Cannock

Cannock
Cannock from top of St. Luke's Church Tower
Cannock Location within Staffordshire
Area	9.24 km2 (3.57 sq mi)
Population	29,018 (2011 Census)
• Density	3,140/km2 (8,100/sq mi)
Demonym	Cannocker
OS grid reference	SJ980101
District	Cannock Chase
Shire county	Staffordshire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Areas of the town (2011 census BUASD)	List Bridgtown Broomhill Chadsmoor Hawks Green Heath Hayes Littleworth Oldfallow Rawnsley Rumer Hill Stoney Lea Wimblebury
Post town	CANNOCK
Postcode district	WS11
Dialling code	01543
Police	Staffordshire
Fire	Staffordshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
UK Parliament	Cannock Chase
List of places UK England Staffordshire 52°41′28″N 2°01′37″W / 52.691°N 2.027°W / 52.691; -2.027

Cannock (/ˈkænək/) is a town in the Cannock Chase district in the county of Staffordshire, England. It had a population of 29,018.^[1] Cannock is not far from the towns of Walsall, Burntwood, Stafford and Telford. The cities of 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. The town comprises four district council electoral wards and the Cannock South ward includes the civil parish of Bridgtown, but the rest of Cannock is unparished.