Buddhist (0.18%), Hindu (0.17%), Jewish (0.006%), Muslim (0.21%), Sikh (0.21%) and other religion (0.26%). 5.9% gave no answer. Civil parish The civil parish of Hednesford constitutes 96.8% of the population of the town. In the 2011 census it had 16,789 residents, 7,239 dwellings, and 7,058 households. Transport Hednesford railway station re-opened in April 1989 by British Rail. It is on the Chase Line with links operated by current franchise West Midlands Railway to Rugeley, Walsall and Birmingham. In 2019, a new London service launched. Chaserider operate four main bus services: 25/26 Cannock - Pye Green circulars 62 Cannock - Burntwood - Lichfield 63 Cannock - Rugeley Education Built as Littleworth Secondary Modern Boys/Girls School, Kingsmead School, previously known as Kingsmead Technology College, and Staffordshire University Academy, previously known as Blake High School and Blake Valley Technology College, are both secondary schools for pupils aged 11–18 that serve the area. Both have academy status, too. Hednesford Valley High School is a school for children with special educational needs, which services the local and wider areas. Hednesford and the surrounding areas (Heath Hayes, Pye Green etc.) also contain many primary schools. These include: West Hill Primary School Pye Green Academy Red Hill Primary School Moor Hill Primary School Hazleslade Primary School Gorsemoor Primary School Heath Hayes Primary School St Peter's C of E Primary School St Joseph's Catholic Primary School Sport The town is best known for Hednesford Hills Raceway, the stock car track built on the site of a disused reservoir, which has brought tens of thousands of race fans to the area since the mid-1950s and still attracts crowds of several thousand to its major events. The town's semi-professional football team, Hednesford Town F.C., nicknamed "the Pitmen", currently play in the Southern League Premier Division Central and won the FA Trophy in 2004. The town's most prominent sportsperson is former footballer Brian Horton, who played for the Pitmen in the late sixties and early seventies. After a long professional career, he went on to manage Manchester City, Macclesfield Town and Port Vale amongst others, and is currently assistant manager of Championship side Doncaster Rovers. Notable people Lynda Grier, CBE (1880–1967), educational administrator, policy advisor, and principal of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford George Henry Jones (1884–1956) a British trade unionist and local politician Thomas Hughes (1885-1942), World War I Irish Victoria Cross recipient lived and worked in racing stables at Hednesford