Drayton Bassett

Drayton Bassett
The folly-like footbridge and adjacent swing bridge over the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal near Drayton Bassett, one mile from Fazeley Junction
Drayton Manor Theme Park from across the lake
Drayton Bassett is located in Staffordshire
Drayton Bassett
Drayton Bassett
Location within Staffordshire
Area12.72 km2 (4.91 sq mi)
Population1,037 (2011 census)[1]
• Density82/km2 (210/sq mi)
OS grid referenceSK1900
Civil parish
  • Drayton Bassett
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townTAMWORTH
Postcode districtB78
Dialling code01827
PoliceStaffordshire
FireStaffordshire
AmbulanceWest Midlands
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Staffordshire
52°36′N 1°43′W / 52.60°N 1.72°W / 52.60; -1.72

Drayton Bassett is a village and civil parish[3] since 1974 in Lichfield District in Staffordshire, England. The village is on the Heart of England Way, a footpath. Much of the housing is clustered together but more than half is 20th century in the parish as a whole. In the parish is Drayton Manor Theme Park, occupying a large minority of its land.

North of the adjoining suburb or town of Fazeley is the large town of Tamworth. The eastern lands of the parish form the bulk of Middleton Lakes RSPB reserve which has lakes of various sizes and has replaced an area of gravel workings (excavation).

  1. ^ UK Government: Nomisweb: Local Area Report: this Civil Parish (2011 census) Retrieved 2016-05-04.
  2. ^ "United Kingdom Parliament". Retrieved 18 September 2009.
  3. ^ "Names and codes for Administrative Geography". Office for National Statistics. 31 December 2008. Archived from the original on 20 May 2011. Retrieved 15 September 2009.