Hixon
Parish in Stafford, Staffordshire, England
| Coordinates: | 52.83, -1.99 |
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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 retains a distinctly rural, agricultural character with a village church, primary school and community hall, but is also linked to larger towns by local roads and the nearby West Coast Main Line, so many residents commute for work.
The parish has a notable recent history: the site of the former RAF Hixon airfield from the Second World War and the scene of the 1968 rail crash at the A51 level crossing, an event that prompted important changes to level-crossing safety nationally. Today Hixon feels like a close‑knit, traditional Staffordshire village with occasional local events and a mixed economy of farming, small businesses and commuters.
Postcode districts covering Hixon
Most populated places nearby
- Derby 22.2 miles35.7 km
- Wolverhampton 17.4 miles28 km
- Stoke-on-Trent 14.8 miles23.9 km
- Dudley 23.1 miles37.1 km
- Walsall 17.4 miles28 km
- Telford 23.2 miles37.3 km
- West Bromwich 20.4 miles32.8 km
- Newcastle-under-Lyme 16.9 miles27.2 km
- Burton upon Trent 14.7 miles23.6 km
- Sutton Coldfield 19.6 miles31.6 km
- Cannock 9.1 miles14.6 km
- Tamworth 19.3 miles31.1 km
Neighbouring places
- Hixon Built-up area 0.4 miles0.7 km
- Ingestre Parish 1.6 miles2.6 km
- Haywood & Hixon Ward 2.1 miles3.3 km
- Stowe-by-Chartley Parish 2.1 miles3.4 km
- Great Haywood Built-up area 2.1 miles3.4 km
- Weston Built-up area 2.1 miles3.4 km
- Gayton Parish 2.3 miles3.8 km
- Little Haywood Built-up area 2.5 miles4.1 km
- Blithfield Parish 2.5 miles4.1 km
- Colwich Parish 2.8 miles4.5 km
- Tixall Parish 3.1 miles4.9 km
- Hopton Built-up area 3.5 miles5.7 km
Example postcodes in Hixon
ST18 0QR, ST18 0GQ, ST18 0PF, ST18 0TH, ST18 0QP, ST18 0QE, WS15 3NS, ST18 0FF, ST18 0PY … See all
Transport links
- East Midlands Airport 27.6 miles44.4 km
- Birmingham International Airport 27.9 miles44.8 km
- Rugeley Trent Valley Railway Station 4.8 miles7.7 km
- Rugeley Town Railway Station 5.7 miles9.1 km
Hotels near Hixon Ad
- Weston Hall 2.7 miles4.3 km
- Saracens Head 2.4 miles3.8 km
- The Moat House 4 6.6 miles10.6 km
- The Swan Hotel, Stafford, Staffordshire 4 5.6 miles8.9 km
- The White Hart Hotel 7 miles11.3 km
- Holiday Inn Express Stafford 3 6.6 miles10.7 km
- The Barns 3 8.2 miles13.3 km
- Stone House Hotel 3 7.6 miles12.2 km
- Hilton at St George's Park, Burton Upon Trent 4 9.8 miles15.8 km
- Days Inn Stafford 3 7.8 miles12.5 km
Schools in Hixon
- St Peter's C of E Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Chartley Castle Estate 1.4 miles2.3 km
- Ingestre Hall Estate 2 miles3.3 km
- Blithfield Hall Estate 3.1 miles5 km
- Acton Hill Estate 5.1 miles8.1 km
- Uttoxeter Racecourse Recreation 7.3 miles11.8 km
- Radmore Abbey Historic site 9 miles14.5 km
- Britannia Stadium Stadium 13.4 miles21.6 km
- Springfield House Estate 14.8 miles23.8 km
- Pirelli Stadium Stadium 15.2 miles24.4 km
- Greaves's Wood Forest 15.8 miles25.4 km
- Etruria Hall Country house 16.1 miles25.9 km
- East Wood Forest 16.8 miles27 km