Norton Canes

Norton Canes is a village and civil parish in the Cannock Chase District, in Staffordshire, England. It lies close to the borders of the Lichfield, South Staffordshire and Walsall districts.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Landywood railway station and Chasewater.

Landywood railway station

Railway station

Photo: John M, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Landywood railway station is situated in the village of Landywood in Staffordshire, England. As well as Landywood, the station also serves the adjacent villages of Cheslyn Hay and Great Wyrley.

Chasewater

Reservoir

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Chasewater is a reservoir located in the parish of Burntwood and the district of Lichfield in Staffordshire, England. Originally known as Norton Pool and Cannock Chase Reservoir, it was created as a canal feeder reservoir in 1797.

St Mark’s Church, Great Wyrley

Church

Photo: Geoff Pick, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Mark's is the parish church of Great Wyrley, South Staffordshire, England. It is known for having had the first South Asian vicar of any Church of England parish, Shapurji Edalji, and for its association with Edalji's son George, who was falsely convicted on a charge of injuring a pony, and cleared after the intervention of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cannock and Bloxwich.

Cannock

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Cannock is the largest town within the Cannock Chase District in the county of Staffordshire in the West Midlands region of England. Cannock lies to the north of the West Midlands conurbation on the M6, A34 and A5 roads, and to the south of Cannock Chase, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Bloxwich

Town

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Bloxwich is a market town in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, West Midlands, England. It is located between the towns of Walsall, Cannock, Willenhall and Brownhills. Bloxwich is situated 3½ miles south of Norton Canes.

Great Wyrley

Village

Photo: Angella Streluk, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Great Wyrley is a village and civil parish in the South Staffordshire district of Staffordshire, England. It forms a built-up area with nearby Cheslyn Hay, Churchbridge, Landywood and Little Wyrley.

Norton Canes

Type: Locality
Location: Cannock Chase District, Staffordshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.6637° or 52° 39′ 49″ north

Longitude

-1.9887° or 1° 59′ 19″ west

Elevation

446 feet (136 metres)

Open location code

9C4WM276+FG

GeoNames ID

7291696

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