Cannock Longford & Bridgtown
Ward in Cannock Chase, Staffordshire, England
| Coordinates: | 52.681, -2.036 |
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| OS grid ref: | SJ 97 09 |
| Dialling code: | 01543 (Cannock) |
The Cannock Longford and Bridgtown area lies on the eastern edge of Cannock in the district of Cannock Chase, Staffordshire, England. It combines suburban housing in Longford with the small commercial and industrial clusters around Bridgtown, and has the feel of a town‑edge neighbourhood rather than a single village.
Like much of the district, the locality bears traces of a coal‑mining and industrial past but today is characterised by light industry, local shops and community facilities, with reasonably good road and rail links into nearby centres such as Birmingham, Walsall and Stafford. Its proximity to the open heathland and trails of Cannock Chase gives residents easy access to countryside recreation, which contrasts with the area’s more urban, working‑class roots.
Postcode districts covering Cannock Longford & Bridgtown
Most populated places nearby
- Birmingham 16.2 miles
- Wolverhampton 7.3 miles
- Stoke-on-Trent 23.9 miles
- Dudley 12.6 miles
- Walsall 7.6 miles
- Telford 18.7 miles
- West Bromwich 10.4 miles
- Newcastle-under-Lyme 24.9 miles
- Solihull 20.8 miles
- Burton upon Trent 18.6 miles
- Sutton Coldfield 12.1 miles
- Cannock 1.5 miles
Neighbouring places
- Bridgtown Parish 0.4 miles
- Cannock Park & Old Fallow Ward 1 mile
- Cheslyn Hay Parish 1.3 miles
- Four Crosses Built-up area 1.3 miles
- Hawks Green with Rumer Hill Ward 1.4 miles
- Cheslyn Hay Village Ward 1.4 miles
- Great Wyrley Town Ward 1.5 miles
- Cannock Built-up area 1.5 miles
- Great Wyrley and Cheslyn Hay Built-up area 1.5 miles
- Great Wyrley Parish 1.8 miles
- Chadsmoor Ward 1.8 miles
- Saredon Parish 2 miles
Example postcodes in Cannock Longford & Bridgtown
WS11 1BS, WS11 1BX, WS11 1QY, WS11 0UR, WS11 1EW, WS11 0GH, WS11 1EH, WS11 0LN, WS11 1AS … See all
Transport links
- Birmingham International Airport 19.8 miles
- East Midlands Airport 31.4 miles
- Cannock Railway Station 0.7 miles
- Landywood Railway Station 1.8 miles
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Schools in Cannock Longford & Bridgtown
- Bridgtown Primary School Primary
- Longford Primary Academy Primary
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School Primary
Local points of interest
- Radmore Abbey Historic site 4.3 miles
- Wolverhampton Racecourse Recreation 7 miles
- Acton Hill Estate 7.3 miles
- Molineux Stadium Stadium 7.4 miles
- Bescot Stadium Stadium 8.2 miles
- Blithfield Hall Estate 9.3 miles
- Ingestre Hall Estate 9.4 miles
- Kings Standing Wood Forest 10.2 miles
- Sutton Park Estate 11.6 miles
- Patshull Hall Estate 11.8 miles
- Chartley Castle Estate 11.9 miles
- The Hawthorns Stadium 12.2 miles