Welcome to Visit Cannock Wood Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Cannock Wood
Visit Cannock Wood places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Cannock Wood places to visit. A unique way to experience Cannock Wood’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Cannock Wood as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
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Cannock Wood is a village and civil parish in the Cannock Chase district of Staffordshire. The village is situated around 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Cannock, the same distance south of Rugeley and 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Burntwood. According to the 2011 Census, the parish had a population of 1,031, a decrease from 1,052 in the 2001 Census. When you visit Cannock Wood, Walkfo brings Cannock Wood places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Cannock Wood Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Cannock Wood
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With 24 audio plaques & Cannock Wood places for you to explore in the Cannock Wood area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Cannock Wood places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Why visit Cannock Wood with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Cannock Wood places with Walkfo Cannock Wood to hear history at Cannock Wood’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Cannock Wood has 24 places to visit in our interactive Cannock Wood 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 Wood, 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 Wood places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Cannock Wood & the surrounding areas.
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24 tourist, history, culture & geography spots
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Best Cannock Wood places to visit
Cannock Wood has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Cannock Wood’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Cannock Wood’s information audio spots:
Burntwood
Burntwood is a former mining town and civil parish in Lichfield District in Staffordshire, England. It is approximately 4 miles (6 km) west of Lichfield and north east of Brownhills. The town is home to the smallest park in the UK, Prince’s Park, which is located next to Christ Church.
Gentleshaw Common
Gentleshaw Common is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Staffordshire. It is an area of globally rare lowland heathland. Common plays host to a series of fun public events throughout the year.
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.
Cannock Chase District
Cannock Chase is a local government district in Staffordshire. Its council is based in the town of Cannock; other notable towns are Rugeley, and Hednesford. The district was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of Cannocks and Rugeleys urban districts.
Castle Ring
Castle Ring is an Iron Age hill fort situated high up on the southern edge of Cannock Chase (The Chase), Staffordshire, England. It is the highest point on The Chase with an elevation of 242 metres (794 feet) It is near the village of Cannocks Wood, south of Rugeley and north of Burntwood. There are excellent views over The Chase, the Trent Valley and Staffordshire more generally.
Farewell Priory
Farewell Priory was a Benedictine nunnery near Lichfield in Staffordshire. It was dissolved in 1527 as a by-product of Cardinal Wolsey’s scheme to establish Oxford University.
George’s Hayes
George’s Hayes is a nature reserve of the Staffordshire Wildlife Trust. It is an ancient woodland, about a mile south-west of the village of Longdon, between Rugeley and Lichfield in Staffordshire.
Visit Cannock Wood plaques
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here Cannock Wood has 4 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Cannock Wood 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 Wood using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Cannock Wood plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
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