Bobbington

Bobbington

Infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= Bobbington
latitude= 52.51217
longitude= -2.28274
shire_district= South Staffordshire
region= West Midlands
shire_county = Staffordshire
constituency_westminster=
postcode_district = DY7
postcode_area= DY
dial_code= 01384
os_grid_reference= SO809905

Bobbington is a village and civil parish in the South Staffordshire district of Staffordshire, England, about five miles west of Wombourne. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 506.

Bobbington is just on the county border with Shropshire (to the west), and is about eight miles east of Bridgnorth in Shropshire. It is only about five miles west of the border with West Midlands, and during World War II was home to Bobbington airfield, renamed during the war as Halfpenny Green, and now known as Wolverhampton Business Airport.

In recent years Bobbington has seen favour in the commuter culture being roughly equidistant from many of the regions business centres Wolverhampton (9.5 miles) Dudley (9.4. miles), [Stourbridge] (10.5 miles) and Bridgnorth (8.6 miles).

Schools

* Corbett Primary School

Shops and Pubs

*Red Lion Inn

External links

* [http://www.chipmonk.demon.co.uk/bobbhome.htm Bobbington Parish Council]
* [http://www.halfpenny-green-vineyards.co.uk Halfpenny Green Vineyard]
* [http://www.redlioninn.co.uk Red Lion Inn]
* [http://www.wolverhamptonairport.co.uk Wolverhampton Halfpenny Green Airport]


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