Whitmore Reans

Molineux Stadium, home of Wolverhampton Wanderers

Whitmore Reans is in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England. It is situated to the north-west of the city centre, in the city council's Park and St Peter's wards.

It has a shopping arcade which replaced some of the terraced housing called 'The Avion Centre', which has shops, take-aways and a bank. As well as an adult library, located just outside of the Avion centre.

Newhampton Road East and Newhampton Road West (which form the boundary between the Park and St Peter's wards) are secondary roads, but form the main road through Whitmore Reans]].

The area has a rich diversity of residents, encompassing both white, afro-caribbean and asian cultures. It also has a small number of student residents who sit at the nearby university campus. Historically, Whitmore Reans was considered to be quite a genteel part of Wolverhampton, being located next to the picturesque West Park. In the latter part of the Twentieth Century however the area declined sharply, and while the last 20 years has seen some of the older housing stock brought up to date it is still home to some of the lowest social grades in the City.

Since 1889, Whitmore Reans has been dominated by the Wolverhampton Wanderers football ground, The Molineux Stadium, which stands on the eastern side of Waterloo Road. However, all signs of the original stadium disappeared during the first half of the 20th century and the oldest part of the stadium was added in 1978.

In 2000, as part of the regeneration, The Newhampton Arts Centre, a community arts centre was developed with lottery funding on the site of the old municipal grammar school and provides a venue for a culturally diverse range of arts activities.