Bobbington
Bobbington is located in Staffordshire
Bobbington
Bobbington
Location within Staffordshire
Population588 (2011)[1]
OS grid referenceSO809905
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townStourbridge
Postcode districtDY7
Dialling code01384
PoliceStaffordshire
FireStaffordshire
AmbulanceWest Midlands

Bobbington is a village and civil parish in the South Staffordshire district of Staffordshire, England, about 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Wombourne. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 506, increasing to 588 at the 2011 Census.

Bobbington is just on the county border with Shropshire (to the west), and is about 8 miles (13 km) east of Bridgnorth in Shropshire. It is only about 5 miles (8.0 km) 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 Halfpenny Green Airport. On the 12 November 1943 a Royal Air Force, Handley Page Halifax Mk II (BB326) crashed shortly after taking off from Bobbington airfield due a mechanical failure, killing seven of the eight crew.[2][3][4]

In recent years Bobbington has seen favour in the commuter culture being roughly equidistant from many of the region's business centres Wolverhampton (9.5 miles (15.3 km)) Dudley (9.4 miles (15.1 km)), Stourbridge (10.5 miles (16.9 km)) and Bridgnorth (8.6 miles (13.8 km)).

Schools

  • Corbett Primary School

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 5 December 2015.
  2. ↑ http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=BB326
  3. ↑ "Village's day of horror as mighty bomber came down".
  4. ↑ "Military crashes in the north west Midlands - 1943".
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