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lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Rugeley" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%84%DB%8C" title="روجلی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="روجلی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugeley" title="Rugeley – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Rugeley" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugeley" title="Rugeley – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Rugeley" 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.geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Rugeley&params=52.7599_N_1.9388_W_region:GB_type:city(26156)"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">52°45′36″N</span> <span class="longitude">1°56′20″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">52.7599°N 1.9388°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">52.7599; -1.9388</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Rugeley</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'r' in 'rye'">r</span><span title="/uː/: 'oo' in 'goose'">uː</span><span title="/dʒ/: 'j' in 'jam'">dʒ</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="/i/: 'y' in 'happy'">i</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">ROOJ</span>-lee</i></a>) is a <a href="/wiki/Market_town" title="Market town">market town</a> and <a href="/wiki/Civil_parish" title="Civil parish">civil parish</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Cannock_Chase_District" title="Cannock Chase District">Cannock Chase District</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Staffordshire" title="Staffordshire">Staffordshire</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a>. It lies on the north-eastern edge of <a href="/wiki/Cannock_Chase" title="Cannock Chase">Cannock Chase</a> next to the <a href="/wiki/River_Trent" title="River Trent">River Trent</a>; it is situated 8 miles (13 km) north of <a href="/wiki/Lichfield" title="Lichfield">Lichfield</a>, 10 miles (16 km) south-east of <a href="/wiki/Stafford" title="Stafford">Stafford</a>, 5 miles (8.0 km) north-east of <a href="/wiki/Hednesford" title="Hednesford">Hednesford</a> and 11 miles (18 km) south-west of <a href="/wiki/Uttoxeter" title="Uttoxeter">Uttoxeter</a>. At the 2021 Census, the population was 26,156. </p><p>Rugeley is twinned with <a href="/wiki/Western_Springs,_Illinois" title="Western Springs, Illinois">Western Springs, Illinois</a> 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 <a href="/wiki/Telstar" title="Telstar">Telstar</a> satellite to the mayor of Western Springs.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was also featured in an article about <a href="/wiki/Workers%27_rights" class="mw-redirect" title="Workers' rights">workers' rights</a> and town transformation in the 21st century.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It is also home to Rugeley Rugby union football club who not only have a quaint clubhouse on the banks of the canal but also make it their mission to serve the coldest cans of canal water (which can be mistaken for Carling). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rugeley&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:St._Augustine%27s_Church_Rugeley.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/St._Augustine%27s_Church_Rugeley.jpg/220px-St._Augustine%27s_Church_Rugeley.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/St._Augustine%27s_Church_Rugeley.jpg/330px-St._Augustine%27s_Church_Rugeley.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/St._Augustine%27s_Church_Rugeley.jpg/440px-St._Augustine%27s_Church_Rugeley.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/St_Augustine%27s_Church,_Rugeley" title="St Augustine's Church, Rugeley">St Augustine's Church, Rugeley</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rugeley_Market_(geograph_3420719).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Rugeley_Market_%28geograph_3420719%29.jpg/220px-Rugeley_Market_%28geograph_3420719%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Rugeley_Market_%28geograph_3420719%29.jpg/330px-Rugeley_Market_%28geograph_3420719%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Rugeley_Market_%28geograph_3420719%29.jpg/440px-Rugeley_Market_%28geograph_3420719%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="640" /></a><figcaption>The clock tower which once formed part of <a href="/wiki/Rugeley_Town_Hall" title="Rugeley Town Hall">Rugeley Town Hall</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The town, historically known as Rudgeley or Ridgeley, is listed in the <a href="/wiki/Domesday_Book" title="Domesday Book">Domesday Book</a> of 1086. This name is thought to be derived from 'Ridge lee', or 'the hill over the field'. In the <a href="/wiki/Mediaeval" class="mw-redirect" title="Mediaeval">mediaeval</a> period, it thrived on iron workings and was also a site of glass manufacturing. During the <a href="/wiki/Industrial_Revolution" title="Industrial Revolution">Industrial Revolution</a> the economy of Rugeley benefited from the construction of the <a href="/wiki/Trent_and_Mersey_Canal" title="Trent and Mersey Canal">Trent and Mersey Canal</a> and then from it becoming a junction on the railway network. </p><p>Rugeley was considered royal land and Cannock Chase was considered a royal forest. In 1189, Rugeley was sold to the Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry by <a href="/wiki/King_Richard_I" class="mw-redirect" title="King Richard I">King Richard I</a> the Lionheart. Rugeley was still relatively small at this point. </p><p>By 1259, Rugeley had grown significantly enough to be granted the right to hold a weekly market. To this day there is a weekly outdoor market held in the town. </p><p>In 1532, the manor of Rugeley was inherited by the Chetwynd family who held it until 1764. In 1768, the manor passed to <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Anson,_1st_Viscount_Anson" title="Thomas Anson, 1st Viscount Anson">Thomas Anson</a>, later Viscount Anson.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1709 Rugeley was hit with two disasters. One was a fire that ravaged the town (the town had been hit by a fire sixty years prior to this too, making this the second such disaster) and the other was when the Rising Brook which runs through the town broke its banks and flooded the town. </p><p>Rugeley was an agricultural community for hundreds of years and held regular sheep, cattle and horse fairs. This reached its peak in the mid 19th century and lasting until the 1930s. The Rugeley annual horse fair was known internationally and attracted trade from far and away. To this day there is a main road in Rugeley town centre called Horsefair honouring this, as well as another street honouring the sheep fair. </p><p><a href="/wiki/St_Augustine%27s_Church,_Rugeley" title="St Augustine's Church, Rugeley">St. Augustine's Church</a> in Rugeley has memorials to the <a href="/wiki/Levett" title="Levett">Levett</a> family, who live at nearby <a href="/wiki/Milford_Hall" title="Milford Hall">Milford Hall</a> and who established the Rugeley Home and Cottage Hospital on Church Street in 1866.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 1894 to 1974 the town was administered by Rugeley Urban District Council which was based at <a href="/wiki/Rugeley_Town_Hall" title="Rugeley Town Hall">Rugeley Town Hall</a>; the town hall was largely demolished in 1978 and all that remains of the building now is the clock tower.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Between 1793<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 1967 Rugeley Grammar School provided selective secondary education for the town and also for Hednesford. Historical characters who were educated at RGS include the banker and railway promoter <a href="/wiki/Edward_Charles_Blount" title="Edward Charles Blount">Edward Charles Blount</a> and the Australian pioneer and politician <a href="/wiki/Charles_Bonney" title="Charles Bonney">Charles Bonney</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although smaller pits had existed beforehand, the town became a centre of industrial scale deep-shaft coal mining from the 1950s, to access similar coal seams to those under Cannock Chase. The Lea Hall Colliery that opened in July 1960 was the first modern coal mine opened by the <a href="/wiki/National_Coal_Board" title="National Coal Board">National Coal Board</a>, which managed the United Kingdom's nationalized coal industry. Nearby the <a href="/wiki/Central_Electricity_Generating_Board" title="Central Electricity Generating Board">Central Electricity Generating Board</a> built the two <a href="/wiki/Rugeley_power_stations" title="Rugeley power stations">Rugeley power stations</a>. With the construction of Rugeley A and B power stations Rugeley became a major centre for electricity generation. These developments led to the town growing very quickly in the 1960s. The Rugeley A power station was designed to take its fuel directly from Lea Hall by conveyor belt (although the coal was of poor quality not suitable for Rugeley B). This was the first such arrangement in Britain. Rugeley power station was shut in 2016 and demolished in stages in 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rugeley was once home to an <a href="/wiki/Amazon_(company)" title="Amazon (company)">Amazon</a> Fulfilment centre, which was built at the Tower Business Park. The centre permanently closed in March 3, 2024.<sup id="cite_ref-BBC_News_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_News-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Express_And_Star_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Express_And_Star-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rugeley&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Railway">Railway</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rugeley&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Railway"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For many years in the 1970s and 1980s, Rugeley was served by <a href="/wiki/British_Rail" title="British Rail">British Rail</a> with four services each way to and from Stafford and <a href="/wiki/Rugby,_Warwickshire" title="Rugby, Warwickshire">Rugby</a>/<a href="/wiki/Coventry" title="Coventry">Coventry</a>. After the closure of Rugeley A power station and Lea Hall Colliery, with the consequential reduction in rail freight, it became possible to open up the Rugeley to <a href="/wiki/Walsall" title="Walsall">Walsall</a> line for passenger traffic. Rugeley now has two railway stations: <a href="/wiki/Rugeley_Trent_Valley_railway_station" title="Rugeley Trent Valley railway station">Rugeley Trent Valley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rugeley_Town_railway_station" title="Rugeley Town railway station">Rugeley Town</a>. </p><p>Rugeley Trent Valley lies on the <a href="/wiki/West_Coast_Main_Line" title="West Coast Main Line">West Coast Main Line</a>; it has a regular hourly service to London via Lichfield, <a href="/wiki/Nuneaton" title="Nuneaton">Nuneaton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rugby,_Warwickshire" title="Rugby, Warwickshire">Rugby</a> and <a href="/wiki/Milton_Keynes" title="Milton Keynes">Milton Keynes</a>, and to <a href="/wiki/Crewe" title="Crewe">Crewe</a> via Stafford and <a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent" title="Stoke-on-Trent">Stoke-on-Trent</a>. Rugeley Trent Valley also has a half-hourly service via Rugeley Town railway station and the <a href="/wiki/Chase_Line" title="Chase Line">Chase Line</a> suburban route connecting to <a href="/wiki/Walsall_railway_station" title="Walsall railway station">Walsall</a> and <a href="/wiki/Birmingham_New_Street_railway_station" title="Birmingham New Street railway station">Birmingham New Street</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Buses">Buses</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rugeley&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Buses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Regular bus services 826 and 828 link Rugeley to the town of <a href="/wiki/Stafford" title="Stafford">Stafford</a> (going north-west) and city of <a href="/wiki/Lichfield" title="Lichfield">Lichfield</a> (going south). Service 63 links Rugeley to <a href="/wiki/Hednesford" title="Hednesford">Hednesford</a> (going south-west) and <a href="/wiki/Uttoxeter" title="Uttoxeter">Uttoxeter</a> (going North). These <a href="/wiki/Chaserider" title="Chaserider">Chaserider</a> operated routes also link nearby rural villages of <a href="/wiki/Colwich,_Staffordshire" title="Colwich, Staffordshire">Colwich</a> and <a href="/wiki/Great_Haywood" title="Great Haywood">Great Haywood</a>. They also link the towns neighbourhoods including Springfields, <a href="/wiki/Brereton,_Staffordshire" title="Brereton, Staffordshire">Brereton</a> and Pear Tree. Since cut backs in 2018, no buses operate on Sunday or bank holidays. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Canal">Canal</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rugeley&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Canal"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The town continues to benefit from the Trent and Mersey Canal on its eastern side which, since the popularity of canals as a leisure activity, brings additional tourism into the town. The canal runs from <a href="/wiki/Preston_Brook" title="Preston Brook">Preston Brook</a> to <a href="/wiki/Shardlow" title="Shardlow">Shardlow</a>, through <a href="/wiki/Cheshire" title="Cheshire">Cheshire</a>, Staffordshire and <a href="/wiki/Derbyshire" title="Derbyshire">Derbyshire</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Roads">Roads</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rugeley&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Roads"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The major roads into Rugeley are the <a href="/wiki/A460_road" title="A460 road">A460</a> from <a href="/wiki/Wolverhampton" title="Wolverhampton">Wolverhampton</a> and the <a href="/wiki/A51_road" title="A51 road">A51</a>, via <a href="/wiki/Tamworth,_Staffordshire" title="Tamworth, Staffordshire">Tamworth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lichfield" title="Lichfield">Lichfield</a> to <a href="/wiki/Stone,_Staffordshire" title="Stone, Staffordshire">Stone</a> before going through <a href="/wiki/Nantwich" title="Nantwich">Nantwich</a> and ending at <a href="/wiki/Chester" title="Chester">Chester</a>. A new eastern <a href="/wiki/Bypass_route" class="mw-redirect" title="Bypass route">bypass</a> was opened in 2007, to facilitate the development of new employment areas on the former colliery site and to reduce congestion in the town centre. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Media">Media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rugeley&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Television">Television</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rugeley&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Television"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/BBC_Midlands_Today" title="BBC Midlands Today">BBC Midlands Today</a> and <a href="/wiki/ITV_News_Central" title="ITV News Central">ITV News Central</a> cover Rugeley from studios in <a href="/wiki/Birmingham" title="Birmingham">Birmingham</a>. These are mainly received from the <a href="/wiki/Sutton_Coldfield_transmitting_station" title="Sutton Coldfield transmitting station">Sutton Coldfield transmitting station</a>; however, some parts of the town are shielded from Sutton Coldfield and rely on the Rugeley relay, located at The Hart School.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some parts of Rugeley can also receive good signals from the <a href="/wiki/Waltham_transmitting_station" title="Waltham transmitting station">Waltham transmitting station</a> near <a href="/wiki/Melton_Mowbray" title="Melton Mowbray">Melton Mowbray</a> in Leicestershire, which carries <a href="/wiki/BBC_East_Midlands" title="BBC East Midlands">BBC East Midlands</a> and the East Midlands variant of ITV Central. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Radio">Radio</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rugeley&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Radio"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rugeley lies within the coverage areas of the <a href="/wiki/West_Midlands_(county)" title="West Midlands (county)">West Midlands</a> regional stations, like <a href="/wiki/Heart_West_Midlands" title="Heart West Midlands">Heart</a> and <a href="/wiki/Greatest_Hits_Radio_West_Midlands" class="mw-redirect" title="Greatest Hits Radio West Midlands">Greatest Hits Radio</a>, <a href="/wiki/Capital_Mid-Counties" title="Capital Mid-Counties">Capital Mid-Counties</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hits_Radio_Staffordshire_%26_Cheshire" title="Hits Radio Staffordshire & Cheshire">Hits Radio Staffordshire & Cheshire</a> in <a href="/wiki/Stoke-on-Trent" title="Stoke-on-Trent">Stoke-on-Trent</a>. <a href="/wiki/BBC_Local_Radio" title="BBC Local Radio">BBC Local Radio</a> is covered by <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_WM" title="BBC Radio WM">BBC Radio WM</a> from Birmingham on 95.6 FM, though reception is not good and, in some parts, <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Stoke" title="BBC Radio Stoke">BBC Radio Stoke</a> on 94.6 FM is better received. </p><p>The town is covered by <a href="/wiki/Cannock_Chase_Radio" title="Cannock Chase Radio">Cannock Chase Radio</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Community_radio" title="Community radio">community radio</a> station. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Newspapers">Newspapers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rugeley&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Newspapers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>For many years up to 1980, Rugeley had its own newspaper: the <i>Rugeley Times</i>, published from Bow Street. The newspaper was sold to the <i>Staffordshire Newsletter</i>. Today, the town is covered by the <i><a href="/wiki/Express_and_Star" class="mw-redirect" title="Express and Star">Express and Star</a></i>. A team of students from The Hart School began writing a local newspaper called <i>The Hart of Rugeley</i>; this is now published three times a year. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demography">Demography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rugeley&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Demography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the 2011 census, Rugeley was 96.5% White British.<sup id="cite_ref-C2011_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-C2011-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Much of the ageing population and their families are linked to the ex-mining communities, with an increasing proportion of the younger population being new to the area and associated with the services sector. As former mining towns, Rugeley including the Brereton area suffer from a moderate level of social deprivation, with parts of the town consisting of council or ex-council house stock (such as the Springfield Estate and parts of Brereton) or former <a href="/wiki/National_Coal_Board" title="National Coal Board">National Coal Board</a> housing, such as the Pear Tree Estate. However, on the fringes of Rugeley there is more affluence, and some of the older Georgian streets including the conservation area of Crossley Stone or waterfront properties along the <a href="/wiki/Trent_and_Mersey_Canal" title="Trent and Mersey Canal">Trent and Mersey Canal</a>. A number of new houses were built in the housing boom of the early 2000s, providing a mixture of affordable and higher-end properties. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Religion">Religion</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rugeley&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Church_of_England">Church of England</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rugeley&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Church of England"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Parish_church" title="Parish church">parish church</a> of Rugeley is <a href="/wiki/St_Augustine%27s_Church,_Rugeley" title="St Augustine's Church, Rugeley">St Augustine's Church</a>, dedicated to <a href="/wiki/Augustine_of_Canterbury" title="Augustine of Canterbury">St Augustine of Canterbury</a>. The present church, a <a href="/wiki/Grade_II*_listed_building" class="mw-redirect" title="Grade II* listed building">Grade II* listed building</a>, was built in 1822–23 to replace the <a href="/wiki/St_Augustine_of_Canterbury,_Rugeley" title="St Augustine of Canterbury, Rugeley">medieval parish church</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> What remains of the former church, primarily the tower and <a href="/wiki/Chancel" title="Chancel">chancel</a>, is a <a href="/wiki/Grade_II_listed_building" class="mw-redirect" title="Grade II listed building">Grade II listed building</a> and is known as the 'Old Chancel'. A school next to it is called Chancel School. Other churches within the Rugeley area include The Church of the Good Shepherd, Rugeley Community Church, Victory Church, The Church of the Holy Spirit and St Michael's Church. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Roman_Catholic">Roman Catholic</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rugeley&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Roman Catholic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/St_Joseph_and_St_Etheldreda,_Rugeley" title="St Joseph and St Etheldreda, Rugeley">St Joseph and St Etheldreda</a> is a Roman Catholic church in Rugeley, dedicated to <a href="/wiki/St_Joseph" class="mw-redirect" title="St Joseph">St Joseph</a> and <a href="/wiki/St_Etheldreda" class="mw-redirect" title="St Etheldreda">St Etheldreda</a>. It is in the <a href="/wiki/Gothic_revival" class="mw-redirect" title="Gothic revival">Gothic revival</a> style of the 19th Century and was designed by <a href="/wiki/Charles_Hansom" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Hansom">Charles Hansom</a> and built between 1849 and 1851 out of local stone.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There is a Catholic primary school in the town dedicated to St Joseph as the Church is. The Parish is part of the <a href="/wiki/Archdiocese_of_Birmingham" class="mw-redirect" title="Archdiocese of Birmingham">Archdiocese of Birmingham</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Methodist">Methodist</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rugeley&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Methodist"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Methodist" class="mw-redirect" title="Methodist">Methodist</a> church of Rugeley is named after <a href="/wiki/St_Paul" class="mw-redirect" title="St Paul">St Paul</a> and located close to the town centre on Lichfield Street. It is a Methodist/ United Reformed Church. Along with the main town centre Methodist church there is also one in the <a href="/wiki/Brereton,_Staffordshire" title="Brereton, Staffordshire">Brereton</a> area of the town. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sport">Sport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rugeley&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Sport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rugeley is home to two cricket clubs (Rugeley C.C. and Trent Valley C.C.), several football clubs, Rugeley Rugby Club and Staffordshire Quantums Rugby League. </p><p>Rugeley Snooker Club meets in Heron Court Hall.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Rugeley Rifle Club, catering to .22 and air gun target shooting, moved to its current location near the Town Station in 1971<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is noted for member Victoria Bradbury, bronze medallist at the <a href="/wiki/2018_ISSF_World_Shooting_Championships" title="2018 ISSF World Shooting Championships">2018 ISSF World Shooting Championships</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Lea Hall Social Club, which underwent extensive renovation between 2005 and 2011, serves Rugeley residents with a variety of facilities including cricket and football pitches, a crown bowling green. There used to be tennis courts, but they are now gone and replaced with housing. </p><p>Etching Hill Tennis Club has offered casual and competitive hard court play to members since 1952.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Hawkesyard Golf (formerly known as the St. Thomas Priory Golf Course) is to the east of the town on the Hawkesyard Estate.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Events">Events</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rugeley&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Events"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The town council also puts on a fireworks display during the last weekend of the school summer holidays, known as "Back to School with a Bang". A Christmas lights switch-on during December includes a market and late-night opening of shops, with the local traders association joining in the organising of street entertainment. </p><p>A Pagan conference happens on the May bank holiday every year. Staffordshire Pagan Conference started in 2015 and was held at Lea Hall Social Club. The conference is attended by over 250 people from all over the country. Over £1,000 has been donated to Staffordshire Wildlife Trust with the profit from the event. As of 2018 the conference relocated to The Rose Theatre and become Witchfest Midlands. </p><p>In 2016 and 2017, the <a href="/wiki/British_Quidditch_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="British Quidditch Cup">British Quidditch Cup</a> was held at Rugeley Leisure Centre. The third British Quidditch Cup took place on 19 and 20 March 2016, with 32 teams competing, and the winners were Oxford's team, the <a href="/wiki/Oxford_University_Quidditch_Club" title="Oxford University Quidditch Club">Radcliffe Chimeras</a>. The fourth British Quidditch Cup took place on 11 and 12 March 2017, with 32 teams competing, and the winners were Velociraptors QC. </p><p>In February 2020 a new "Fringe Festival" was announced with a variety of events intended to be held in the town over the <a href="/wiki/Bank_Holiday" class="mw-redirect" title="Bank Holiday">May Bank Holiday</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Festival was cancelled in March due to the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19" title="COVID-19">COVID-19</a> pandemic.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cannock Chase is a venue for the <a href="/wiki/Forest_Live" title="Forest Live">Forest Live</a> series of music events, with concerts held at Birches Valley Forest Centre, Rugeley. As with other Forest Live events it hosts different live acts from big name bands each year. Past acts have included <a href="/wiki/Paul_Weller" title="Paul Weller">Paul Weller</a>, <a href="/wiki/UB40" title="UB40">UB40</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kaiser_Chiefs" title="Kaiser Chiefs">Kaiser Chiefs</a> and <a href="/wiki/Paloma_Faith" title="Paloma Faith">Paloma Faith</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Future">Future</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rugeley&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Future"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rugeley suffered an increase in unemployment when Lea Hall Colliery closed in 1990. Following many years of demolition and regeneration, a number of large industrial units have been built on the Towers Business Park, a <a href="/wiki/Brownfield_land" title="Brownfield land">brownfield</a> site situated on the former ground of the colliery. In August 2011, <a href="/wiki/Amazon.co.uk" class="mw-redirect" title="Amazon.co.uk">Amazon.co.uk</a> opened a 700,000 sq ft fulfillment centre on the Towers Park,<sup id="cite_ref-FT02813_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FT02813-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> creating between 700<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 900<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> full-time jobs as well as generating a large pool of seasonal work around Christmas.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Rugeley's future looks set to benefit from the recent closure and demolition of the power station. The Brownfields site will be developed. This development has been earmarked to include 2,300 new homes as well as housing for the elderly. There will be a new All through school; the first in Staffordshire, which will accommodate 1,400 pupils. There will be over 12 acres used for employment as well as a riverside country park and a new water sports leisure facility at the Borrow Pit Lake. There will also be added commercial development to the area. This new development will be a massive boost to the area and the whole new development will be low carbon.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rugeley&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Weston_(merchant_adventurer)" title="Thomas Weston (merchant adventurer)">Thomas Weston</a> (1584–1646) Merchant adventurer, admitted to the <a href="/wiki/Worshipful_Company_of_Ironmongers" title="Worshipful Company of Ironmongers">Worshipful Company of Ironmongers</a> in 1609</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Knowles" class="mw-redirect" title="Mary Knowles">Mary Knowles</a> (1733–1807), English Quaker poet, supported abolition of the slave trade and slavery.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Stevenson_Salt" title="John Stevenson Salt">John Stevenson Salt</a> (1777–1845) English barrister, banker and land owner, served as <a href="/wiki/High_Sheriff_of_Staffordshire" title="High Sheriff of Staffordshire">High Sheriff of Staffordshire</a> in 1838</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Palmer_(murderer)" title="William Palmer (murderer)">William Palmer</a> (1824–1856), surgeon and serial murderer known as "The Prince of Poisons".</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_George_Bonney" title="Thomas George Bonney">Thomas George Bonney</a> (1833–1923) English geologist, president of the <a href="/wiki/Geological_Society_of_London" title="Geological Society of London">Geological Society of London</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Porter_(horseman)" title="John Porter (horseman)">John Porter</a> (1838–1922) English thoroughbred flat racing trainer, founder of <a href="/wiki/Newbury_Racecourse" title="Newbury Racecourse">Newbury Racecourse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederic_Bonney" title="Frederic Bonney">Frederic Bonney</a> (1842–1921) British land owner, photographer and <a href="/wiki/Anthropologist" title="Anthropologist">anthropologist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ethelred_Taunton" title="Ethelred Taunton">Ethelred Luke Taunton</a> (1857–1907) English Roman Catholic priest and historical writer.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Selwyn_MacGregor_Grier" title="Selwyn MacGregor Grier">Selwyn MacGregor Grier</a> (1878–1946) was a British colonial administrator, <a href="/wiki/Governor-in-Chief_of_the_Windward_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor-in-Chief of the Windward Islands">Governor-in-Chief of the Windward Islands</a> from 1935 to 1937.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynda_Grier" title="Lynda Grier">Lynda Grier</a> (1880–1967) was a British educational administrator and policy advisor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Burns_(cricketer)" title="William Burns (cricketer)">William Beaumont Burns</a> (1883–1916) English cricketer, played more than 200 first-class matches mainly for <a href="/wiki/Worcestershire_County_Cricket_Club" title="Worcestershire County Cricket Club">Worcestershire</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Simkin" title="John Simkin">Wilfred John Simkin</a> (1883–1967) was the 6th Anglican <a href="/wiki/Anglican_Diocese_of_Auckland" title="Anglican Diocese of Auckland">Bishop of Auckland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Winterton" title="Nicholas Winterton">Sir Nicholas Raymond Winterton</a> (born 1938) British Conservative Party politician, MP for <a href="/wiki/Macclesfield_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Macclesfield (UK Parliament constituency)">Macclesfield</a> 1971 / 2015</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Davies-Hale" title="Paul Davies-Hale">Paul Davies-Hale</a> (born 1962) British long-distance runner, competed in the <a href="/wiki/1984_Summer_Olympics" title="1984 Summer Olympics">1984 Summer Olympics</a> in the 3000m steeplechase and at <a href="/wiki/1992_Summer_Olympics" title="1992 Summer Olympics">1992 Summer Olympics</a> in the marathon</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scout_Niblett" title="Scout Niblett">Scout Niblett</a> (born 20 September 1973) Singer-Songwriter-Musician.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Rock" title="Robert Rock">Robert Rock</a> (born 6 April 1977) is an English professional golfer. He has played on the <a href="/wiki/European_Tour" class="mw-redirect" title="European Tour">European Tour</a> since 2003.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Pilkington" title="George Pilkington">George Pilkington</a> (born 7 November 1981) is an English former professional footballer.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Nearby_towns_and_cities">Nearby towns and cities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rugeley&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Nearby towns and cities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output 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