Little Aston, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Little Aston is a village in Staffordshire, England. It is located within the Lichfield District and is approximately 5 miles (8 km) south of the city of Lichfield. Formerly a separate settlement, it is in modern times contiguous with the built-up area of the neighbouring town of Sutton Coldfield. Well over 10% of the homes in the village were multimillion-pound properties, and the village is known for its footballers and successful businesspeople.

Location and boundaries Little Aston is located in the very south of Staffordshire.

Little Aston is contained within four corners, formed by local landmarks: Blake Street Station rail bridge in the east, by Little Aston Golf Club's grounds to the west, the Little Aston Severn Trent sewage treatment works to the north and the Rosemary Hill Road/Thornhill Road traffic island in the south.

At the south is the Sutton Park, with over 2,400 acres (970 ha) of wild grasslands, forested areas, lakes and wild ponies, all accessible though the bordering Streetly Gate. In the north is the Little Aston Recreation Ground, winner of the 2015 Most Improved Fields in Trust Award. This community funded 7.5-acre (3.0 ha) play field with over 3000 trees serves as a community hub with annual events.

Recreation Little Aston has two golf clubs: the championship Little Aston Golf Club and the new Aston Wood Golf Club. A private BUPA hospital is located on the former Little Aston Hall's estate and Little Aston also features a residential estate, Little Aston Park.

Commerce and transport Within the boundaries of Little Aston, there is only one independent newsagent, one gourmet butcher and one drink store, all located on Little Aston Lane. However, a wider ranges of local mini-supermarkets, hairdressers, fish and chips shops, restaurants and pubs are available in neighbouring Burnett Road Streetly and The Crown Four Oaks all half a mile (800 m) away, plus a wide range of trendy restaurants and major supermarkets in Mere Green a mile (1.6 km) away. A comprehensive high street is in Sutton Coldfield town centre.

Nearby junctions with the A38, M5, M6, M6 Toll and M42 give easy access to the north-east, north-west, south-west and south-east towards London. High speed trains towards Manchester and London are available from Lichfield and Birmingham, with connections available from Blake Street. National Express West Midlands service 6 also runs through Little Aston every 30 minutes between Walsall and Sutton Coldfield via Aldridge and Mere Green.