Claregate
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Claregate is a suburb of Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. For Eurostat purposes Walsall and Wolverhampton is a NUTS 3 region and is one of five boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "West Midlands" NUTS 2 region...

, West Midlands
West Midlands (county)
The West Midlands is a metropolitan county in western central England with a 2009 estimated population of 2,638,700. It came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972, formed from parts of Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire. The...

, England
England
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. It is north-west of Wolverhampton city centre, within the Tettenhall Regis
Tettenhall Regis
Tettenhall Regis is a ward of Wolverhampton City Council, West Midlands.-Geography:It is one of two wards covering the Tettenhall area, the other being Tettenhall Wightwick. It is situated on the western edge of the city, bordering South Staffordshire and the Oxley, St Peter's, Park and Tettenhall...

 ward.

It is bounded on the North-East side by the rail line from Wolverhampton to Shrewsbury, on the South-East side by the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal and on the West side by the ridge that rises up to Tettenhall village.


Claregate as a distinct area has only existed since the pre / post war housing estate was built between the Codsall and Aldersley roads.




There is one pub in Claregate, formerly called 'The Fieldhouse', but now sharing the same name as the area, 'The Claregate'.
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