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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Cannock Chase has also been historically considered a Labour heartland, and at the district council the party held 18 of the 36 seats going into Thursday's election.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

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

Friends Sophie Bates and Brooke Varley also got into the car and the four went for a drive to Cannock, before heading back on the same road in the direction of Penkridge.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2025

Dafydd Hûw Craven-Jones, 18, died after a single-vehicle crash on Saturday on Cannock Road, Penkridge, Staffordshire Police said.

From BBC • May 29, 2024

In the earlier part of the present year I was cursorily examining a brook in Cannock Chase, in Staffordshire.

From The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 355, October 16, 1886 by Peters, Charles

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