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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
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The place

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.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

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.

  1. 01
    Pirelli 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
  2. 02
    Dunstall 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
  3. 03
    Burton 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
  4. 04
    Church 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
  5. 05
    St. 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
  6. 06
    Bretby 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
  7. 07
    Winshill 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
  8. 08
    Church 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
  9. 09
    St 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
  10. 10
    St 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

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

See

What Wikivoyage says to see

  1. 01
    National Brewery Centre

    Horninglow Street, DE14 1NG.

  2. 02
    The Burton Cooper
  3. 03
    Claymills 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.

Do

Things to do

  1. 01
    Meadowside Leisure Centre

    High Street, DE14 1TL,.

  2. 02
    Shobnall Leisure Complex

    Shobnall Road, DE14 2BB,.

  3. 03
    Stapenhill Woodland Walk
  4. 04
    Branston Water Park

    Lichfield Road, Branston, DE14 3HD,.

From Wikivoyage: Burton upon Trent, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    Langan's Tea Rooms

    Burton House, George Street, DE14 1DP,.

From Wikivoyage: Burton upon Trent, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Go there

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 Trent
    85 km · quickest by road, 2h 27m · £11–15
  • Liverpool → Burton upon Trent
    112 km · quickest by road, 2h 38m · £13–17
  • Leeds, West Yorkshire → Burton upon Trent
    110 km · quickest by road, 2h 20m · £12–16
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Not yet researched

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.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    236 km
  2. 02
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    275 km
  3. 03
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    383 km
  4. 04
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    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    419 km
  5. 05
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

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Around it

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