| Acton Trussell | |
|---|---|
  Acton Trussell Location within Staffordshire | |
| Population | 1,248 (2011)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SJ935182 |
| Civil parish | |
| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Stafford |
| Postcode district | ST17 |
| Police | Staffordshire |
| Fire | Staffordshire |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
Acton Trussell is a village in the English county of Staffordshire. It is known as Actone in the Domesday Book. Located around 4 miles southeast of Stafford, it is an affluent village, with many large homes but few local amenities (except for a post office which opens on Tuesdays and Thursdays). Residents in this village have excellent views of Staffordshire farmland and Stafford Castle in the distance. Its close proximity to the M6 motorway (Junction 13) makes it a very convenient location for commuters. The majority of commuting from the village takes place to the areas of southern Staffordshire, eastern Shropshire and the West Midlands conurbation.[2]
In shape a rough parallelogram, this parish is bounded on the west by the River Penk, and to the east it extends to the uncultivated upland of Cannock Chase. On the north lies Baswich, and the southern boundary abuts on the formerly extraparochial area of Teddesley Hay. The ground is very low lying but rises in the north-east at Acton Hill to 375 ft. and in the south-east to 600 ft.
The Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal runs from south to north through the western edge of the parish. The parish is also crossed by the Cannock road in the north-east on which there was formerly a toll-gate and toll-house, 600 yds. northeast of Acton Hill. [3]
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2015". Archived from the original on 9 December 2015. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
- ^ Travel to Work Areas from the 2001 Census Archived 2008-10-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Tithe Maps and Appt., Baswich (copy in W.S.L.).