Dordon was just a row of houses until the opening of Birch Coppice mine and it has grown since then. There was a big growth in the village in 1920 and Dordon became a civil parish in its own right on 1 April 1948, The biggest growth came in 1960 when the village more than tripled in size. The mine closed in 1987 and the site is now a major distribution/business park.
Demographics
According to the 2001 Census the population for the Dordon ward and civil parish was 3,225. Over 97% of people describe themselves as White British with only 112 people from an ethnic minority.
Waste collection services are provided by North Warwickshire Borough Council. Water and sewage services are provided by Severn Trent Water and the Sewage Treatment Works is in on the edge of Dordon. The Distribution Network Operator for electricity is Central Networks better known as E.ON UK. Unlike most villages in the area it uses a Birmingham postcode rather than a Coventry postcode. There is a small sub-post office located in the Co-Operative shop on New Street, and the postal town is Tamworth. Dordon has its own library, formerly operated by Warwickshire county council. but now run by volunteers belonging to the group "Readers of Roman Way". The nearest police station is in Atherstone and the nearest fire station is in Polesworth.
Crime
In 2009 there was an average of 5.1 crimes per 1,000 people for the ward of Hurley and Wood End, and during the same period there were 5 crimes per head for the borough of North Warwickshire. In 2010 the figure was up to 5.8 crimes per head. The most common type of crime is anti-social behaviour. In January 2011 there were 19 reported crimes in Dordon
Health
Dordon lies in the North Warwickshire NHS trust area. Dordon has its own GPs called Dordon Surgery. The George Eliot Hospital at Nuneaton is the area's local hospital. It has an Accident and Emergency Department. Out of hours GP services are also based at George Eliot.
Despite being named after Polesworth, Dordon has a high school called The Polesworth School which is attended by students from the ages of 12-18.
Religion
According to the 2001 census for the parish of Dordon 2,568 describe themselves as Christian and 629 are non-religious, there are also 4 Buddhists, 9 Muslims, 13 Sikhs and 3 people describe their religion as other.
St Leonard Church
Dordon's Church of England Parish church is called St Leonard Church and was built in 1868, it is in the parish of St Leonard, Dordon along with St Mary church in nearby Freasley.
Dordon also has a small Congregational Church on Long Street, Which is simply called Dordon Congregational Church.
Transport
Dordon lies close to the M42 at junction 10 and the A5 runs through Dordon. The village has many bus stops along dotted around and is served by route 765 and the newly introduced 766. The nearest railway station was Polesworth. but this is now effectively closed and so rail links can be made in Tamworth or Atherstone. The nearest airports are Birmingham and East Midlands.
