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Cannock Chase
Cannock
Chase has the Heritage Trail
which runs for 10 miles through some of the most beautiful countryside
and
towns and villages. The whole area is popular with tourists and
excellent for
cycling and walking enthusiasts and numerable points of interest.
Facilities
are good with well equipped visitor centres.
A
good starting point is the Birches
Valley Forest Centre where a variety of forest trials are available at
different distances and for all fitness levels. At Birches Valley there
is the
award winning Go-Ape
activity which is basically an adventure course in the
trees.
Bicycles
can be hired here and the
local visitor centre has its own play area, lawns, café and car parks.
At
the Chasewater Innovation Centre
near the Chasewater Country Park and Reservoir, visitors can see
innovative
design features of the building and learn about the use of timber as a
sustainable material and a source of renewable energy.
The
Cannock Chase Visitor Centre in
Hednesford has an adventure playground, picnic site with BBQ stands and
some
wonderful countryside. Nearby is a recently reconstructed Great War Hut
which reminds
us of the large number of troops stationed on the chase in the war
periods.
Nearby
Shugborough Hall with its
Parkland and Riverside Gardens provides an insight into a complete and
working
historic estate depicting life
as it was
200 hundred years ago.
Visitors
to the Chase will witness a
variety of wildlife and natural woodland. There is also plenty of open
heathland and fallow deer are a common sight on the Chase. Additionally
this is
a bird watchers paradise.
On
its north-eastern edge can be
found Shugborough Hall, home of Lord Lichfield. At its southern edge
are the
remains of Castle Ring, a bronze age hill fort.
Local
Links:
www.cannockchasedc.gov.uk
www.cannock-chase.co.uk
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