Burton upon Trent
Burton upon Trent, also known as Burton-on-Trent or simply Burton, is a market town in the borough of East Staffordshire in the county of Staffordshire, England, close to the border with Derbyshire.

Burton upon Trent, also known as Burton-on-Trent or simply Burton, is a market town in the borough of East Staffordshire in the county of Staffordshire, England, close to the border with Derbyshire. At the 2021 census, it had a population of 76,270. The demonym for residents of the town is Burtonian. Burton is located on the River Trent 11 miles (18 km) south-west of Derby and 20 miles (32 km) south of the Peak District National Park.
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Worth seeing in and around Burton upon Trent
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Pirelli Stadium
Pirelli Stadium is an association football stadium on Princess Way in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England. It was built in 2005 and is the current home of Burton Albion FC, replacing the club's old Eton Park home, also on Princess Way, which was demolished and developed into housing.
2.3 km · football stadium · Wikipedia - 02Dunstall Hall
Dunstall Hall is a privately owned 18th century mansion house near Tatenhill, Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire. It is a Grade II* listed building.
6 km · country house in Dunstall, Staffordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 03Burton Abbey
Burton Abbey at Burton upon Trent in Staffordshire, England, was founded in the 7th or 9th century by St Modwen or Modwenna. It was refounded in 1003 as a Benedictine abbey by the thegn Wulfric Spott.
500 m · abbey in Burton, East Staffordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 04Church of St Mary, Rolleston-on-Dove
St Mary's Church is a parish church of the Church of England in Rolleston on Dove, Staffordshire. Parts of the structure date to 1130, though it was extensively renovated in 1892.
5.1 km · church in Staffordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 05St. Chad's Church
St Chad's Church is an Anglican church on Hunter Street in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England. It is in the diocese of Lichfield and the advowson is vested in the bishop.
1.7 km · church in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 06Bretby Hall
Bretby Hall is a country house at Bretby, Derbyshire, England, north of Swadlincote and east of Burton upon Trent on the border with Staffordshire. It is a Grade II listed building.
5.3 km · country house in Bretby, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 07Winshill Water Tower
Winshill Water Tower is a former water tower in Burton upon Trent, England. It was constructed in 1907 after a local resident won a High Court ruling against the South Staffordshire Waterworks Company for poor water-supply pressure.
2 km · historic water tower in the United Kingdom · Wikipedia - 08Church of St Modwen
St Modwen's is a Church of England parish church situated in Burton upon Trent in Staffordshire, England. It is part of the Diocese of Lichfield.
500 m · Grade I listed church in Burton, East Staffordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia - 09St Lawrence's Church
St Lawrence's Church, Walton-on-Trent is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Walton-on-Trent, Derbyshire.
5.4 km · church in Walton-on-Trent, England · Wikipedia - 10St Mary's Church, Rosliston
St Mary's Church, Rosliston is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Rosliston, Derbyshire.
6 km · Grade II* listed church in Rosliston, Derbyshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01National Brewery Centre
Horninglow Street, DE14 1NG.
- 02The Burton Cooper
- 03Claymills Victorian Pumping Station
A restored Victorian sewage pumping station, adjacent to the modern sewage works.
From Wikivoyage: Burton upon Trent, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Things to do
- 01Meadowside Leisure Centre
High Street, DE14 1TL,.
- 02Shobnall Leisure Complex
Shobnall Road, DE14 2BB,.
- 03Stapenhill Woodland Walk
- 04Branston Water Park
Lichfield Road, Branston, DE14 3HD,.
From Wikivoyage: Burton upon Trent, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Where to eat
- 01Langan's Tea Rooms
Burton House, George Street, DE14 1DP,.
From Wikivoyage: Burton upon Trent, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Getting to Burton upon Trent
- Airports
- East Midlands (EMA), 21 km · Birmingham (BHX), 39 km · Manchester (MAN), 74 km
- Stations
- Burton-on-Trent railway station, 600 m · Branston railway station, 2.6 km · Rolleston-on-Dove railway station, 4.9 km · Horninglow railway station, 2 km · Stretton and Claymills railway station, 3.6 km
- Manchester, Greater Manchester → Burton upon Trent85 km · quickest by road, 2h 27m · £11–15
- Liverpool → Burton upon Trent112 km · quickest by road, 2h 38m · £13–17
- Leeds, West Yorkshire → Burton upon Trent110 km · quickest by road, 2h 20m · £12–16
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Burton upon Trent
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Burton upon Trent. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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Next door to Burton upon Trent
Burton upon Trent is 37 km from Nottingham, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- East Staffordshirenon-metropolitan district in England900 m
- Newton Solneyvillage and civil parish in South Derbyshire, England4.7 km
- Eggintonvillage and civil parish in South Derbyshire, England5.9 km
- Bretbyvillage and civil parish in South Derbyshire, England4.8 km
- Rolleston on Dovea village located in East Staffordshire, United Kingdom4.9 km
- Walton-on-Trentvillage in Derbyshire, England5.5 km