Burton upon Trent

Burton upon Trent is a market town of 72,000 people (2011) in Staffordshire, England. Burton is known for brewing, it grew up around Burton Abbey and has been the site of 2 battles.

Understand

Burton upon Trent Town Hall, built in 1894

The town is home to eight breweries: Coors Brewers Ltd: formerly Bass Brewers Ltd, and now the UK arm of Molson Coors Brewing Company; Marston's, Thompson and Evershed plc, bought by Wolverhampton & Dudley Breweries now renamed Marstons plc; Tower Brewery, Burton, a microbrewery based in the old Salts Water Tower of Walsitch Maltings; Burton Bridge Brewery is based in Bridge Street, with six pubs in and around Burton; Old Cottage Brewery is based in Hawkins Lane; Black Hole Brewery is based at the Imex Centre; Gates Brewery microbrewery is in Reservoir Road.

Get in

The town is on the A5121, bypassed by the A38, in between Derby and Lichfield.

• 1 Burton-on-Trent railway station, Borough Road, DE14 2DA. on the East Midlands Railway (updated May 2020)
• National express has Burton as a destination.

See

• 1 National Brewery Centre, Horninglow Street, DE14 1NG. The town's biggest tourist attraction (updated May 2020)
• 2 The Burton Cooper (inside the Coopers Square Shopping Centre). The town's connection with the brewing industry is celebrated in a bronze sculpture by James Walter Butler. It was commissioned in 1977 and depicts a local craftsman making a barrel. (updated Nov 2022)
• 3 Claymills Victorian Pumping Station, Meadow Lane, Stretton, DE13 0DA, ☏ +44 1283 509929. Saturdays & Thursdays 10AM-4PM. A restored Victorian sewage pumping station, adjacent to the modern sewage works. (updated Nov 2022)

Do

• 1 Meadowside Leisure Centre, High Street, DE14 1TL, ☏ +44 1283 372960. (updated May 2020)
• 2 Shobnall Leisure Complex, Shobnall Road, DE14 2BB, ☏ +44 1283 372970. (updated May 2020)
• 3 Stapenhill Woodland Walk (on Stapenhill Road). (updated May 2020)
• 4 Branston Water Park, Lichfield Road, Branston, DE14 3HD, ☏ +44 1283 508000. (updated May 2020)

Buy

• The Market Hall was built in 1883 from designs by Dixon & Moxon of Barnsley and opens from Tuesday to Saturday. The outdoor market is held every Thursday, Friday and Saturday 8:30AM-4PM. A farmer's market is held in the market square on the last Friday of every month. A market has been held on Thursdays in Burton since a charter was granted to the abbot by King John on 12 April 1200.
• 1 Asda, Octagon Centre, Orchard Street, DE14 3TN, ☏ +44 1283 523200. M 8AM-8PM, Tu-Sa 7AM-10PM, Su 10AM-4PM. (updated May 2020)
• 2 Coopers Square Shopping Centre, St Modwens Walk. M–Sa 8AM-6PM, Su 10AM-4:30PM. (updated May 2020)

Eat

• 1 Langan's Tea Rooms, Burton House, George Street, DE14 1DP, ☏ +44 1283 500141. (updated May 2020)

Drink

In the home of beer, you have to drink a pint of ale. Marston's Pedigree is the only UK beer still brewed using the Burton Union System which recirculates the yeast. Marston's also produce draught Bass, which has a long association with Burton (bottled Bass is brewed elsewhere).

Sleep

• 1 Holiday Inn Express, 2nd Avenue Parkway 100 Centrum, DE14 2WF, ☏ +44 1283 504300. £67.20 per night. (updated May 2020)
• 2 Three Queens Hotel & Lodge, 1 Bridge Street, DE14 1SY, ☏ +44 1283 523800, reception@threequeens-hotel.co.uk. £36 for a standard single. (updated May 2020)

Connect

• 1 Burton Library, Riverside, DE14 1AH, ☏ +44 300 111 8000, burton.library@staffordshire.gov.uk. M 9AM-6PM, Tu W 9AM-5PM, Th 9AM-7PM, F 9AM-5PM, Sa 8:30AM-4:30PM, Su closed. (updated May 2020)

Go next

• Swadlincote, on the A511 to the east
• Uttoxeter, to the west

Routes through Burton upon Trent

Birmingham ← Lichfield ←

SW  NE

→ Derby