Cannock

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

Key facts

UK place.country: England
UK place.region: West Midlands
UK place.static_image_name: View of Cannock from top of St. Luke's Church Tower - geograph.org.uk - 178960.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption: Cannock from top of St. Luke's Church Tower
UK place.parts_type: Areas of the town(2011 census BUASD)
UK place.p1: Bridgtown
UK place.p2: Broomhill
UK place.p3: Chadsmoor
UK place.p4: Hawks Green
UK place.p5: Heath Hayes
UK place.p6: Littleworth
UK place.p7: Oldfallow
UK place.p8: Rawnsley
UK place.p9: Rumer Hill
UK place.p10: Stoney Lea
UK place.p11: Wimblebury
UK place.official_name: Cannock
UK place.shire_district: Cannock Chase

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History
Geography
Climate
Location
Demography
Built-up area subdivisions
Media
Newspapers
TV
Radio
Transport
Rail
Bus
Education
Notable people
Public service
The Arts
Sport
Twin town
See also
References
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Cannock lies to the north of the West Midlands conurbation on the M6, A34 and A5 roads and to the south of Hednesford and the Cannock Chase Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Cannock is served by a railway station on the Chase Line. The town comprises four district council electoral wards and the Cannock South ward includes the civil parish of Bridgtown, but the rest of Cannock is unparished.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cannock” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.