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Cannock

Located in Cannock Chase, Staffordshire Coordinates: 52°41′26″ N 2°01′51″ W

Cannock
Geoff Pick · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Population
86,121
86.1K
Elevation
154 m
above sea level
Local time
UTC+00:00
Europe/London · UTC+00:00
When to go
June–August
See the climate
Airports
BHX Birmingham Airport33 km
EMA East Midlands Airport50 km

About Cannock

Cannock is a town. Location: Cannock Chase, Staffordshire. Population: 86,121. Elevation: 154 m.

From Wikipedia

Cannock () is a town in the Cannock Chase district in the county Staffordshire, England. It had a population of 29,018. Cannock is not far from the towns Walsall, Burntwood, Stafford and Telford. The cities Lichfield and Wolverhampton are also nearby. Cannock lies to the north of the West Midlands conurbation on the M6, A34 and A5 roads and to the south of Hednesford and the Cannock Chase Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Cannock is served by a railway station on the Chase Line.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

Area
9.2 km²

Source: Wikidata

Travel notes for Cannock

From Wikivoyage

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 (AONB). Cannock is served by a railway station on the Chase Line.

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By road:

Cannock is near the M6, M6 Toll, A5, and A460.

By train:

1 Cannock railway station. Cannock railway station is on the Chase Line operated by West Midlands Trains from Birmingham New Street to Rugeley. (updated Dec 2020)

Source: Wikivoyage · CC BY-SA 4.0 · abridged

Climate of Cannock

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 9° · Night 3° · Rain 80 mm

Hottest month
July (day 20°)
Coldest month
February (night 0°)
Wettest month
November (80 mm)
Driest month
February (54 mm)

Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).

Show values as a table
Climate of Cannock
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)6°6°8°11°15°17°20°19°17°13°9°7°
Average low (°C)1°0°2°3°6°9°11°11°9°6°3°2°
Precipitation (mm)765463555869567468748079

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Cannock

The nearest airport is Birmingham Airport (BHX), 33 km to the southeast as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Walsall, 12 km to the south.

Airports

  • Birmingham Airport (BHX) Birmingham, West Midlands 33 kmsoutheast
  • East Midlands Airport (EMA) Nottingham, Leicestershire 50 kmeast
  • Manchester Airport (MAN) Manchester, Greater Manchester 75 kmnorth

Nearby large cities

  • Walsall Population: 172.1K 12 kmsouth
  • Wolverhampton Population: 263.7K 13 kmsouthwest
  • West Bromwich Population: 103.1K 19 kmsouth
  • Sutton Coldfield Population: 109.9K 20 kmsoutheast
  • Dudley Population: 199.1K 21 kmsouth

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Day trips from Cannock

Within 100 km: 897 historic and cultural sites, 1,424 natural sites, 124 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km89 places

  • Brown's Island Island 21 kmE
  • Withymoor Island Island 23 kmS
  • Bromford Stop Island 20 kmS
  • Chasewater Lake 6 kmSE

25–60 km597 places

  • Horninglow island Island 31 kmNE
  • Crescent Wood Island Island 34 kmSE
  • Barton Island Island 59 kmNE
  • Holme Nook Island 48 kmNE

60–100 km1,759 places

  • Alney Island Island 93 kmS
  • Newark Island Island 92 kmNE
  • Saint George's Island Island 88 kmN
  • Glover's Island Island 66 kmS

Straight-line distances.

Cannock and similar cities

Side by side with cities of similar size in the same country: population, elevation and climate.

Measure Cannock Grimsby South Shields Londonderry
Population 86.1K 86.1K 83.7K 83.7K
Elevation 154 m 4 m 12 m 24 m
Summer day (hottest month) 20° 21° 20° 18°
Winter night (coldest month) 0° 1° 2° 3°
Annual rainfall 806 mm 626 mm 673 mm 1,561 mm
Best months Jun–Aug Jun–Sep Jun–Sep Jun–Aug
Distance — 163 km 260 km 432 km

Climate values are 1970–2000 monthly averages; straight-line distance.

Nearby attractions & nature

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