Pipehill
Pipehill is a scattered hamlet located between Wall, Staffordshire and Hammerwich in the Lichfield District of Staffordshire, England.
| Pipehill | |
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  Pipehill Location within Staffordshire | |
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| Shire county | |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BURNTWOOD |
| Postcode district | WS7 |
| Dialling code | 01543 |
| Police | Staffordshire |
| Fire | Staffordshire |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
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The village is mostly consisting of farms, small housing developments and is home to Pipehills Fisheries.
There is an hourly bus service that runs through Pipehill from Lichfield to Walsall via Walsall Wood and Aldridge. The nearest railway station is Lichfield City. The now disused South Staffordshire Line ran through Pipehill with a station at Hammerwich. This station closed in 1965 and the line in 2002. Although the section to Brownhills and Walsall was closed in 1984.
Pipehill also has a former toll house on Walsall Road which is now in private ownership. The nearest churches is in Wall and Hammerwich.
Sources
- Townships: Wall with Pipehill | British History Online
- Pipehill, Staffordshire - genealogy heraldry and history
- Pipe Hill – Lichfield Lore
- Pipehill Fisheries
- Wall
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