Graiseley is both an inner-city area 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...

, situated immediately to the south-west of the city centre, and the name of a ward 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...

 City Council.

Place-name

The most likely origin of the Graiseley name is from the Old English grǣg (grey wolf) and lēah (woodland clearing), meaning 'the lēah with the wolves'.

Graiseley ward

Graiseley ward is bounded by Penn Road (A449

A449 road

The A449 is a major road in the United Kingdom. It runs north from junction 24 of the M4 motorway at Newport in South Wales to Stafford in Staffordshire....

) to the east, Coalway Road and Church Road to the south, Bradmore Road and Merridale Road to the west and the ring road to the north.

Confusingly, the area of Graiseley straddles its namesake council ward and neighbouring Blakenhall

Blakenhall

Blakenhall is a ward in Wolverhampton, England.-Toponymy and history:Blakenhall's name, according to topynmists comes from the Old English 'blæc', meaning 'black' or dark coloured, & 'halh' meaning 'nook' or 'corner'...

 ward.

Graiseley is home to parks, shopping centres, and schools, along with sub-urban and inner city housing.

Areas within the ward include:

• part of Graiseley
• Penn Fields
  Penn Fields
  Penn Fields is an area of the city of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, situated about one mile to the south-west of the city centre within the Graiseley ward. It lies on Penn Road, the A449 trunk road to Kidderminster. The housing stock varies from modest terraced homes to large detached residences....
  
  
• Merridale
  Merridale
  Merridale is an area of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England. It is situated to the south-west of the city centre, on the border of the city council's Graiseley and Park wards.- Origins and history :...
  
  
• Chapel Ash
• and part of Bradmore
  Bradmore, West Midlands
  Bradmore is a suburb of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands of England. It lies at the meeting point of the Graiseley, Park and Merry Hill wards of Wolverhampton City Council....
  
  .

It borders the St Peter's

St Peter's ward, Wolverhampton

St Peter's is a ward of Wolverhampton City Council, West Midlands. It has two parts: the city centre , and the inner-city areas immediately to the north and north-west, including Dunstall Hill and part of Whitmore Reans.It is bordered by the wards of Bushbury South and Low Hill, Heath Town, East...

, Blakenhall

Blakenhall

Blakenhall is a ward in Wolverhampton, England.-Toponymy and history:Blakenhall's name, according to topynmists comes from the Old English 'blæc', meaning 'black' or dark coloured, & 'halh' meaning 'nook' or 'corner'...

, Penn

Penn, West Midlands

Penn is an area now divided between Wolverhampton in the West Midlands and South Staffordshire. Originally, it was a village in the historic county of Staffordshire. There is considerable confusion about exactly which areas fall within Penn...

, Merry Hill

Merry Hill

Merry Hill may refer to:*Merry Hill, Wolverhampton, a suburb of Wolverhampton, West Midlands*Merry Hill Shopping Centre, near Brierley Hill, West Midlands*Merry Hill, North Carolina, a town of Bertie County...

 and Park

Park ward, Wolverhampton

Park ward is a ward of Wolverhampton City Council, West Midlands. It is located to the west of the city centre, and covers parts of the suburbs Bradmore, Compton, Finchfield, Merridale, Newbridge and Whitmore Reans. It borders the St Peter's, Graiseley, Merry Hill, Tettenhall Wightwick and...

 wards. It forms part of the Wolverhampton South West constituency.

Schools

The area is served by three state primary schools: Graiseley, Aston and Merridale.

Penn Fields School is a special school located in the area and there is a Resource Area for Moderate Learning Difficulties at Graisely Primary School.

The Junior School of the Royal Wolverhampton School

Royal Wolverhampton School

The Royal Wolverhampton School began life as The Wolverhampton Orphan Asylum in 1850. It was founded by John Lees, a local lock-manufacturer and freemason, after a cholera epidemic ravaged the town and left many children orphaned...

 also lies in the ward.

Graiseley Brook

The Graiseley Brook is a small river that drains the area. It originally rose to the rear of the present Merridale School site and flowed across the Merridale

Merridale

Merridale is an area of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England. It is situated to the south-west of the city centre, on the border of the city council's Graiseley and Park wards.- Origins and history :...

 and Compton

Compton, Wolverhampton

Compton is a suburb of Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England. It is located to the west of Wolverhampton city centre on the A454, within the Tettenhall Wightwick ward.- History :...

 areas to join the Smestow Brook

Smestow Brook

The Smestow Brook, sometimes called the river Smestow, is a small river that plays an important part in the drainage of Wolverhampton, South Staffordshire, and parts of Dudley in the United Kingdom, and has contributed to the industrial development of the Black Country...

, part of the River Severn

River Severn

The River Severn is the longest river in Great Britain, at about , but the second longest on the British Isles, behind the River Shannon. It rises at an altitude of on Plynlimon, Ceredigion near Llanidloes, Powys, in the Cambrian Mountains of mid Wales...

catchment. Much of the course is now culverted.