Oxley, West Midlands

Flower Delivery to Oxley with Clare Florist

A suburb of Wolverhampton in West Midlands, as well as a ward of Wolverhampton City, Oxley has a deep history and once a mostly rural area. It sits on the route to Wolverhampton to Stafford road and also forms part of the Wolverhampton North East constituency.

Whether you'd like to take a date here for rest and relaxation or eat a lovely dinner, you won't ever go wrong when you send flowers to Oxley. It's a nice gesture for your date.

NAME ORIGIN

The name Oxley has roots in the Old English Language. “Ox” in Old English stands for “Oxa”, the animal. “Ley” is from the Old English word leah, which means woodland clearing or meadow.

A lot of the place names in Wolverhampton have its origins in the Old English language and most of the land was indeed covered by woodland. Since the Cannock Forest reached up to Wolverhampton – and would have included the Oxley area – the name Oxley can therefore be translated as a clearing in the woodland with the presence of oxen.

Oxley was mostly a rural area up until the 20th century.

ATTRACTIONS & LANDMARKS

Three Tuns Parade – the focal point of Oxley. It is a shopping area located on Stafford Road and is adjacent to Bushbury North. There are several banks, shops and takeaways found here, including Wing Wah Chinese Buffet Restaurant, a branch of the Nationwide Building Society, Lloyds TSB, a Firkins Bakery and a lot more.

If you take a date for a romantic meal, do not forget to buy her some flowers in Oxley to set a romantic tone for the date.

Other shops you'll find in Three Tuns Parade:

Oxley Stationers – stationery supplies and high-quality printing
Reeds Rains Estate Agents – sale, letting and management of prestige properties across the North of England
Halifax Property Services – estate agents
Scrivens Fordhouses – opticians
Halifax PLC – financial institution
Natwest – financial institution
Spring Palace – Chinese takeaway

Railway viaducts crossing the Birmingham Canal Navigations Main Line Canal – this is the principal local landmark in the area.

Goodyear tyre factory – Goodyear used to have a tyre factory in the area. However, it closed down in 2008. Part of it has been reduced to rubble to make way for a regeneration and housing project. The famous 81-year old chimney stack was demolished on 29 June 2008.

Wolverhampton Science Park – located close the south border of Oxley on the site of the old Gas Works at Gorsebook.

Church of the Epiphany – an Anglican Parish Church located on Lymer Road. The structure dates back to the early 1960s. Inside the church is a good example of a Compton Theatre organ, which was originally from the Windsor Theatre in Bearwood, Birmingham.

Also, there is a Polish community living in Oxley and they have a church up in Stafford Road.

When you decide to take a date here, don't forget to get them some Oxley flowers to set a really romantic tone. Although there isn't a lot to see, you can always treat Oxley as a destination where you can relax and unwind. With the Three Tuns Parade, you have a wide offering of food and other forms of enjoyment.

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