Alrewas (/ˈɔːlrɪwəs/ AWL-ri-wəs) is a village and civil parish in the Lichfield District of Staffordshire, England.
The parish is bounded by the Trent to the north and east, and by field boundaries to the south and west.
Diamond Bus service 12 links the village to Lichfield, Fradley and Burton.
[6] The toponym "Alrewas" is derived from the Old English Alor-wæsse, meaning "alluvial land growing with alder trees".
[7] On the Staffordshire wikipedia entry, the Hand-drawn map of Stafford by Christopher Saxton from 1577 shows the name as Alderwaies.
[8] The A38 dual carriageway follows the line of Ryknild Street, a Roman road that linked what are now Gloucestershire and South Yorkshire.
Orgreave Hall is a brick-built country house in Alrewas parish about 1+1⁄4 miles (2 km) northwest of the village.
East of Alrewas is the National Memorial Arboretum, dedicated to remembering those lost due to warfare since the Second World War.
It is an eight-day free festival that includes workshops, performances, exhibitions and events in Alrewas village.
There is fund raising including auctions and sales in the intermediate 2-year period to meet the festival's costs.
It culminates in a Sunday daytime to evening event of live music, comedy and interactive arts in Alrewas Park that attracts thousands of party-goers from surrounding villages and towns.
Coaching sessions for adults and juniors are provided and facilities include two floodlit, painted tarmac courts.