- Cannock Wood
Cannock Wood is a
village inStaffordshire ,England . Situated nearCannock andLichfield and north ofBurntwood .Cannock Wood is approximately 25 miles north ofBirmingham city centre.Cannock Wood makes up part of
Cannock Chase . Which is a recognisedArea of outstanding Natural beauty .Its mainly residential area is interspersed with open areas including various
parks and publicfootpath s through the localcountryside . The village hosts tourist attractions includingCastle Ring , an ancientfort , andNun's Well . Cannock Wood also hosts severalpubs , The Park Gate, The Windmill and The Redmoore. There is also avillage hall , a children's play area, acricket club and ahairdresser s.Gentleshaw , a neighboring village, has aprimary school where most of the children in Cannock Wood and neighbouring places such asHazelslade ,Prospect Village , Gentleshaw and even some in the nearby town of Burntwood aged between 4 and 11 attend.Cannock Wood has a
general store which has previously closed twice due to lack of support, it re-opened for business for the third time on Tuesday 28th August 2007. As ofJuly 2008, the store is currently open for a limited period each day after a lack of financial support forced it to reduce daily opening hours.The village is served by bus numbers 15 (operated by
Green Bus ), on the Prospect Village -Lichfield line, and 62 (Arriva ) on theCannock -Hednesford - Prospect Village -Burntwood - Lichfield line.Cannock Wood and the surrounding district are twinned with
Datteln ,Germany andWestern Springs, Illinois ,United States .The overwhelming majority of people living in Cannock Wood are from
White British backgrounds.Some people see Cannock Wood as a suburb of
Burntwood . The village is just under 1 mile north of Burntwood. Other people think of it as an area in the town ofRugeley , as some addresses in Cannock Wood have the Rugeley postal code. However, it is a separate village and is not an area in either of these towns.Nearby places are:
Burntwood ,Gentleshaw ,Cannock ,Lichfield ,Rugeley ,Hednesford ,Hazelslade and Prospect Village.External links
[http://www.cannockwood.org.uk Cannock Wood Website] [http://cannockwood.play-cricket.com/home/home.asp Cannock Wood Cricket Club Official website]
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