Links

Some links relevant to Draycott in the Moors – in the fields of:
local-government, sports, leisure, community action, businesses, tourism, transport, local history and general issues

Government representatives & issues

• Draycott-in-the-Moors Area Council and its Facebook page
• Checkley Ward district councillors (Draycott-in-Moors is within Checkley ward, part of Staffs Moorlands District Council)
• Cheadle & Checkley Division councillor (Draycott-in-Moors is within this division, part of Staffordshire County Council)
• Bill Cash, MP for Stone Parliamentary Constituency (which covers Blythe Bridge & Draycott & Cheadle) – see Bill’s voting record in Parliament.
• Jack Brereton, MP for Stoke South Parliamentary Constituency (which now also covers Blythe Bridge & Draycott & Cheadle) – see Jack’s voting record in Parliament.
• West Midlands European Parliament Constituency  Since 31st January 2020, Britain no longer has MEPs
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• Planning Applications concerning Draycott – (just click the drop-down menu in the ‘Parish’ field and select ‘Draycott’)
• Online Planning Map – which shows local relevant planning applications (and restrictions)
• Major Planning Projects : The A50/Blythe Vale Growth Corridor

Statutory organisations active in Draycott-in-Moors area

• Forsbrook, Tean & Caverswall Police Team (includes Draycott) // Crimestoppers Staffordshire  //  Local (Staffordshire) Crime Alerts
• St Margaret’s CoE Parish Church Draycott-le-Moors
• St Mary Catholic Church Cresswell / & Facebook page
• Blythe Bridge & District Methodists – meet at Blythe Bridge
• Fulford & District Community First Responders dealing with medical emergencies (covers Draycott) / & its Facebook page
• The Cresswell Kiosk Defibrillator
• Draycott Moor College alternative-education centre for 30 children of 8 to 16 years (see also: the college’s Education Dept webpage)
• Blythe Bridge Library & Community Centre – our local library & community hub

Community groups & Voluntary Organisations active in and around Draycott-in-Moors

• ‘Friends Of Draycott’ Village page on Facebook – all local people are welcome to join. This is a ‘private’ page, so you must join as a member to make comments, though anyone can see the posts. Our main local forum for discussion and news
• Blythe-Park-Development-Working-Group – residents’ group monitoring what the developers are up to at Blythe Park Estate, Cresswell
• Draycott Buying, Selling & Business Facebook page
• Cheadle & District Animal Welfare – to report a local lost pet
• Greyhounds Golden Oldies & Friends – animal rescue based locally
• History Society of Blythe Bridge & Surrounding District (inc Draycott) – meetings take place May to Nov. No website: email the secretary
• Villagers Voice (aka VVSM) – Draycott & Cresswell residents’ action group. Now defunct.
• Cresswell Community Group maintains the Cresswell Kiosk & its defibrillator
• Draycott in the Moors Photographs Past & Present – private Facebook group
• Cresswell Speed Watch – now defunct.  There are no speed-watch groups in Draycott
• Draycott Manor County Primary School page on Friends Reunited   / old Draycott Manor Primary School formal website
• Women’s Institute – Draycott-le-Moors branch – details: tel 01782 397906 or contact by email
• Draycott Craft Club meets at Draycott Church Hall at 2pm, on the second and fourth Thursday of each month.
• Blythe Bridge & District Rotary Club  (covers Draycott)
• Draycott Community Voluntary Transport Scheme
• Moorlands Home Link providing befriending groups, Meals on Wheels and home help, particularly for the isolated. They have clubs in Tean and in Blythe Bridge for those who are 65 and over.
• Staffs Moorlands Climate Action Community Group
• Green & Wild in ST10 and ST11 environmentally-friendly group for Draycott & Tean
• Cresswell To Cheadle Railway Path Group – campaigning to keep it open
• Blythe Park Development Working Group – community-action group
• Local Updates for Draycott People facebook page
• Draycott in the Moors Photographs Past & Present – local photographers’ pictures
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• Parents & Toddlers Groups run on Monday mornings at the Blythe Centre
• Draycott in the Moors Community Playgroup (Little DrayTots) runs on Thursdays at Draycott Church Hall
• Tean Youth Club for 11 to 16 year olds.
• Oak Tree Farm Project – with crafts & plants shop, and tea-room – three miles south of Cresswell
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• Do It Staffordshire – want to volunteer in the comunity? start here!

Businesses & niche-organisations within Draycott-in-the-Moors

• Draycott Small Businesses Facebook page
• Blythe Business Park industrial-units site in Cresswell
• Axis Music & Rehearsal Studio
• Draycott Plant Nurseries
• St Margaret’s Court Sheltered Housing – an SHA project
• Hawthorne Bunny & Small Pet Hotel in Draycott

Sports & Leisure organisations

• Draycott Racquet & Fitness Sports Centre (on Cresswell Lane) – also runs its own tennis and squash teams. Also has a Facebook page. The tennis team plays in the City & Suburban League. The centre’s fitness classes usually include:- circuits for general fitness / Pilates / Cardio-tennis sessions (exercise in which tennis movements are done) / cycle-spinning etc. Non-members welcome
• Garland & Pearce School of Dance & Performing Arts is based at Draycott Fitness Centre.  Accepting students from 4 to 16 years of age
• Blythe Cricket Club – plays in Cresswell. It runs a number of teams, including junior and ladies. The First XI play in the NSSCL. Also has a Facebook page
• Checkley Outdoor Bowls Club plays on the green at Blythe Business Park in Cresswell. For more info, contact Sue. It has two teams in the Uttoxeter League.  It is open to members in all daytime hours for social bowling from April to September.
• MCF Equestrian Centre in Draycott
• Creda Redhouse Fishing Club has a pool on the Hilderstone Road, just south of Cresswell (by the old Bird In Hand)
• Hillside Fishing Pool has a pool on Cheadle Road, past Draycott Cross
• Tatsu Kai Ju-jitsu Club / Club’s Facebook page – based at at Blythe Business Park; also does other general fitness classes
• The Hunter Pub Darts Team – plays in the Blythe Bridge Darts League
• Draycott Arms darts team (mixed) – plays in the Ipstones Darts League on Tuesdays. Always looking for new players!
• Quick-Quick-Slow Dance Hall – tea-dances and ballroom nights. On the Business Park in Cresswell; includes professional dance tuition and workshops for beginners
• Swimming Pool at Blythe Bridge School – has public sessions
• Huntley Wood Outdoor Events Venue including accommodation if needed. Among other activities, there are regular Airsoft games 
• Footpath Walking – see map of footpaths. Maintenance of public paths and stiles is carried out not just by county council rangers, but by local branches of the Ramblers Society, the nearest of which to us is the Stone branch
• St Margaret’s Bell-Ringers – potential ringers welcome! Very good for fitness…
• Blythe Bridge & Districts History Group (covers Draycott too). Meetings from April to Nov. Contact: Jill, the secretary
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• Blythe Bridge & Districts Camera Club
• Teankulele fun musical group, based in Tean, playing ukeleles. All welcome
• Draycott Potter FC disbanded at the end of the 2013/4 season. No football team plays in the parish area at the moment

Eating & Drinking Places

• Gandhi Indian Restaurant (formerly called Zest) –  the Indian restaurant in Cresswell
• Hunter Pub in Cresswell
• Chandni Cottage Indian Restaurant in Draycott
• Golden Keg – restaurant & bar on Uttoxeter Rd serving Indian & English.  Also has a bar.
• Little House hot-food stall (8am-2pm) on Blythe Park
• Draycott Arms pub & their Facebook page – now replaced by an Italian restaurant
  
• La Villa Verde – Italian restaurant in Draycott
• Izaak Walton Inn  in Cresswell – closed. Now a private home
• The Roebuck Forsbrook  and Butcher’s Arms in Forsbrook – the nearest venues for regular live music

Meeting rooms / venues for hire

• Draycott Church Hall – open to all the community. Email Church Hall Bookings
• Blythe Cricket Club (in Cresswell) has a large function room & bar in its pavilion; it is for hire except when matches are on
• Draycott Racquet & Fitness Sports Centre (on Cresswell Lane) has a large function room
• Draycott Arms pub is available for private hire

Media

•  Cheadle & Tean Times (The ‘Stunner’), and its Facebook page
• Trade Locally Magazine – delivered free to households
• Uttoxeter & Cheadle Voice – delivered free to Draycott households too
• St Margaret’s Church Magazine – delivered to subscribers, £5 for ten issues. Now discontinued
• Churnet Sound Community Radio

Reference Websites relating to Draycott-in-the-Moors

• Neighbourhood Statistics (from the ONS). Draycott Parish is called the ‘Staffs Moorlands 012B’ district by the ONS
• Community Conversation 2011 (Draycott & Blythe Bridge) & Community Conversation 2011 (Cresswell) – our pre-Local Plan discussions
• The History of Draycott (archived website, ie no longer ‘active’)

Transport

• No bus now runs through Draycott.  Bus Service 12 (Cresswell-Draycott) was cancelled in 2018. For the nearest buses to us, see buses article or click on Traveline Midlands – select the ‘Timetables’ tab; put ‘ST11 9AA’ in the ‘From’ field; tick the ‘All’ category; and click ‘Search’.  You’ll then see all the local bus-times
• Draycott Community Transport Scheme
• Check local forthcoming roadworks
• To report a road in need of repair, click here
• North Staffordshire Community Rail Partnership works to promote the Stoke-Derby rail route (which passes through Cresswell, but doesn’t stop until Blythe Bridge)

…Other organisations, near to Draycott

• William Amory Primary School – the primary school nearest to Draycott
• Blythe Bridge High – the nearest high school to Draycott
• Care & Fun Charity – runs the community library in Blythe Bridge, where it also organises the mums & toddlers groups

Websites of neighbouring villages; and umbrella organisations

• Draycott-in-the-Moors Village/Area Parish Council
• Fulford Village Website   (includes part of Blythe Bridge)
• Forsbrook – Forsbrook on Facebook – Forsbrook (& Blythe Bridge) Parish Council
• Hilderstone Village Website – Hilderstone Parish Council
• Milwich Village – Milwich Parish Council
• Dilhorne Parish Council – Dilhorne PC on Facebook
• Checkley Parish Council
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• Support Staffordshire supports the county’s Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise sector

Local & Nearby accomodation / B&B

• Hilltop Farm Barns Draycott. Self-catering at Horseshoe Cottage
• The ‘Inn in The Moors’ holiday flat, in Draycott – or Air BnB site
• Highfields Farm Hilderstone ;  Fields Farm Boundary ;  The Gables Lower Tean;
• Springhill Caravan & Camping Site Totmonslow
• Huntley Wood Holiday Chalets Huntley
• Staffordshire Daily Photo

History & Heritage
See our History Section for links & pointers

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