Bobbington

Bobbington
Bobbington Location within Staffordshire
Population	588 (2011)[1]
OS grid reference	SO809905
District	South Staffordshire
Shire county	Staffordshire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Stourbridge
Postcode district	DY7
Dialling code	01384
Police	Staffordshire
Fire	Staffordshire
Ambulance	West 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 to 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

• Listed buildings in Bobbington

References

1. "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 5 December 2015.
2. "Halifax II BB326 [Royal Air Force Aircraft Serial and Image Database]".
3. "Village's day of horror as mighty bomber came down". 24 January 2022.
4. "Military crashes in the north west Midlands - 1943".

External links

• Bobbington Parish Council
• Halfpenny Green Vineyard
• Wolverhampton Halfpenny Green Airport