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What's happening on your doorstep?
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Casual Councillor Vacancy
Parish councillors are unpaid and volunteer their time to the community in which they live or work to try to make a change for the better and act as a representative for the community.
Just now there is a vacancy on Cannock Wood’s parish council following the resignation of Avril Green. The period of office will initially run up to the parish council elections in May 2027 and there is usually one meeting a month. Cannock Wood Parish Council has always acted without bias to political parties but aims to benefit the village and work on behalf of residents on the issues that matter to the community. Expressions of interest are warmly welcomed and it is your chance to bring fresh ideas and energy, shape local decisions, and ensure everyone's voice is heard.
If you are aged 18 or more and live or work in or around Cannock Wood and Gentleshaw, you are very probably eligible – go on, give it a whirl!
Contact Chris Gracey for more information clerk@cannockwoodparishcouncil.gov.uk or 07791 313060.’
Cannock Wood is a village and civil parish in the Cannock Chase District of Staffordshire, England. It is situated within the triangle of Cannock, Rugeley and Lichfield just to the north of the conurbation of Burntwood and approximately 25 miles (40 km) north of Birmingham city centre. The elevated position of Cannock Wood offers long panoramic views in many directions which are highly valued by many.
The parish includes Castle Ring, an Iron Age hillfort, at the highest part of Cannock Chase with an altitude of 242 metres above sea level. Cannock Chase is designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs are now renamed National Landscapes) and Cannock Wood is the only village that is completely within the boundaries of the AONB. Castle Ring is one of two Scheduled Monuments in this small parish of just over 1,000 inhabitants. The second is a medieval moated site and bloomery at Courtbanks Covert and the covert itself is designated ancient woodland. Close to this site is Nun’s Well, where a spring rises in a chamber cut from rock that is covered by a Tudor style brickwork arch. Castle Ring is a Site of Biological Importance and the close proximity of Gentleshaw Common, a Site of Special Scientific Interest adjoining the parish, means Cannock Wood and its surrounding Green Belt is a haven of tranquillity and wildlife and of importance for biodiversity.
Cannock Wood is a mainly residential area interspersed with open areas including Nunswell Park and public footpaths through the local countryside. There is a tightly drawn settlement boundary, with scattered dwellings and Cannock Wood Methodist Church in the Green Belt areas outside the settlement boundary. Within Cannock Wood, but dedicated also to the residents of neighbouring Gentleshaw, there is an extensive Playing Field offering a children's play area, football pitch and cricket ground and a much used Village Hall. Gentleshaw Primary Academy and Christ Church, Gentleshaw lie just over the road from Cannock Wood in Gentleshaw, which is in the Longdon Parish of Lichfield District. There is one combined community of Cannock Wood and Gentleshaw despite the administrative separation of Parish and District Council boundary lines. There are two pubs in Cannock Wood, The Park Gate Inn and The Rag, and two more just the other side of the parish boundary in Gentleshaw, Ye Olde Windmill Inn and The Redmore Inn.