hospital), Penn itself, and Springhill (which is adjacent to the city's boundary with Staffordshire). There are four primary schools within Penn: Springdale, St Bartholomew's C of E, Warstones and Woodfield, all of which have nursery schools included. There is one secondary school: Highfields located on the edge of Waratones housing estate. There is also a community special school called Penn Hall School. in Vicarage Road. A secondary school also existed in Manor Road (Penn Secondary Modern School) which was later used by Colton Hills Secondary School for the first two years of senior school prior to expansion of the main Colton Hills site. Shortly after closure, the school buildings were demolished to make way for the present Penn Manor Medical Centre with housing built on the remaining site. Penn Library is situated in Upper Penn. The library was slated for closure under council cutbacks but was ultimately retained. In addition to St. Bartholomew's Church (Anglican), there is St Michael's Roman Catholic Church, Penn United Reformed Church and Springdale Methodist Church. A further smaller Anglican church is St. Aidans located in Mount Road. Penn is a generally advantaged area with many upmarket houses that are mostly situated in the south of the area on land bordering the extensive South Staffordshire countryside. There are currently five public houses in Penn, these are The Mount Tavern, The Roebuck, Rose & Crown and The Holly Bush on Penn Road while the Barley Mow is in Pennwood Lane next to Penn Golf Course (technically it lies in South Staffordshire). The Stags Head in Sedgley Road has been closed for several years and recently was the subject of a planning application for conversion to a six bedroom house. As of April 2022, this is awaiting a council decision. Still standing but no longer a pub is the former Fox & Goose next to Tesco Express. This was converted to a restaurant several years ago. Penn Common Penn Common is a substantial area of countryside which juts into the urban area between Penn, Wolverhampton and Sedgley (part of Dudley). An important amenity for local people, it is occupied by a golf course and farmland. It is overlooked from the east by St Bartholomew's church, descends to a hamlet centred on the old Lloyd's brewery, and rises again to the village of Gospel End. Most of its area falls within South Staffordshire. Penn Common was served by a