Landywood
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Landywood is a village in Staffordshire
, England. Landywood forms part of the parish and village of Great Wyrley
, and together with Great Wyrley and Cheslyn Hay
, forms a community with a combined population in 2001 of almost 20,000.
The village lies within the district of South Staffordshire
, and is separated from the town of Cannock
to the north by the M6 Toll
motorway, and the A5 road. It is served by Landywood railway station
on the Chase Line
, which runs from Birmingham
via Walsall
to Stafford
.
Landywood is part of the South Staffordshire ward named "Great Wyrley Landywood", which is just over one mile south of the Great Wyrley ward. It also lies just over three miles south from Cannock
, slightly under three miles north of Bloxwich
and five-and-a-half miles north off Walsall
.
The exact boundaries of Landywood are uncertain, but their proximation on maps may roughly locate the area as stretching from Landywood railway station down to Holly Lane, on which Landywood Primary School is located, and the Southern-most point of Landywood and the Great Wyrley parish.
Staffordshire
Staffordshire is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes, the county is a NUTS 3 region and is one of four counties or unitary districts that comprise the "Shropshire and Staffordshire" NUTS 2 region. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders...
, England. Landywood forms part of the parish and village of Great Wyrley
Great Wyrley
Great Wyrley is a parish and town in South Staffordshire, England, with a population of 11,236 at the 2001 census.-Etymology:The word "Wyrley" derives from two Old English words: wir and leah. Wir meant "bog myrtle," and leah meant "woodland clearing," suggesting that Great Wyrley was, at genesis,...
, and together with Great Wyrley and Cheslyn Hay
Cheslyn Hay
Cheslyn Hay is a former mining village in south Staffordshire, between Cannock and Walsall.Station Street is the main street with some small shops.A major employer in the village is B.S. Eaton Ltd, a manufacturer of concrete products...
, forms a community with a combined population in 2001 of almost 20,000.
The village lies within the district of South Staffordshire
South Staffordshire
South Staffordshire is a local government district in Staffordshire, England. The district lies to the north and west of Wolverhampton and the West Midlands, bordering Shropshire to the west and Worcestershire to the south...
, and is separated from the town of Cannock
Cannock
Cannock is the most populous of three towns in the district of Cannock Chase in the central southern part of the county of Staffordshire in the West Midlands region of England....
to the north by the M6 Toll
M6 Toll
The M6 Toll , connects M6 Junction 4 at the NEC to M6 Junction 11A at Wolverhampton with of six-lane motorway. The weekday cash cost is £5.30 for a car and £10.60 for a HGV...
motorway, and the A5 road. It is served by Landywood railway station
Landywood railway station
Landywood railway station is situated in the village of Landywood in Staffordshire,England. As well as Landywood, the station also serves the adjacent villages of Cheslyn Hay and Great Wyrley...
on the Chase Line
Chase Line
The Chase Line is the railway line from Birmingham New Street to Walsall and Rugeley.-Overview:The line from Birmingham to Walsall has two alternative routes, both of which are electrified at 25 kV AC overhead...
, which runs from Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
via Walsall
Walsall
Walsall is a large industrial town in the West Midlands of England. It is located northwest of Birmingham and east of Wolverhampton. Historically a part of Staffordshire, Walsall is a component area of the West Midlands conurbation and part of the Black Country.Walsall is the administrative...
to Stafford
Stafford
Stafford is the county town of Staffordshire, in the West Midlands region of England. It lies approximately north of Wolverhampton and south of Stoke-on-Trent, adjacent to the M6 motorway Junction 13 to Junction 14...
.
Landywood is part of the South Staffordshire ward named "Great Wyrley Landywood", which is just over one mile south of the Great Wyrley ward. It also lies just over three miles south from Cannock
Cannock
Cannock is the most populous of three towns in the district of Cannock Chase in the central southern part of the county of Staffordshire in the West Midlands region of England....
, slightly under three miles north of Bloxwich
Bloxwich
Bloxwich is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, West Midlands, England, with a population of around 40,000 people.-Early history:Bloxwich has its origins at least as early as the Anglo-Saxon period, when the place name evidence suggests it was a small Mercian settlement named after the...
and five-and-a-half miles north off Walsall
Walsall
Walsall is a large industrial town in the West Midlands of England. It is located northwest of Birmingham and east of Wolverhampton. Historically a part of Staffordshire, Walsall is a component area of the West Midlands conurbation and part of the Black Country.Walsall is the administrative...
.
The exact boundaries of Landywood are uncertain, but their proximation on maps may roughly locate the area as stretching from Landywood railway station down to Holly Lane, on which Landywood Primary School is located, and the Southern-most point of Landywood and the Great Wyrley parish.