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Bobbington
Bobbington shown within Staffordshire |
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| OS grid reference | SO809905 |
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| District | South Staffordshire |
| Shire county | Staffordshire |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Postcode district | DY7 |
| Dialling code | 01384 |
| Police | Staffordshire |
| Fire | Staffordshire |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| EU Parliament | West Midlands |
| List of places: UK • England • Staffordshire | |
Bobbington is a village and civil parish in the South Staffordshire district of Staffordshire, England, about five miles west of Wombourne. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 506.
Bobbington is just on the county border with Shropshire (to the west), and is about eight miles east of Bridgnorth in Shropshire. It is only about five miles 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.
In recent years Bobbington has seen favour in the commuter culture being roughly equidistant from many of the regions business centres Wolverhampton (9.5 miles) Dudley (9.4. miles), Stourbridge (10.5 miles) and Bridgnorth (8.6 miles).