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Local Information for Rugeley

Rugeley is a market town in the county of Staffordshire, England. It lies on the northern edge of Cannock Chase, and is situated roughly midway between the towns of Stafford, Cannock, Lichfield, and Uttoxeter.

The town was a centre of coal mining until 1991, when the Lea Hall colliery was demolished. The Rugeley B coal-fired power station dominates the skyline, and originally took its fuel directly from the neighbouring mine by conveyor belt, the first such arrangement in Britain.

Rugeley is twinned with the town of Western Springs, Illinois.

Rugeley has two railway stations, Rugeley Town and Rugeley Trent Valley, which lie on the Chase Line connecting Stafford, Walsall, and Birmingham. Rugeley Trent Valley also lies on the West Coast Main Line, although very few trains stop there.

The major roads into Rugeley are the A34 from Cannock, and the A51 Lichfield to Stone. A new bypass is currently being built to take the A51 through traffic out of the cong...More