Hopwas

Haunted Company is set to host another spooky evening's Ghost Walk and Paranormal Investigation in Hopwas Woods, with their in-house psychic medium Andrew Elson on August 8. Andrew and one of his team members will meet visitors at the car park, ...

A TAMWORTH school has been placed among the high-flyers in this year's school league tables. Thomas Barnes Primary School, in Hopwas, has been ranked as one of the top schools in the whole of Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent – after 100 per cent of ...

Hopwas is a delightful village just over two miles west of Tamworth, although it is part of the parish of Wiggington and Hopwas under Lichfield District Council. An historic settlement, it was recorded as 'Opewas' in the 11th century Domesday Book as ...

TREES in a popular woodland area could be cut back and bridleways stoned as part of a programme to improve access for military vehicles. Hopwas Wood has had an emergency closure put on its bridleways, from Wood Bridge to Whittington, while work on ...

Bodnetts Commercial Ltd have applied to the Environment Agency for a permit to operate the non-hazardous waste transfer station handling up to 75,000 tonnes of waste a year at Bodnetts Farm in Plantation Lane, Hopwas. Around 70 residents have been ...

FORGET the big cat said to be roaming the area, a Glascote man says he was left shaking when he encountered what he believed to be 'Bigfoot' in Hopwas Woods! Thirty-three-year-old David, a sales manager, said he at first thought the enormous creature ...