Welcome to Visit Cannock Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Cannock
Visit Cannock places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Cannock places to visit. A unique way to experience Cannock’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Cannock as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
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Cannock is a town in Cannock Chase district in Staffordshire. It lies to the north of the West Midlands conurbation on the M6, A34 and A5 roads. The town comprises four district council electoral wards and the Cannock South ward includes the civil parish of Bridgtown, but the rest of the town is unparished. When you visit Cannock, Walkfo brings Cannock places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Cannock Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Cannock
Visit Cannock – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 26 audio plaques & Cannock places for you to explore in the Cannock area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Cannock places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Cannock history
Cannock was in the Domesday Book of 1086. It was called Chnoc c.1130, Cnot in 1156, Canot in 1157, and Canoc in 1198. Cannock is probably Old English cnocc meaning ‘hillock’, modified by Norman pronunciation by the insertion of a vowel to Canoc.
Cannock geography / climate
Cannock is on a south-west facing slope, falling from the highest point on Cannock Chase (244 m) at Castle Ring to 148 m in the town centre. The soil is light with a gravel and clay subsoil, and there are extensive coal measures.
Climate
Cannock has a moderate, temperate climate. See Penkridge weather station for details of average temperature and rainfall figures taken between 1981 and 2010.
Location
Cannock is about 20 miles (30 km) by road north-north-west of Birmingham. It is 80 miles (130 km) south-south-east of Manchester and 130 miles (210 km) north-west London. Hednesford, Lichfield, Stafford, Walsall, Willenhall and Wolverhampton are nearest towns.
Why visit Cannock with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Cannock places with Walkfo Cannock to hear history at Cannock’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Cannock has 26 places to visit in our interactive Cannock map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Cannock, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Cannock places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Cannock & the surrounding areas.
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26 tourist, history, culture & geography spots
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Best Cannock places to visit
Cannock has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Cannock’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Cannock’s information audio spots:
Hednesford railway station
West Midlands Railway operates Hednesford railway station. All trains are operated by West Midlands railway. Station is located in Staffordshire, and is located on the outskirts of the town.
Littleton Colliery
Littleton Colliery was a deep coal mine situated two miles north of Cannock on the A34 in the village of Huntington. The colliery closed on 3 December 1993 and was the last working coal mine on the Cannock Chase Coalfield.
Heath Hayes and Wimblebury
Heath Hayes and Wimblebury are two villages which form a civil parish in the Cannock Chase District of Staffordshire. The status of Heath Hayes has changed from a small village to a larger village with a great population.
Landywood railway station
Landywood railway station is situated in the village of Landrywood in Staffordshire. It also serves the adjacent villages of Cheslyn Hay and Great Wyrley. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by West Midlands Railway.
St Luke’s Church, Cannock
St Luke’s Church, Cannock is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Cannock. The church is located in the town of Cannock and is located on the outskirts of the town.
St Mark’s Church, Great Wyrley
St Mark’s is the parish church of Great Wyrley, South Staffordshire. It is known for having had the first South Asian vicar of any Church of England parish, Shapurji Edalji.
Designer Outlet West Midlands
Designer Outlet West Midlands is an outlet shopping centre near Cannock, Staffordshire, England. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the opening of the centre was delayed from Autumn 2020 to early 2021. The centre officially opened to customers on Monday 12th April 2021.
Visit Cannock plaques
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here Cannock has 0 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Cannock plaques audio map when visiting. Plaques like National Heritage’s “Blue Plaques” provide visual geo-markers to highlight points-of-interest at the places where they happened – and Walkfo’s AI has researched additional, deeper content when you visit Cannock using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Cannock plaque. Currently No Physical Plaques.
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