Our Benefice
The Benefice of Barton-under-Needwood, Dunstall and Tatenhill
is part of the Tutbury Deanery at the southeastern end of the
Archdeaconry of Stoke-on-Trent in the Diocese of Lichfield.
The parishes of Barton and Dunstall have been a joint benefice for 16 years and have built up a
relationship of shared worship and work together in confirmation classes and children’s activities. Tatenhill joined the benefice
in 2007 and now shares services with Dunstall.
Our surrounding area
Barton and Dunstall are villages of almost 5,000 and 100 residents respectively. The area covered by
the Tatenhill parochial parish includes the village of Tatenhill, with a population of about 300, and the
fringes
of the Anslow and Shobnall areas of Burton on Trent, which add a further 300 individuals.
The villages are in an arable, rural conservation area close to Burton on Trent on the western side of the National Forest. There is large scale gravel extraction bordering the Trent and Mersey Canal and two of the pits left after extraction have been restored as pools and the surrounds replanted to make a very attractive natural area incorporating the newly developed Barton Marina just a short walk from Barton village centre. There are railway stations in Burton on Trent and Lichfield which give frequent services to other parts of the country. There is an hourly service from Lichfield Trent Valley to London Euston and from Derby to London St Pancras International. The bus service, based on the Burton - Lichfield - Birmingham corridor, is remarkably good. The River Trent and the Trent and Mersey Canal run to the east of the villages close to the A38 trunk road, which gives excellent communication links to Birmingham to the south and Derby and Nottingham to the north.
Barton Parish Council provides local government for Barton. Dunstall also has its own Parish Council. Tatenhill is in the Parish Council area of Tatenhill and Rangemore. The Benefice is now in the Lichfield parliamentary constituency, although our local District Council is East Staffordshire Borough Council.
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