Organisations and clubs
Cannock Wood is the home of
- Cannock Wood and Gentleshaw Village Hall
- Beaudesert Sports Field and Recreation Ground
- Cannock Wood Methodist Church.
Important to the community but just over the road in Gentleshaw are
- Gentleshaw Primary Academy
- Christ Church, Gentleshaw - the Parish Church for Cannock Wood and Gentleshaw.
There are four pubs - two are in Cannock Wood, and two just over the road in Gentleshaw.
Beaudesert Outdoor Activity Centre straddles the boundary between the civil parishes of Cannock Wood and Longdon.