Gentleshaw Common, Cannock Chase

Name: Gentleshaw Common
Address: Cannock Chase, United Kingdom

#3 among attractions in Cannock Chase

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Gentleshaw Common is an area of common land situated in Gentleshaw on the northern side of Burntwood in Staffordshire, England. The area is a Site of Special Scientific Interest as it is an area of globally rare lowland heathland. The common plays host to a series of fun public events throughout the year, including scrub bashing and countryside walks. ()

Coordinates: 52°41'53"N, 1°55'33"W

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Cannock Chase United Kingdom

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Gentleshaw Common – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Hednesford Hills Raceway, Erasmus Darwin House, Beacon Park, Designer Outlet West Midlands.

2.2 miW
Racetrack, Sport, Sport venue
Hednesford Hills Raceway
56 min walk • Hednesford Hills Raceway stands as a testament to the thrill of motorsport in the United Kingdom, nestled in the heart of Staffordshire. This sport venue is a hub for speed enthusiasts and serves as a battleground for a variety of racing events that draw in crowds from...
4 miE
Museum, Specialty museum, History museum
Erasmus Darwin House, Lichfield
103 min walk • Erasmus Darwin House in Lichfield, Staffordshire is the former home of the English poet and physician Erasmus Darwin, grandfather of naturalist Charles Darwin.
3.8 miE
Park
Beacon Park, Lichfield
98 min walk • Beacon Park is a public park in the centre of the city of Lichfield, Staffordshire, in the United Kingdom. The park was created in 1859 when the Museum Gardens were laid out adjacent to the newly built Free Museum and Library.
3.8 miW
Shopping, Shopping centre
Designer Outlet West Midlands, Cannock
96 min walk • The Designer Outlet West Midlands is an outlet shopping centre near Cannock, Staffordshire, England. It is owned by McArhurGlen Group and is the company's 7th designer outlet in the UK. Permission was granted for the construction of the shopping centre in 2016 and work began in 2017.
1.1 miN
Forts and castles, View point
Castle Ring
29 min walk • Castle Ring is an Iron Age hill fort, situated high up on the southern edge of Cannock Chase, Staffordshire, England. It is the highest point on The Chase with an elevation of 242 metres.
3.2 miW
Area
Hednesford, Cannock
82 min walk • Hednesford is a historic market town in the Cannock Chase district of Staffordshire, England. Cannock Chase is to the north, the town of Cannock 1.2 miles to the south and Rugeley 4.6 miles to the southwest.The population at the 2011 census was 17,343.
2.9 miS
Archaeological site
Watling Street, Brownhills
74 min walk • Watling Street is a historic route in England that crosses the River Thames at London and which was used in Classical Antiquity, Late Antiquity, and throughout the Middle Ages.
2.6 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Forest of Mercia
67 min walk • The Forest of Mercia lies within the northernmost boundary of the more ancient and well-known Forest of Arden which covered the area when it formed part of the Kingdom of Mercia, and is one of twelve community forests established close to major towns and cities across England.
3.9 miS
Canal
Catshill Junction, Brownhills
101 min walk • Catshill Junction is a canal junction at the northern limit of the Daw End Branch Canal where it meets the Wyrley and Essington Canal main line, near Brownhills, in West Midlands, England.
3.7 miE
Church
Christ Church, Lichfield
96 min walk • Christ Church is a parish church in Lichfield, Staffordshire in the United Kingdom. The church is situated in Leamonsley in the south west area of the city.
3.5 miSE
Canal
Lichfield Canal
91 min walk • The Lichfield Canal, as it is now known, was historically a part of the Wyrley and Essington Canal, being the section of that canal from Ogley Junction at Brownhills on the northern Birmingham Canal Navigations to Huddlesford Junction, east of Lichfield, on the Coventry Canal, a length of 7 miles.