Tutbury

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Tutbury is a large English village of about 3,000 residents surrounded by the agricultural countryside of Staffordshire and Derbyshire.

It is 5 miles north of Burton upon Trent and 20 miles south of the Peak District.

Until 2006, Tutbury Crystal, a manufacturer of high-quality cut glass products, was based in the village - however production transferred to Stoke on Trent as the existing factory was very old and was thought to be too small for the modern company's requirements. The old factory was demolished and apartments are being built on the site. A factory shop still operates in the village however. Despite this, the tourism trade survives thanks to the long and distinguished history of the Norman Priory Church and Medieval Castle where Mary Queen of Scots was once imprisoned.

There are some fine Georgian and Regency buildings and the half-timbered Dog and Partridge Hotel. There are antique and craft shops in the village which often have been run by the same families for many years.

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