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Colton is a small village of around 700 inhabitants just
over a mile north of Rugeley on the B5013 Uttoxeter Road which passes close
to Abbots Bromley (of Horn Dance fame). Between Colton and
Abbots Bromley is Blithfield Reservoir, a storage
reservoir for South Staffordshire Water. It was officially opened by
the Queen Mother in 1953 who travelled by train to Rugeley Trent Valley
station in the Parish of Colton for the occasion. Recently a regular
train service between Stafford, Rugeley, Cannock, Walsall and Birmingham has
been re-instated. Between Colton and Stafford on the A513 is
Shugborough Hall (NT) . Lichfield with its Dr. Johnson connections and
the beautiful Cathedral lies 8 miles South of Rugeley on the A51.
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Image reproduced from the Ordnance Survey Get-a-Map Service
Image reproduced with kind permission of Ordnance Survey and
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Cannock Chase, Britain's smallest area of
Outstanding Natural Beauty extends from the East of Rugeley towards Cannock and
Stafford and covers an area of 26square miles.
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