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Dordon
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Dordon is a village and civil parish in the North Warwickshire district of the county of Warwickshire in England and close to the border with Staffordshire. The village is located on the A5 national route and is contiguous with the larger village of Polesworth. Other nearby places include Tamworth, Atherstone, Grendon, Wood End Village, Baddesley Ensor and Nuneaton. In 2001 the population for the parish of Dordon was 3,225, reducing slightly to 3,215 at the 2011 census.
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- Locality
- North Warwickshire
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Dordon
- UK place.label_position
- bottom
- UK place.civil_parish
- Dordon
- UK place.population
- 3,215
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011)
- UK place.shire_district
- North Warwickshire
- UK place.shire_county
- Warwickshire
- UK place.region
- West Midlands
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- North Warwickshire
- UK place.post_town
- Tamworth
- UK place.postcode_district
- B78
- UK place.postcode_area
- B
- UK place.dial_code
- 01827
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SK2600
- UK place.london_distance_mi
- 99
- UK place.london_direction
- SE
- UK place.static_image
- Dordon on the A5 - geograph.org.uk - 7823.jpg
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- Population
- 3225
- Area
- 870.34
- Image
- St Leonards Church, Dordon - geograph.org.uk - 477085.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01827
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- Dordon
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Dordon is a village and civil parish in the North Warwickshire district of the county of Warwickshire in England and close to the border with Staffordshire. The village is located on the A5 national route and is contiguous with the larger village of Polesworth. Other nearby places include Tamworth, Atherstone, Grendon, Wood End Village, Baddesley Ensor and Nuneaton. In 2001 the population for the parish of Dordon was 3,225, reducing slightly to 3,215 at the 2011 census.
==History== Dordon was just a row of houses until the opening of Birch Coppice mine and it has grown since then. There was a notable growth in the village in 1920 and Dordon became a civil parish in its own right on 1 April 1948,
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