Wast Midlands (region)

No tae be ramfeeselt wi Wast Midlands (coonty) or Wast Midlands conurbation.

**Wast Midlands**
Geography
Wast Midlands region shown athin Ingland
Status	Region
Aurie — Total	Ranked 7t 13,004 km² 5,020 sq mi
NUTS 1	UKG
Demographics
Population — Total — Densitie	Rankit 5th 5,602,000 (2011) 431 /km² (1,120 /sq mi)
GVA per caipita	£17,161 (7th)
Govrenment
Admeen HQ	Birmingham
Leadership	West Midlands Councils
Regional development	Advantage West Midlands
European parliament	Wast Midlands
Website

The Wast Midlands is an offeecial region o Ingland, covering the wastren hauf o the aurie traditionally kent as the Midlands. It contains the seicont maist populous Breetish ceety, Birmingham, an the lairger Wast Midlands conurbation, which includes the ceety o Wolverhampton an lairge touns o Dudley, Solihull, Walsall an Wast Bromwich. The ceety o Coventry is locatit athin the Wast Midlands coonty an aw, but is separatit frae the conurbation tae the wast bi several miles o green belt.

The region is geographically diverse, frae the urban central auries o the conurbation tae the rural wastren coonties o Shropshire an Herefordshire which border Wales. The langest river in the UK, the River Severn, traverses the region sootheastwairds, flowin through the coonty touns o Shrewsbury an Worcester, an the Ironbridge Gorge, a UNESCO Warld Heritage Steid, as birthplace o the Industrial Revolution. Staffordshire is hame tae the industrialisit Potteries conurbation, includin the ceety o Stoke-on-Trent, an the Staffordshire Moorlands aurie, which borders the sootheastren Peak District National Park near Leek. The region encompasses five Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty an aw. Warwickshire is hame tae the toun o Stratford-upon-Avon, the birthplace o the writer William Shakespeare.

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Club	League	Ceety/Toun	Stadium	Capacity
Aston Villa F.C.	Barclays Premier League	Birmingham	Villa Park	42,788
Stoke Ceety F.C.	Barclays Premier League	Stoke-on-Trent	Britannia Stadium	28,384
Wast Bromwich Albion F.C.	Barclays Premier League	West Bromwich	The Hawthorns	26,500
Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.	Barclays Premier League	Wolverhampton	The Molineux	28,525
Birmingham Ceety F.C.	NPower Championship	Birmingham	St Andrew's	30,079
Coventry Ceety F.C.	NPower Championship	Coventry	Ricoh Arena	32,609
Walsall F.C.	NPower League 1	Walsall	Bescot Stadium	11,300
Burton Albion F.C.	NPower League 2	Burton Upon Trent	Pirelli Stadium	6,912
Hereford Unitit F.C.	NPower League 2	Hereford	Edgar Street	5,075
Port Vale	NPower League 2	Stoke-on-Trent	Vale Park	19,052
Shrewsbury Toun F.C.	NPower League 2	Shrewsbury	Prostar Stadium	9,875
Nuneaton Toun F.C.	Blue Square Bet Premier	Nuneaton	Liberty Way	4,314