Cannock's the largest town within the Cannock Chase District in the county of Staffordshire in the West Midlands region of England. Cannock lies to the north of the West Midlands conurbation on the M6, A34 and A5 roads, and to the south of Cannock Chase, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). Cannock's served by a railway station on the Chase Line. History Its name comes from the Celtic cnoc, meaning hill. It's first recorded in the unlikely form Chenet in the Domesday Book. The town was… (More on Cannock)