Upper Longdon

Upper Longdon is a village within the civil parish of Longdon and is in the District of Lichfield of the English county of Staffordshire.[1][2]

Upper Longdon

Windmill Cottage
Upper Longdon
Location within Staffordshire
OS grid referenceSK060145
Civil parish
  • Longdon
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townRUGELEY
Postcode districtWS15
Dialling code01543
PoliceStaffordshire
FireStaffordshire
AmbulanceWest Midlands
UK Parliament

Location

The village is 2.1 miles (3.4 km) west of the village of Longdon and sits on the edge of The Chase. The town of Rugeley is 3.4 miles (5.5 km) to the north of the village. Lichfield is located 6.1 miles to the south.

Facilities

The village has one public house called the Chetwynd Arms located in the centre of the village on Upper Way.

Notable Features

There is one listed building within the village called the Gables.[3] The building is a pair of cottages thought to have been built around 1840. One of the outstanding features of the cottages are the ornamental fretted gable end barge boards.

See also

References

  1. OS Explorer Map 244: Cannock Chase & Chasewater: (1:25 000) :ISBN 0 319 46269 2
  2. Map Details retrieved 11 April 2013
  3. Listed building status – The Gables retrieved 14 April 2013


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