Ashmore Park
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| Ashmore Park shown within the West Midlands | |
| Population | 6,734 |
| OS grid reference | SJ9601 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Wednesfield |
| Postcode district | WV11 2 |
| Dialling code | 01902 |
| Police | West Midlands |
| Fire | West Midlands |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| EU Parliament | West Midlands |
Ashmore Park is a large housing estate which was part of Wednesfield, Staffordshire, England. It is now in the city of Wolverhampton, West Midlands. It forms most of the Wednesfield North ward of city of Wolverhampton council.
At the heart of the estate is a large green park consisting of a children's play area and multiple sports facilities which include a skate park, all weather multi sports pitch BMX track and bowls green. The park is also home to the Wednesfield Aces and Wednesfield Dragons speedway teams. This park was built on a slag heap, the remains of mining in the area. A good percentage of the estate was built before this land was reclaimed so the Estate was not named after the park.
There are two main shopping areas, known locally as the 'top' and 'bottom' shops due to their geographic location.
The 'bottom shops', precinct, house a mix of local and independent businesses. This underwent an extensive facelift during the early 2000s that included work to preserve the historic moat site.
A new purpose built Co-op Food convenience store was opened in November 2016 on waste land adjacent to the Ashmore Inn public house and opposite the bottom shops shopping parade.
Many people originally opposed the plans of the new store as it risked the closure of The Ashmore, public house, however after a extensive campaign by locals and users of the pub, the store was built on the adjacent waste land and car park.
The 'top shops' has a small One Stop Newsagents, Fish and Chip Shop and Hairdressers.
In 2014 the estate's Library, Community Centre and Youth Club moved to a purpose built community hub on the site of the old Youth Club. In light of the 2013/14 funding cuts The Hub at Ashmore Park is run by volunteers with support of Wolverhampton City Council staff for library services.
The estate has three churches, St Alban's Church (C of E), Corpus Christi Church (R.C.) and a Baptist church, all three are on Griffiths Drive - the circular road that encompasses much of the estate.
Two public houses and a club are on the estate.
The Ashmore Inn On the corner of Griffiths Drive and Peacock Avenue, next to the Co-op Food store and opposite the bottom shops.
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