Brereton and Ravenhill

Brereton is a civil parish and village which now part of the town of Rugeley in Staffordshire, England. It once had a separate identity but has now been subsumed into the town of Rugeley along with Ravenhill, which was built later connecting Brereton to Rugeley, although it is in the civil parish of Brereton and Ravenhill. At the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 6,524, increasing to 6,538 at the 2011 Census. Mining was a big part of this area not only from the Leahall Mine but also several smaller ones in the area. Recently part of the mine area has been redeveloped as the Towers Business Park with its iconic Towers Point building. There are several churches within the district, the most notable being the Church of England Church of St. Michael's. There is also a Methodist church, built in 1809, the first church building in Brereton, named the Brereton Methodist Church. Brereton used to have a railway running to the mines that were once there including the Belfast Mine. The Levels where now there is an industrial estate is where this railway run. There was several mines in the Brereton area as there was with all of the Rugeley area. The Leahall Mine being the largest and most recent until present time where all local mines have ceased to operate. Big plans including a 2,300 housing development are now planned for the Leahall site. The Chase sits on the southwest side of the area including an area known to the locals as First Wood (due to Startley Lane split it) but officially known as Chetwynd Coppice. The Second Wood (known officially as Brereton Hayes close to Wandon) is where locally known Trout Lodge (Horsepasture Pools) and Redbrook Pool (Where Redbrook Lane gets its name) is located.

The Rugeley power stations were a series of two coal-fired power stations located on the River Trent at Rugeley in Staffordshire. The first power station on the site, Rugeley A power station was opened in 1961, but has since been closed and demolished. Rugeley B power station was commissioned in 1970, and closed on 8 June 2016. The cooling towers of which were demolished on 6 June 2021. It had an output of 1,000 megawatts (MW) and had a 400 kilovolt (kV) connection to the national grid. The B station provided enough electricity to power roughly half a million homes.

Hawkesyard Priory was a Dominican priory off Armitage Lane Brereton, Rugeley, Staffordshire, England, built between 1896 and 1914 which included the Roman Catholic Priory Church of St Thomas.

Rugeley Town railway station serves the market town of Rugeley, Staffordshire, England. The station is operated by West Midlands Railway, with services operated by West Midlands Railway and London Northwestern Railway. The station is situated around half a mile from Rugeley town centre. The station is located in Wharf Road.

Armitage Park (which has reverted to an earlier name of Hawkesyard Hall) is a 19th-century Grade II listed country house at Armitage near Rugeley, Staffordshire.

The Church of St Joseph and St Etheldreda is the Roman Catholic parish church of Rugeley, in Staffordshire, England. Built in 1849–50 in Victorian Gothic style, it is a Grade II listed building.

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

Rugeley Town Hall was a municipal building in the Market Square in Rugeley, Staffordshire, England. The building, which was the headquarters of Rugeley Urban District Council, was demolished in 1978.

Rugeley ( ROOJ-lee) is a market town and civil parish in the Cannock Chase District, in Staffordshire, England. It lies on the north-eastern edge of Cannock Chase next to the River Trent; it is situated 8 miles (13 km) north of Lichfield, 10 miles (16 km) south-east of Stafford, 5 miles (8.0 km) north-east of Hednesford and 11 miles (18 km) south-west of Uttoxeter. At the 2021 Census, the population was 24,386. Rugeley is twinned with Western Springs, Illinois and, in July 1962, both towns made telephone history on national television when the chairman of Rugeley Urban District Council made the first telephone call via the new Telstar satellite to the mayor of Western Springs. It was also featured in an article about workers' rights and town transformation in the 21st century.

St Augustine of Canterbury Church is the former parish church of the town of Rugeley in Cannock Chase District, Staffordshire, England. It is a grade II listed building parts of which date to the 12th century. In the early 19th century, it was replaced by St Augustine's Church across the road, and it is now partially ruined and known as "the Old Chancel".

St Augustine's Church is the parish church of Rugeley in Cannock Chase District, Staffordshire, England. Located north of the town centre, it was consecrated in 1823 as a replacement for the medieval St Augustine's church, now partially ruined, and was subsequently extended. It is a Grade II* listed building.

Hagley Park Academy was originally founded as Hagley Park County Secondary Modern in 1955 and was located in Rugeley, Staffordshire. Later it was rebuilt and changed its name to Hagley Park Sports College, becoming Hagley Park Academy between 2011 and 2015. This was a mixed secondary school which was part of the Creative Education Trust, along with Fair Oak Academy and Rugeley Sixth Form Academy.In November 2015 the Creative Education Trust launched a consultation on the possibility of merging its academies in Rugeley. The plans foresaw the new school operating over two sites, with pupils in academic years 7, 8 and 9 housed at the Fair Oak Academy site as a lower school and years 10, 11, 12 and 13 housed at the Hagley Park Academy site as an upper school. The merger commenced in September 2016, and The Hart School opened in its place, using the Hagley Park site to house 'Upper School' years (10, 11, 12 and 13). From January 2021 to March 2022, during the COVID-19 pandemic, former Hagley Park Academy facilities were used as a free walk-in COVID-19 testing site.