Rocester

Rocester
Rocester
Rocester shown within Staffordshire
Population	1,700 (2011)
OS grid reference	SK109393
District	East Staffordshire
Shire county	Staffordshire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	UTTOXETER
Postcode district	ST14 5
Dialling code	01889

Police	Staffordshire
Fire	Staffordshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
EU Parliament	West Midlands
UK Parliament	Burton
List of places UK England Staffordshire 52°57′04″N 1°50′17″W / 52.951°N 1.838°W / 52.951; -1.838Coordinates: 52°57′04″N 1°50′17″W / 52.951°N 1.838°W / 52.951; -1.838

Rocester ⁱ/ˈroʊstər/ is a village and civil parish in the East Staffordshire district of Staffordshire, England. Its name is spelt Rowcestre in the Domesday Book. It is located on the Derbyshire border.

The village is about 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Uttoxeter, and close to the county border with Derbyshire. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 1,431. The village lies on a triangle of land between the River Churnet and River Dove, which join to the south. The parish borders, from the south going clockwise, the parishes of Uttoxeter Rural, Croxden, Denstone, Ellastone, all in East Staffordshire, and then Norbury and Roston, Marston Montgomery and Doveridge, all in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire.