It is on the western fringe of Wolverhampton and borders the rural South Staffordshire area that includes neighbourhoods such as Perton.
The interior features extensive use of William Morris designs and is noted as one of his pioneering works.
Nearby Elmsdale Hall was owned by the former Wolverhampton Mayor and industrialist Sir John Morris.
The Staffordshire and Worcestershire canal and the Smestow Brook run through the valley beneath Wightwick Manor, roughly parallel to the 'Bridgnorth Road'.
Wightwick is an extremely pleasant part of the more traditionally affluent western side of Wolverhampton.