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| constituency_westminster = [[Wolverhampton North East]]
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| metropolitan_borough = [[The City of Wolverhampton|Wolverhampton]]
| metropolitan_county = [[West Midlands (county)|West Midlands]]
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[[File:Heath-town-at-night.jpg|thumb|A view of Heath Town at night taken from the pedestrian bridge]]
 
'''Heath Town''' is a district of [[The City of Wolverhampton]], [[West Midlands (county)|West Midlands]], [[England]], located east of the city centre. It is also a [[Ward (politics)|ward]] of City of Wolverhampton Council. The ward forms part of the [[Wolverhampton North East (UK Parliament constituency)|Wolverhampton North East]] constituency.
 
Heath Town ward borders the wards of [[Bushbury South and Low Hill]], [[Fallings Park]], [[Wednesfield North]], [[Wednesfield South]], [[East Park, Wolverhampton|East Park]] and [[St Peter's ward, Wolverhampton|St Peter's]].
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==History==
TheWolverhampton railwayswas reachedconnected Wolverhamptonto the railways in 1837, with the first station located at [[Wednesfield Heath railway station|Wednesfield Heath]], later known as Heath Town, on the [[Grand Junction Railway]]. This station was demolished in 1965.<ref name="RAB" />
 
In 1850 the [http://www.htht.org.uk/ Holy Trinity Church] and [[almshouses]] were built, as part of the expansion of Heath Town and in 1888 the separate Wednesfield and Heath Town urban district councils were created.<ref name="History of Wednesfield">{{cite web|url=http://www.historywebsite.co.uk/articles/Wednesfield/nineteenth.htm |title=History of Wednesfield |publisher=historywebsite.co.uk |access-date=2014-08-20}}</ref> The Heath Town Urban District was later abolished in 1927 to become part of Wolverhampton.)<ref name="Wolverhampton Registration District">{{cite web |url=http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/reg/districts/wolverhampton.html/ |title=Heath Town Urban District |publisher=ukbmd.org.uk |access-date=2014-08-16 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140928174342/http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/reg/districts/wolverhampton.html |archive-date=2014-09-28 }}</ref>