DMS Whittington Playing Fields
DMS Whittington Playing Fields is a military installation in Swinfen and Packington, Lichfield District, England. DMS Whittington Playing Fields is situated nearby to the community center Central HIVE Hub (Lichfield), as well as near Post Box Community Centre.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Staffordshire Regiment Museum and DMS Whittington.
Staffordshire Regiment Museum
Museum
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The Staffordshire Regiment Museum is a military museum in Staffordshire, England, preserving the history of the Staffordshire Regiment, its antecedent regiments and its successor regiment, the Mercian Regiment, from 1705 to the present. Staffordshire Regiment Museum is situated 1,100 feet south of DMS Whittington Playing Fields.
DMS Whittington
Military installation
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DMS Whittington, otherwise known as Defence Medical Services Whittington, is a military base in Whittington, Staffordshire, near Lichfield in England. It is home to the Staffordshire Regiment Museum, the Headquarters of the Surgeon General and subordinate medical headquarters, and the location of the Defence Medical Academy. DMS Whittington is situated 1,800 feet southeast of DMS Whittington Playing Fields.
Freeford Hall
Building
Freeford Manor is a privately owned 18th-century country house at Freeford, near Lichfield, Staffordshire. It is the home of the Dyott family and is a Grade II listed building. Freeford Hall is situated 1 mile west of DMS Whittington Playing Fields.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Swinfen and Huddlesford.
Swinfen
Hamlet
Swinfen is a small community about two miles south of Lichfield in the civil parish of Swinfen and Packington, Staffordshire. Swinfen is referred to in the Domesday Book of 1086 when the Manor was held by the Bishop of Lichfield. Swinfen is situated 1½ miles southwest of DMS Whittington Playing Fields.
Huddlesford
Hamlet
Huddlesford is a village 2 km east of the city of Lichfield, in the English county of Staffordshire. Population details as taken at the 2011 census can be found under Whittington. Huddlesford is situated 1½ miles north of DMS Whittington Playing Fields.
Streethay
Hamlet
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Streethay is a village and civil parish, in the Lichfield district, in the county of Staffordshire, England, adjoining the city of Lichfield, on the east side of the West Coast Main Line railway. In 2001 the parish had a population of 1,111. Streethay is situated 2 miles north of DMS Whittington Playing Fields.
DMS Whittington Playing Fields
- Type: Military installation
- Address: Lichfield, WS14 9PY
- Location: Swinfen and Packington, Lichfield District, Staffordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.66254° or 52° 39′ 45″ northLongitude
-1.77851° or 1° 46′ 43″ westOpen location code
9C4WM67C+2HOpenStreetMap ID
way 1303980095OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=military
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Central HIVE Hub (Lichfield) and Post Box Community Centre.
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