Burton upon Trent: Guide, Hotels, Map & Photos
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GBP 65 - 115 The Brookhouse Hotel Ltd
 Set in a beautiful country garden, this distinctive hotel offers excellent food and good quality beds, and is convenient for East Midlands and Birming… MoreGBP 50 - 80 Three Queens Hotel
 The 16th century exterior of our Burton hotel hides a venue for personal service, modern meeting facilities and an excellent restaurant serving fresh … MoreGBP 35 - 80 Riverside Hotel
 The Riverside Hotel is a country hotel, bar and restaurant, near the centre of Burton on Trent. It has its own private island, fishing rights and moor… MoreGBP 34 - 96 Premier Inn Burton-On-Trent East
 With free parking, a beer garden and beautiful field views, this Premier Inn hotel is within easy reach of Burton-on-Trent and Ashby de la Zouch. Good… MoreGBP 39 - 95 Holiday Inn Express Burton on Trent
 The Holiday Inn Express Burton on Trent is situated on the A38, just south of Derby and the A50 spine road.
The hotel is located in Centrum 100 Busin… MoreGBP 35 - 67 Grail Court Hotel
 In the town centre of Burton upon Trent, in the heart of the Midlands, this hotel and restaurant is a historic Grade II listed building, dressed in Ar… More | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Burton upon Trent: Guide
Burton upon Trent, also known as Burton-on-Trent or simply Burton, is a large town straddling the River Trent in the east of Staffordshire, England. It originally grew up around the monastery of Saint Modwen, and had grown into a busy market town by the early modern period. While Burton's great bridge over the Trent was in poor repair by the early 1500s, it served as "a comen passage to and fro many countries to the grett releff and comfort of travellyng people", according to the abbot. The town, which has a population of 60,500 (2001 estimate), is the administrative centre for the borough of East Staffordshire, forms part of Burton (UK Parliament constituency), and lies within the National Forest, England|National Forest.
Brewing
For centuries, Burton has been associated with the brewing industry. This is due to the quality of the local water, which contains a high proportion of dissolved salts, predominantly caused by the gypsum in the surrounding hills. Much of the open land within and around the town is protected from chemical treatment to help preserve this water quality.
The town is currently home to five brewers:
In addition, the Coors Visitor Centre (formerly the Bass Museum of Brewing) also continues to brew its own beer, separate from Coors.
A by-product of the brewing industry, figuratively and literally, is the presence of the Marmite factory in the town. This in turn generated the production of Bovril. Together with the breweries this gives the area a distinctive smell.
The development of rail links to Liverpool enabled brewers to export their beer throughout the British Empire. The accidental shipwreck of a cargo boat carrying India Pale Ale (an ale specially brewed to keep during the long sea voyage to India) resulted in barrels being washed ashore. The popularity of these fortuitous samples resulted in the domestic marketing of such ale, and began the gradual transformation of English drinking tastes. Previously, Englishmen had drunk mainly stout and porter (beer)|porter, dark beers flavoured with roasted barley and similar to Guinness, but bitter (a development of pale ale) came to predominate. This extensively hop (plant)|hopped, lighter beer was easier to store and transport, and so favoured the growth of larger breweries.
Burton came to dominate this trade, and at its height one quarter of all beer sold in Britain was produced here. Although over 30 breweries were recorded in 1880, a process of mergers and buy-outs resulted in three main breweries remaining by 1980: Bass, Ind Coopes and Marstons. Today, only Burton Bridge brewery remains as an independent brewer.
The town's connection with the brewing industry is celebrated by a sculpture of the Burton Cooper, which is now housed in the shopping centre.
The Burton Operatic Society has existed since 1951 and is still flourishing.
The Burton suburb of Branston, Staffordshire|Branston is where the well-known Branston Pickle was invented. Branston is also home to Branston Golf Club.
Claymills pumping station on the north side of Burton is a restored Victorian sewage pumping station, adjacent to the modern sewage works.
It never substantially exceeded the population of 50,000, and at a population of 50,201 in the 1971 census was the smallest county borough in England after Canterbury. The Local Government Commission for England (1958 - 1967)|Local Government Commission for England recommended in the 1960s that it be demoted to a non-county borough within Staffordshire, but this was not implemented. Under the Local Government Act 1972, the town became on April 1, 1974, an unparished area in the new district of East Staffordshire.
The town became entirely parished on April 1, 2003, when the following parishes were created:
Anglesey, Staffordshire|Anglesey
Burton parish itself only covers the town centre, with the other parishes covering various suburbs.
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Coors Brewers Limited: formerly Bass Brewers Limited, and now the UK arm of Molson Coors Brewing Company – a brewery from the United States – which produces Carling and Worthington Bitter
Marston's|Marston, Thompson and Evershed plc, now owned by Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries PLC. The Marston's Brewery also produces Bass (beer)|Bass under licence from InBev
Burton Bridge Brewery, a local company
Tower Brewery, a new microbrewery
Cottage Brewery, based in the Old Cottage Inn
Miscellaneous
The town has a non-league football (soccer)|football club, Burton Albion F.C.|Burton Albion, who play in the Football Conference. The Burton & District Cricket League has many notable clubs, including Lichfield Cricket Club.Local government
Burton was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1878. The incorporated area was split between the counties of Staffordshire and Derbyshire - the Local Government Act 1888 incorporated the entirety of the borough in Staffordshire, including the Derbyshire parishes of Stapenhill and Winshill. It became a county borough in 1901, having reached the 50,000 population required.
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WinshillGeography
Town twinning
Blantyre, Malawi|Blantyre, MalawiLocal residents
HISTORICAL:
Edward Wightman, a General Baptist, became the last religious martyr to be Execution by burning|burnt at the stake for Heresy|‘Heresy’ in England.
CONTEMPORARY:
Alastair Yates, presenter of BBC News 24 and BBC World, was born in Burton and went to Burton Grammar School. He joined BBC Radio Derby in the 1970s.
Olivia Murphy, England netball captain since 2000, was born in Burton, and went to De Ferrers High School.
Paddy Considine, actor in films including In America, Cinderella Man and 24 Hour Party People, was born in Winshill and still resides in Burton.References
Letter from the abbot of Burton describing Burton Bridge in C.H. Underhill, A History of Burton on Trent (Burton, 1941), p. 168. External links