547
Far Gosford Street, adjacent to the A460	21 October 1992	None.	52.407°N 1.494°W / 52.407; -1.494
Naul's Mill	10 September 2003	None.	52.413°N 1.515°W / 52.413; -1.515
Spon End	10 September 2003	None.	52.411°N 1.522°W / 52.411; -1.522

Dudley

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

Name	Additional designations or notes	Coordinates (links to map & photo sources)
All Saints, Sedgley	None.	52.540°N 2.123°W / 52.540; -2.123
Bumble Hole, Netherton	None.	52.492°N 2.072°W / 52.492; -2.072
Castle Hill, Dudley	None.	52.515°N 2.079°W / 52.515; -2.079
Church Road, Oldswinford	None.	52.447°N 2.136°W / 52.447; -2.136
The Coppice, Coseley	None.	52.541°N 2.103°W / 52.541; -2.103
Delph 'Nine' Locks, Brierley Hill	None.	52.477°N 2.120°W / 52.477; -2.120
Dudley Town Centre	None.	52.509°N 2.084°W / 52.509; -2.084
High Street, Stourbridge	None.	52.457°N 2.146°W / 52.457; -2.146
The Leasowes, Halesowen	Article Four.	52.469°N 2.065°W / 52.469; -2.065
Love Lane, Oldswinford	Article Four.	52.448°N 2.146°W / 52.448; -2.146
Lutley Mill, Lutley	None.	52.450°N 2.077°W / 52.450; -2.077
Mushroom Green	Article Four.	52.476°N 2.093°W / 52.476; -2.093
Oak Street, Coseley	None.	52.536°N 2.090°W / 52.536; -2.090
Parkhead Locks, Dudley	None.	52.498°N 2.099°W / 52.498; -2.099
Stourbridge Branch Canal (Amblecote)	None.	52.467°N 2.155°W / 52.467; -2.155
Stourbridge Canal (Canal Street)	None.	52.461°N 2.152°W / 52.461; -2.152
Stourbridge 16 Locks, Wordsley	None.	52.478°N 2.151°W / 52.478; -2.151
The Village, Kingswinford	Partly covered by Article Four.	52.501°N 2.157°W / 52.501; -2.157
Wollaston	None.	52.460°N 2.163°W / 52.460; -2.163
Wordsley Church	None.	52.479°N 2.160°W / 52.479; -2.160
Wordsley Hospital	None.	52.485°N 2.160°W / 52.485; -2.160

Sandwell

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

Name	Area (ha)	Date designated	Additional designations or notes	Coordinates (links to map & photo sources)
Church Square, Oldbury	1.34	1974	None.	52.503°N 2.014°W / 52.503; -2.014
Market Place, Wednesbury	3.11	1980	None.	52.552°N 2.018°W / 52.552; -2.018
Smethwick Summit (Galton Valley)	47.48	1985	None.	52.497°N 1.972°W / 52.497; -1.972
Factory Locks, Tipton	2.62	1986	None.	52.531°N 2.071°W / 52.531; -2.071
High Street, West Bromwich	11.80	1990	Extended 1995 and 1997.	52.520°N 1.997°W / 52.520; -1.997
Warrens Hall	33.98	1994	None.	52.494°N 2.065°W / 52.494; -2.065

Solihull

Berkswell village green.

Knowle High Street.

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

Name	Coordinates (links to map & photo sources)
Ashleigh Road	52.417°N 1.787°W / 52.417; -1.787
Barston	52.400°N 1.696°W / 52.400; -1.696
Berkswell	52.409°N 1.641°W / 52.409; -1.641
Bickenhill	52.437°N 1.724°W / 52.437; -1.724
Castle Bromwich	52.507°N 1.788°W / 52.507; -1.788
Granville Road, Dorridge	52.370°N 1.747°W / 52.370; -1.747
Grove Avenue	Unknown
Hampton-in-Arden	52.427°N 1.701°W / 52.427; -1.701
Knowle	52.388°N 1.734°W / 52.388; -1.734
Malvern Hall and Brueton Avenue	52.412°N 1.769°W / 52.412; -1.769
Malvern Park Farm	52.399°N 1.771°W / 52.399; -1.771
Meriden Green	52.437°N 1.649°W / 52.437; -1.649
Meriden Hill	52.436°N 1.652°W / 52.436; -1.652
Olton	52.428°N 1.811°W / 52.428; -1.811
Solihull	52.412°N 1.776°W / 52.412; -1.776
Station Approach, Dorridge	52.372°N 1.753°W / 52.372; -1.753
Temple Balsall	52.381°N 1.699°W / 52.381; -1.699
Walsal End	52.412°N 1.704°W / 52.412; -1.704
Warwick Road	52.417°N 1.781°W / 52.417; -1.781
Whitehouse Green	52.411°N 1.795°W / 52.411; -1.795

Walsall

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

Name	Area (ha)	Date designated	Coordinates (links to map & photo sources)
Aldridge	38	25 March 1980	52.605°N 1.913°W / 52.605; -1.913
Walsall Arboretum	31.32	19 April 1989	52.590°N 1.972°W / 52.590; -1.972
Bloxwich High Street	Unknown.	18 October 2002	52.617°N 2.004°W / 52.617; -2.004
Bloxwich Park	9.41	13 December 1989	52.619°N 2.005°W / 52.619; -2.005
Bradford Street	6.05	17 April 1991	52.580°N 1.985°W / 52.580; -1.985
Bridge Street	5.5	13 July 1983	52.584°N 1.981°W / 52.584; -1.981
Caldmore Green	1.5	18 March 1987	52.583°N 1.981°W / 52.583; -1.981
Church Hill	20.5	9 March 1979	52.581°N 1.977°W / 52.581; -1.977
Darlaston	6.5	7 February 1977	52.568°N 2.033°W / 52.568; -2.033
Elmore Green, Bloxwich	7.73	19 April 1990	52.614°N 2.004°W / 52.614; -2.004
Great Barr	764	12 January 1996	52.569°N 1.917°W / 52.569; -1.917
Highgate	10.2	12 October 1994	52.576°N 1.975°W / 52.576; -1.975
Lichfield Street	6.9	6 July 1988	52.586°N 1.978°W / 52.586; -1.978
Old Pelsall	3.9	20 August 1986	52.626°N 1.978°W / 52.626; -1.978
Old Rushall	7.07	26 October 1983	52.597°N 1.964°W / 52.597; -1.964
Pelsall Common	57.5	2 March 1979	52.626°N 1.967°W / 52.626; -1.967
Walsall Locks	5.5	18 March 1987	52.588°N 1.993°W / 52.588; -1.993
Willenhall	7.7	28 January 1977	52.584°N 2.055°W / 52.584; -2.055

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	Coordinates (links to map & photo sources)
Ash Hill	13 October 1994	None.	52.585°N 2.165°W / 52.585; -2.165
Bantock House	12 October 1989	None.	52.579°N 2.154°W / 52.579; -2.154
Bilston Town Centre	1975	Boundaries were adjusted 30 September 2002.	52.566°N 2.074°W / 52.566; -2.074
Bushbury Hill	1972	Boundaries were adjusted 25 June 1974.	52.625°N 2.105°W / 52.625; -2.105
Castlecroft Gardens	28 July 1988	None.	52.577°N 2.176°W / 52.577; -2.176
Cedar Way	22 April 1999	None.	52.607°N 2.088°W / 52.607; -2.088
Chapel Ash	11 April 1991	None.	52.584°N 2.137°W / 52.584; -2.137
Cleveland Road, City Centre	13 June 1996	None.	52.581°N 2.120°W / 52.581; -2.120
Copthorne Road	2001	Boundaries were adjusted 4 March 2002.	52.571°N 2.141°W / 52.571; -2.141
Fellows Street, Blakenhall	26 November 2001	None.	52.575°N 2.130°W / 52.575; -2.130
Old Hall Street, City Centre	26 October 1995	None.	52.583°N 2.124°W / 52.583; -2.124
Park	1975	Boundaries were adjusted 12 October 1995.	52.590°N 2.140°W / 52.590; -2.140
Penn Fields	14 April 1994	None.	52.567°N 2.147°W / 52.567; -2.147
Penn Road, Graiseley	24 July 1997	None.	52.573°N 2.138°W / 52.573; -2.138
Springfield Brewery	3 October 2003	None.	52.592°N 2.121°W / 52.592; -2.121
St John's Square	1972	Boundaries were adjusted in 1986 and on 12 October 1989.	52.581°N 2.128°W / 52.581; -2.128
St Philips, Penn Fields	10 October 1991	None.	52.566°N 2.159°W / 52.566; -2.159
Staffordshire and Worcestershire & Shropshire Union Canal	14 October 1993	None.	52.615°N 2.146°W / 52.615; -2.146
Tettenhall Greens	1972	Boundaries were adjusted 14 July 2003.	52.600°N 2.172°W / 52.600; -2.172
Tettenhall Road	1 December 2004	None.	52.592°N 2.153°W / 52.592; -2.153
Tettenhall Wood	6 November 1975	None.	52.594°N 2.188°W / 52.594; -2.188
The Oaks, Merridale	1 December 2004	None.	52.584°N 2.143°W / 52.584; -2.143
The Woodlands	17 June 1976	None.	52.562°N 2.155°W / 52.562; -2.155
Union Mill	1985	Boundaries were adjusted 14 March 2007.	52.588°N 2.117°W / 52.588; -2.117
Vicarage Road, Penn	1972	Boundaries were adjusted 17 June 1976.	52.556°N 2.160°W / 52.556; -2.160
Wednesfield	1988	Boundaries were adjusted 13 January 1994.	52.599°N 2.083°W / 52.599; -2.083
Wightwick Bank	12 October 1989	None.	52.582°N 2.193°W / 52.582; -2.193
Wolverhampton Locks	1975	Boundaries were adjusted 14 March 2007.	52.606°N 2.141°W / 52.606; -2.141
Wolverhampton City Centre	1972	Boundaries were adjusted in 1974, 1975, 1976, 1991, 2005 and on 14 March 2007.	52.587°N 2.128°W / 52.587; -2.128
Worcester Street, City Centre	26 October 1995	None.	52.582°N 2.130°W / 52.582; -2.130

See also

• Article Four Direction
• Conservation in the United Kingdom