Hixon
Built-up area in Stafford, Staffordshire, England
| Coordinates: | 52.83, -2 |
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| OS grid ref: | SK 00 25 |
Hixon is a small village and civil parish in the borough of Stafford, in Staffordshire, England. It sits on the rural plain between Stafford and Rugeley, with open farmland and easy road links to the larger towns and the wider West Midlands, making it a largely residential and agricultural community with countryside within easy reach, including the woodlands of Cannock Chase not far away.
The village has a close-knit community feel with the usual village amenities and a parish council, and it is perhaps best known nationally for the tragic 1968 Hixon rail crash at a nearby automatic level crossing, an incident that led to important changes in railway safety. Local life is otherwise typical of rural Staffordshire, with a mix of farming, small businesses and commuters who travel to nearby towns for work.
Postcode districts covering Hixon
Most populated places nearby
- Derby 22.6 miles36.4 km
- Wolverhampton 17.3 miles27.8 km
- Stoke-on-Trent 14.7 miles23.6 km
- Dudley 23 miles37 km
- Walsall 17.4 miles28.1 km
- Telford 22.8 miles36.7 km
- West Bromwich 20.4 miles32.9 km
- Newcastle-under-Lyme 16.6 miles26.8 km
- Burton upon Trent 15.1 miles24.3 km
- Sutton Coldfield 19.8 miles31.8 km
- Cannock 9 miles14.5 km
- Tamworth 19.6 miles31.5 km
Neighbouring places
- Ingestre Parish 1.3 miles2.1 km
- Weston Built-up area 1.7 miles2.8 km
- Great Haywood Built-up area 2 miles3.3 km
- Gayton Parish 2.1 miles3.4 km
- Haywood & Hixon Ward 2.1 miles3.4 km
- Stowe-by-Chartley Parish 2.3 miles3.6 km
- Little Haywood Built-up area 2.6 miles4.2 km
- Tixall Parish 2.7 miles4.4 km
- Colwich Parish 2.9 miles4.6 km
- Blithfield Parish 2.9 miles4.7 km
- Hopton Built-up area 3.1 miles5 km
- Salt and Enson Parish 3.3 miles5.3 km
Example postcodes in Hixon
ST18 0PE, ST18 0PU, ST18 0NR, ST18 0PD, ST18 0NB, ST18 0FE, ST18 0NF, ST18 0PB, ST18 0PJ … See all
Transport links
- Birmingham International Airport 28 miles45.1 km
- East Midlands Airport 28 miles45.1 km
- Rugeley Trent Valley Railway Station 5 miles8.1 km
- Stafford Railway Station 5.5 miles8.8 km
Hotels near Hixon Ad
- Weston Hall 2.3 miles3.7 km
- Saracens Head 2 miles3.2 km
- The Swan Hotel, Stafford, Staffordshire 4 5.2 miles8.3 km
- The Moat House 4 6.3 miles10.2 km
- The White Hart Hotel 7.4 miles11.8 km
- Holiday Inn Express Stafford 3 6.3 miles10.2 km
- The Barns 3 8.1 miles13.1 km
- Stone House Hotel 3 7.2 miles11.6 km
- Days Inn Stafford 3 7.4 miles11.9 km
- The Littleton Arms 8.7 miles14 km
Schools in Hixon
- St Peter's C of E Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Chartley Castle Estate 1.6 miles2.5 km
- Ingestre Hall Estate 1.7 miles2.7 km
- Blithfield Hall Estate 3.4 miles5.5 km
- Acton Hill Estate 4.7 miles7.6 km
- Uttoxeter Racecourse Recreation 7.6 miles12.3 km
- Radmore Abbey Historic site 9.1 miles14.6 km
- Britannia Stadium Stadium 13.2 miles21.2 km
- Springfield House Estate 14.5 miles23.3 km
- Pirelli Stadium Stadium 15.6 miles25.1 km
- Etruria Hall Country house 15.8 miles25.5 km
- Greaves's Wood Forest 16.1 miles25.9 km
- Wolverhampton Racecourse Recreation 16.7 miles26.9 km