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Cannock
Market town in Staffordshire, England

Cannock

Cannock is a town in the Cannock Chase district in the county Staffordshire, England.

Plan a trip to Cannock→From Nottingham, Leicestershire

It had a population of 29,018. Cannock is not far from the towns Walsall, Burntwood, Stafford and Telford. The cities Lichfield and Wolverhampton are also nearby.

Get in

Getting to Cannock

Cannock is near the M6, M6 Toll, A5, and A460.

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    Cannock

    Cannock railway station is on the Chase Line operated by West Midlands Trains from Birmingham New Street to Rugeley.

See

Worth seeing

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    Boscobel House and The Royal Oak

    Brewood, Bishop's Wood, ST19 9AR (13 miles west of Cannock),.

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    Chasewater

    Canal-feeder reservoir, with walks, visitor centre and picnic spots.

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    Chasewater Railway
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    Castle Ring

    The perimeter earthworks are all that remains of this iron age hill fort, which sits at the highest point of Cannock Chase.

Do

Things to do

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    Cannock Chase

    Mixed area of countryside, designated as the Cannock Chase Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

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    Hednesford Hills Raceway

    Small racing circuit for banger and stock car races.

Eat

Where to eat

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    The Linford Arms

    79 Market Pl, WS11 1BN.

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: DMJames98 (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.