Warstones is a suburban area of

Wolverhampton Wolverhampton () is a city, metropolitan borough and administrative centre in the West Midlands, England. The population size has increased by 5.7%, from around 249,500 in 2011 to 263,700 in 2021. People from the city are called "Wulfrunian ...

, England, situated to the south-west of the city centre and is home to a huge local football club called Warstones Wanderers. Mullin is the founder and chairman of the club. Warstones has three schools, within a half mile vicinity of each other: * Highfields School *Springdale *Warstones Also, not far away are: *Smestow School (Sports College) *Colton Hills Community School There is also a youth centre; the YWCA. Warstones has many facilities such as a library and many shops. It is the location of some of Wolverhampton's first post

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, built around Enville Road in the second half of the 1940s. In the past few years there have been some problems in the area. Gang culture was a major issue. West Midlands Police tackled the problem by putting a curfew on the area for a short while and putting a police station in the area. Notable former residents of Warstones Estate include Slade guitarist

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and journalist and writer

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. Another well known resident was Peter Knowles who boarded on the estate when he came to play for Wolves.

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Areas of Wolverhampton {{WestMidlands-geo-stub