Cannock Chase (district)
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| Cannock Chase District | |
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 Shown within Staffordshire |
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| Geography | |
| Status: | Non-metropolitan district |
| Region: | West Midlands |
| Admin. County: | Staffordshire |
| Area: - Total |
Ranked 269th 78.88 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Cannock |
| ONS code: | 41UB |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2005 est.) - Density |
Ranked 241st 93,200 1,182 / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 98.6% White |
| Politics | |
 Cannock Chase District Council http://www.cannockchasedc.gov.uk/ |
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| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | Liberal Democrats / Conservative |
| MP: | Tony Wright |
Cannock Chase is a local government district in England. It covers part of Cannock Chase forest and the towns of Cannock, Rugeley and Hednesford
There are several parish and town councils in the district:
- Rugeley
- Hednesford
- Brereton and Ravenhill
- Bridgtown
- Brindley Heath
- Cannock Wood
- Heath Hayes and Wimblebury
- Norton Canes
Cannock, which covers around 1/3 of the population, is unparished.
The district, together with the adjacent village of Huntington, forms a parliamentary constituency. As of the United Kingdom general election, 2001, the Member of Parliament is Dr. Tony Wright.
The district was formed on April 1, 1974 by the merger of Cannock and Rugeley urban districts, and Brindley Heath from Lichfield Rural District.
| Unitary authorities: | Stoke-on-Trent |
| Boroughs/Districts: | Cannock Chase • East Staffordshire • Lichfield • Newcastle-under-Lyme • South Staffordshire • Stafford • Staffordshire Moorlands • Tamworth |
| Cities/Towns: | Biddulph • Burntwood • Burton upon Trent • Cannock • Cheadle • Eccleshall • Hednesford • Kidsgrove • Leek • Lichfield • Newcastle-under-Lyme • Penkridge • Rugeley • Stafford • Stoke-on-Trent Burslem • Fenton • Hanley • Longton • Stoke • Tunstall • Stone • Tamworth • Uttoxeter See also: List of civil parishes in Staffordshire |
Birmingham • Bridgnorth • Bromsgrove • Cannock Chase • Coventry • Dudley • East Staffordshire • Herefordshire • Lichfield • Malvern Hills • Newcastle-under-Lyme • North Shropshire • North Warwickshire • Nuneaton and Bedworth • Oswestry • Redditch • Rugby • Sandwell • Shrewsbury and Atcham • Solihull • South Shropshire • South Staffordshire • Stafford • Staffordshire Moorlands • Stoke-on-Trent • Stratford-on-Avon • Tamworth • Telford and Wrekin • Walsall • Warwick • Wolverhampton • Worcester • Wychavon • Wyre Forest
Counties with multiple districts: Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire
