Tamworth is located 14 miles north-east of Birmingham. It gets its name from the River Tame which flows through the town, It has an approximate population of 75000.

The town’s main industries are distibution and warehousing, engineering, clothing, brick, tile and paper manufacture. The infamous Robin reliant was manufactured in tamworth until the company’s closure.

Tamworth has existed since Saxon times and once was the capital of Mercia due to  its strategic position at the meeting point of two rivers (the Tame and the Anker)..

The Victorian Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel served as the town’s MP from 1830 until 1850, whilst living at the nearby Drayton Manor. It was in Tamworth that Robert Peel unveiled his Tamworth Manifesto in 1834 which created what is now the modern Conservative Party.