Heath Town is a suburban area of Wolverhampton, in the county of the West Midlands, England, to the east of the city centre.
As well as Heath Town, the ward covers parts of Park Village, Springfield, Horseley Fields and Wednesfield.
However, it has a large percentage of Asian and Afro-Caribbean residents who migrated to England during the 1950s and 1960s and originally settled in the Victorian terraces before relocating to the modern council flats.
The other top languages spoken are 3.5% Punjabi, 2.1% Polish, 1.9% Kurdish, 1.2% Lithuanian, 1.0% Tagalog/Filipino, 0.7% Persian, 0.7% Somali, 0.7% Arabic, 0.6% Greek.
[13] The rich diversity of culture in the area is celebrated each August with an international fun day event on Heath Town Park.
[15] The religious make up of Heath Town is 52.9% Christian, 21.2% no religion, 7.4% Muslim, 6.4% Sikh, 2.8% Hindu, 0.5% Buddhist, 0.1% agnostic.
They were opened on 16 December 1932, by Alderman F. A. Willcock, chair of Wolverhampton Borough Council's Parks and Baths Committee.
The building sits at the heart of Heath Town and its preservation and bringing back into use is stated to be a high priority in the Neighbourhood Plan.
[27] [28] A terrace of six, grade II listed, 19th century almshouses is located in the graveyard of Holy Trinity Church.
One of the last estates of tower blocks to be built in the area, it incorporated a number of features – a district heating scheme and deck level access.
The estate's tower blocks were for a long time the city's tallest residential structures and are visible landmarks from some distance.
The blocks of flats are divided by grassed areas, the largest of which is in the south-central part of the development and designed for recreational use.
Green space has been incorporated into the areas between blocks of flats and mature trees are visible along the southern edge of the estate.
[8] There is an extensive housing development off the Wednesfield Road on the former site of the Chubb Works which was part of the new century's Wolverhampton regeneration plan.
[37] Heath Town straddles the A4124 Wolverhampton-Wednesfield Road, which runs westwards to Wolverhampton and eastwards to Bloxwich and eventually Brownhills It is bounded by railway lines to the north-east and south (the latter disused).
[26] Frequent National Express West Midlands services 9 and 59 run from the city centre to Heath Town and on to New Cross, Bentley Bridge and Walsall (9) or Ashmore Park (59).
Diamond Bus service 65 operates from Wolverhampton through Heath Town and onto Wood End, Bushbury and Fordhouses.
The canal runs from Wolverhampton via Wednesfield towards the coalfields at Essington and Great Wyrley, Bloxwich, Pelsall and Chasewater.
[42] Heathfield Park Neighbourhood Plan[43] received a resounding yes vote on 17 July 2014 and will be taken to Wolverhampton City Council in September 2014 for adoption.
The Plan identifies six key themes for improving and sustaining the area which focus on identity and image, housing and environment, employment and skills, assets and buildings, transport and traffic and healthy living.
[46] In March 2015, Wolverhampton Council announced that the maisonettes in Chervil Rise would be demolished as part of the regeneration, resulting 34 tenants having to leave the estate.