Why go
- City in the West Midlands, England.
- Served by Mitton Airstrip.
History
Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. Located around 12 miles (19 km) north-west of Birmingham, it forms the north-western part of the West Midlands conurbation, with the towns of Willenhall and Walsall to the east, and the towns of Sedgley and Dudley to the south. The population in 2021 was 263,700, making it the third largest city in the county after Birmingham and Coventry.
Restaurants & places to go
Chicken, Fast Food · Opening hours: Su-Th 11:00-23:00; Sa 11:00-24:00 Features: takeaway, halal · 22 Wolverhampton Street, Dudley, DY1 1DB · dixydudley.com
Italian, Restaurant · Popular Italian restaurant · High Street, Brierley Hill, DY5 3JA · ilmichelangelo.co.uk
Fish And Chips, Fast Food · Original Location- 41 Hall Street, Dudley · Tipton Road, Dudley, DY1 4SQ · bclm.co.uk
Coffee Shop, Cafe · Opening hours: Mo 08:00-24:00; Tu-Fr 00:00-24:00; Sa 00:00-22:00; Su 10:00-16:00 Features: takeaway · Brickhouse Lane South, West… · storelocator.asda.com
Pizza, Fast Food · Opening hours: Mo-Su 11:30-23:00 Features: takeaway · 331 Penn Road, WV4 5QF · dominos.co.uk
Burger, Fast Food · Opening hours: Mo-Su Features: outdoor seating, takeaway · Six Towers Road, Walsall, WS2 8XD · mcdonalds.com
Restaurant · Fascinating location for café and restaurant · Airport Control Tower · ameliasbarandrestaurant.co.uk
Tex-Mex, Restaurant · Opening hours: Mo-Th 12:00-22:00; Fr-Sa 12:00-23:00; Su 12:00-22:00 · Castlegate Way, DY1 4TA · chiquito.co.uk
Sandwich, Bakery, Fast Food · Opening hours: Mo-Sa 06:30-19:00; Su 09:00-18:00 Features: takeaway · The Bridge, Walsall, WS1 1LW · greggs.co.uk
Swedish, Fast Food · Opening hours: Mo-Fr 09:30-21:00; Sa 09:00-21:00; Su 10:00-16:30 Features: takeaway · ikea.com
Indian, Restaurant · Opening hours: Mo-Th 15:00-22:30; Fr-Sa 13:00-23:00; Su 13:00-22:30 Features: outdoor seating, takeaway, delivery, step-free access ·… · bacabarestaurant.com
Ice Cream, Hot Dog, Fast Food · Features: outdoor seating, step-free access · dudleyzoo.org.uk
British, Fast Food · British fast food · Union Road · facebook.com
Chinese, Restaurant · Opening hours: Mo-Su 11:00-23:00 Features: halal · 44 High Street, Walsall, WS1 1QR · oodleschinese.com
Donut, Fast Food · Features: takeaway · Brierley Hill, DY5 1SY · shops.krispykreme.co.uk
American, Restaurant · American restaurant · Castlegate Way, Dudley, DY1 4TA · harvester.co.uk
Ice Cream, Ice Cream · Ice Cream ice cream · creamscafe.com
Asian, Restaurant · Asian restaurant · wagamama.com
Bubble Tea, Cafe · Opening hours: Mo-Su 11:00-21:00 · 5 Princes Square, Wolverhampton, WV1 1ED · themultea.com
International, Restaurant · Opening hours: Mo-Th 16:00-22:00, Fr-Sa 16:00-23:00, Su 14:00-22:00 Features: takeaway, vegan options · 21-25 Sedgley Street,… · veggiesupreme.pizza
Steak House, Cafe · Opening hours: Tu-Fr 17:00-22:00; Sa 12:00-22:00; Su 12:00-17:00 · Walsall, WS2 8HE
Polish, Restaurant · Polish restaurant · 15a Market Place, Tipton, DY4 7AR · polonia-restaurant.prv.pl
Sushi, Restaurant · Sushi restaurant · 13 High Street, Dudley, DY5 3AA · silverhillorder.co.uk
Pretzel, Fast Food · Features: takeaway
Noodle, Fast Food · Noodle fast food · 25 Bradford Mall, Walsall, WS1 1YT
Mediterranean, Restaurant · Mediterranean restaurant · Four Crosses Lane, WS11 1RT
Cafe · Opening hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-19:00; Sa 09:00-14:00 · floskitchen1poolstreet.business.site
Thai, Restaurant · Opening hours: Mo-Sa 17:00-22:00 · 27 Bilston Street, DY3 1JA
Breakfast, Fast Food · Opening hours: 07:00-12:00 Features: takeaway, delivery · Pendeford Avenue, Wolverhampton
Curry, Restaurant · Curry restaurant · 17, WV6 7QH
Barbecue, Restaurant · Features: outdoor seating · Watling Street, Cannock, WS11 1SB
Jamaican, Restaurant · Jamaican restaurant
Turkish, Restaurant · Turkish restaurant · 29 School Street, Wolverhampton, WV1 4LR
Tapas, Restaurant · Tapas restaurant · WV1 4EX
Caribbean, English, Fast Food · Caribbean/English fast food · 25 Broad Street, Wolverhampton, WV1 1HZ
Fish, Fast Food · Fish fast food · 7 Carter's Green, West Bromwich, B70 9QP
Tea, Cake, Sandwich, Coffee Shop, Cafe · Tea/Cake cafe · Meadow View Terrace, Wolverhampton, WV6 8NX
English, African, Fast Food · English/African fast food
Pakistani, Fast Food · Pakistani fast food · 96A High Street, Dudley, DY1 1QP
Dessert, Restaurant · Dessert restaurant · Pleck Road, WS2 9HE
Buffet, Restaurant · Buffet restaurant
Kebab, Fast Food · Kebab fast food · 28 Broad Street, Wolverhampton, WV1 1HP
Jamacian, Restaurant · Jamacian restaurant
Balti, Restaurant · Balti restaurant · 480A Stafford Road, Wolverhampton, WV10 6AN
Regional, Cafe · Regional cafe
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Airports
Birmingham Airport (BHX) 19 mi to the centre
Birmingham, West Midlands, ENG, GB — You board from the indoor waiting area — no need to plan for the weather. ✈ 26 airlines (Monarch Airlines, Flybe, Ryanair, Transavia France…) · direct flights to 81 destinations incl. Arrecife, Fuerteventura, Palma de Mallorca, Tenerife, Alicante… (OpenFlights route data).
✈ Airlines & flight paths — 26 airlines, 81 direct destinations
- Monarch Airlines ZB (A321, A320) · 25 routes: Alicante, Almeria, Arrecife, Barcelona, Bodrum, Dalaman, Dubrovnik, Faro, Fuerteventura, Funchal, Gibraltar, Gran Canaria, Heraklion, Hurghada, Larnaca, Malaga, Menorca, Nice, Palma de Mallorca, Paphos, Rome, Sharm El Sheikh, Split, Tenerife, Venice
- Flybe BE (Embraer 175, Dash 8-400, Embraer 195) · 22 routes: Aberdeen, Alicante, Amsterdam, Belfast, Cologne, Connaught, Dubrovnik, Duesseldorf, Edinburgh, Florence, Glasgow, Guernsey, Hannover, Inverness, Isle Of Man, Jersey, Lyon, Milano, Paris, Porto, Stuttgart, Waterford
- Ryanair FR (737-800) · 21 routes: Alicante, Arrecife, Barcelona, Bratislava, Bydgoszcz, Dublin, Faro, Fuerteventura, Gdansk, Gran Canaria, Ibiza, Katowice, Kaunas, Krakow, Londonderry, Malaga, Malta, Murcia, Palma de Mallorca, Reus, Tenerife
- Transavia France TO (75W, 737-800) · 19 routes: Alicante, Antalya, Arrecife, Boa Vista, Bodrum, Dalaman, Dubrovnik, Enfidha, Faro, Fuerteventura, Funchal, Gran Canaria, Izmir, Larnaca, Marrakech, Palma de Mallorca, Paphos, Sharm El Sheikh, Tenerife
- Thomsonfly BY (75W, 737-800) · 9 routes: Antalya, Arrecife, Boa Vista, Dalaman, Enfidha, Fuerteventura, Palma de Mallorca, Sharm El Sheikh, Tenerife
- Thomas Cook Airlines MT (757-200, A321) · 8 routes: Antalya, Arrecife, Dalaman, Enfidha, Fuerteventura, Larnaca, Palma de Mallorca, Tenerife
- Lufthansa Cargo LH (A319, A320, A321, 737-300, 757-200, CRJ-900…) · 4 routes: Duesseldorf*, Frankfurt, Munich*, Newark*
- Aer Lingus EI (ATR 72, A320, AT4) · 3 routes: Cork*, Dublin, Shannon*
- Air France AF (A319, A320, Embraer 175) · 2 routes: Lyon*, Paris
- Germanwings 4U (A319, CRJ) · 2 routes: Berlin, Hamburg
- Scandinavian Airlines System SK (A319, A320, 717, CRJ-900) · 2 routes: Copenhagen, Stockholm
- United Airlines UA (757-200, Dash 8-400) · 2 routes: Brussels*, Newark
- Air India Limited AI (787-8) · 1 route: Delhi
- Air Malta KM (A319, A320) · 1 route: Malta
- Air Sicilia BM (ERJ-145) · 1 route: Gothenborg
- Brussels Airlines SN (Dash 8-400, AR1) · 1 route: Brussels
- Condor Flugdienst DE (757) · 1 route: Arrecife*
- Eastern Airways T3 (J32) · 1 route: Newcastle
- easyJet U2 (A319) · 1 route: Belfast
- Emirates EK (777-300ER) · 1 route: Dubai
- KLM Royal Dutch Airlines KL (737, EMJ) · 1 route: Amsterdam
- Pakistan International Airlines PK (777) · 1 route: Islamabad
- Qantas QF (777-300ER) · 1 route: Dubai*
- Swiss International Air Lines LX (Fokker 100, AR1) · 1 route: Zurich
- Turkish Airlines TK (737-800, 737-900) · 1 route: Istanbul
- Turkmenistan Airlines T5 (757-200) · 1 route: Ashkhabad
Routes and aircraft from OpenFlights (open data; a point-in-time snapshot). * = codeshare. Linked destinations open their own guidebook. Flight numbers are not in the open data — they come from the airline or a paid schedule feed.
Wolverhampton Halfpenny Green Airport 6.9 mi to the centre
Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, ENG, GB
Otherton Airfield 8.8 mi to the centre
Stafford, Staffordshire, ENG, GB
Mitton Airstrip 10 mi to the centre
ENG, GB
Getting there by ferry
Dudley Canal and Caverns
Ferry terminal · 5 mi from the centre · The Dudley Canal and Tunnel Trust;Dudley Canal Trust
Sherborne Wharf Water Bus Stop
Ferry terminal · 12 mi from the centre · Sherborne Wharf
Brindleyplace Water Bus Stop
Ferry terminal · 12 mi from the centre · Sherborne Wharf
Gas Street Basin Water Bus Stop
Ferry terminal · 12 mi from the centre · Sherborne Wharf
Where to stay
12-13 Park Rd W, Wolverhampton WV1 4PP, United Kingdom · aparkviewhotel.co.uk
53 Tettenhall Rd, Wolverhampton WV3 9NB, United Kingdom · elyhousehotel.co.uk
20, 28 Mount Pleasant, Wolverhampton, Bilston WV14 7LJ, United Kingdom · therobin.co.uk
1 Lea Gardens, Wolverhampton WV3 0LX, United Kingdom · holcombe-house-aparthotel.com.es
Dunstall Park, Racecourse, Gorsebrook Rd, Wolverhampton WV6 0PE, United Kingdom · ihg.com
27 Larches Ln, Wolverhampton WV3 9PX, United Kingdom · thelarches.top
Snow Hill, Wolverhampton WV2 4AD, United Kingdom · cadesaccommodation.co.uk
Union St, Wolverhampton WV1 3JN, United Kingdom · all.accor.com
Broad Gauge Way, Wolverhampton WV10 0BA, United Kingdom · premierinn.com
Park Dr, Goldthorn Park, Wolverhampton WV4 5AJ, United Kingdom · parkhallhotelandspa.co.uk
Mount Rd, Tettenhall Wood, Wolverhampton WV6 8HL, United Kingdom · themount.co.uk
145 Broad Gauge Way, Wolverhampton WV10 0BA, United Kingdom · airrentals.co.uk
45 Waterloo Rd, Wolverhampton WV1 4QL, United Kingdom · redwingslodge.co.uk
44-50 Tettenhall Rd, Wolverhampton WV1 4SW, United Kingdom · connaughtwolves.co.uk
37 Pipers Row, Wolverhampton WV1 3JY, United Kingdom · premierlodgecentral.hotelchi.top
80 Lichfield St, Wolverhampton WV1 1DD, United Kingdom · britanniahotels.com
18 Glaisdale Gardens, Wolverhampton WV6 0TS, United Kingdom
142 Goldthorn Hill, Wolverhampton WV2 3JE, United Kingdom
40A Oaklands Rd, Wolverhampton WV3 0DS, United Kingdom · oyorooms.com
3 Church St, Wolverhampton WV2 4LW, United Kingdom
126 Penn Rd, Wolverhampton WV3 0ER, United Kingdom
233 Coleman St, Wolverhampton WV6 0RQ, United Kingdom
Indoor
5 Broad St, Wolverhampton WV1 1JA, United Kingdom · xsoapartments.co.uk
65 Carshalton Grove, Wolverhampton WV2 2QZ, United Kingdom
4 Saint John's Street, Mander Centre, Wolverhampton WV1 3NT, United Kingdom
47 Queen St, Wolverhampton WV1 3BJ, United Kingdom
Where things are
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When to go
Tourist season
May – September
The warmer, longer-day half of the year is the safest bet for a first visit.
Shoulder season
April, October
Cooler and quieter, with fewer visitors and better value.
Worth avoiding
Deep winter
Short days and the coldest weather — check local conditions before travelling.
Getting there & around
Getting there. The nearest airport on record is Mitton Airstrip; 4 other airports serve the wider area. Check rail and road links from the tourism sources below. By water: 4 ferry terminals within 12 mi (nearest: Dudley Canal and Caverns, 5 mi).
Getting around. Use the map above to orient yourself; nearby hotels, attractions and places to eat are listed from the live Ultimate data for Wolverhampton, UK. Local transit details will be added as the guide is expanded.
Trains & rail
National rail
Coaches & shuttles
Intercity coach
Intercity coach
Private aviation
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