Blakenhall

Blakenhall is a district of Wolverhampton which was developed during the late 19th century just south of the town centre, with hundreds of terraced houses some with shop fronts being built on the main road towards Sedgley as well as many being built in the side streets running off. The next major development in Blakenhall took place in the 1960's when several mutli storey blocks of flats were built, although one tower block was demolished in 2002 and two more are set to follow in 2005.

Blakenhall has a predominantly Sikh community which settled into the area in the two decades following the Second World War.

On 8th July 1996, as nationally reported in the news, a machete attack took place at St Luke's Nursery School in Blakenhall, when 33-year-old machete wielding lunatic Horrett Campbell ran riot - stabbing 21-year-old nursery nurse Lisa Potts and six children aged between 2 and 4 years.

He was later convicted on seven counts of attempted murder and sentenced to indefinite detention in a mental hospital, while Lisa Potts was awarded the George Cross for her bravery.