Cannock

American

[kan-uhk] / ˈkæn ək /

noun

a city in Staffordshire, W central England.

Cannock British

/ ˈkænək /

noun

a town in W central England, in S Staffordshire: Cannock Chase (a public area of heathland, once a royal preserve) is just to the east. Pop: 65 022 (2001)

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The BBC joined a team from the SFO as they put on stab vests and raided a company office at a business park in Cannock.

From BBC • Apr. 22, 2026

Protests against hotels being used for asylum accommodation are also taking place on Saturday in Bristol, Exeter, Tamworth, Cannock, Nuneaton, Liverpool, Wakefield, Newcastle, Horley in Surrey and Canary Wharf in central London.

From BBC • Aug. 23, 2025

Dafydd Hûw Craven-Jones, 18, from Wrexham was driving the Ford Ka on Cannock Road in Penkridge, Staffordshire, just before midnight on 25 May last year when the crash happened.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2025

The 33-year-old woman, from Cannock, remains in custody and is being questioned by police.

From BBC • Dec. 25, 2024

Cannock Chase was covered with oaks, and in the forest of Needwood in Camden's time the neighbouring gentry eagerly pursued the cheerful sport of hunting.

From A Short History of English Agriculture by Curtler, W. H. R. (William Henry Ricketts)

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