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Norton Canes works well as a base: 10 minutes from Brownhills, 18km from Black Country Living Museum.
Norton Canes is in England, United Kingdom, with about 7,500 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Brownhills, about 5 km away.
Norton Canes is a village and civil parish in the Cannock Chase District, in Staffordshire, England. It lies close to the borders of the Lichfield, South Staffordshire and Walsall districts.
It is situated 3 miles (4.8 km) from Cannock. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 6,394, and an area of 3,746 acresRead more
(15.16 km2), of which 86% is green open space. The population had increased to 7,470 at the 2011 census. Areas of the village include Little Norton, Little Wyrley, and North Lanes (Lime Lane).
The Cannock Chase Coalfield once had 45 collieries within 2 miles (3.2 km) of Norton Canes, employing over 5,800 men, as well as 2 large surface mines; the last pit in the area closed in 1993.
Grove Pit was one of these pits, and on 1 October 1930 was the scene of a major tragedy when 14 miners were killed in an explosion there.
Another local colliery was owned by the Jerome family, hence Jerome Road now on the site of the pit. This was the family of the author Jerome K. Jerome.
Norton Canes borders Chasewater – a collection of man-made lakes formed through old mining pits and a reservoir that feeds the canal system of the West Midlands. Chasewater is a popular leisure destination offering facilities for water-skiing and yachting, mountain biking, jogging, walking and bird watching.
Norton Canes straddles the UK's first and only toll motorway, the M6 Toll, and is the site of its northbound ("Great Wyrley") toll plaza and Norton Canes Services, which is the only services for that motorway.
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Within an hour or so of Norton Canes: Black Country Living Museum (18 km), Black Country Living Museum (Peaky Blinders) (18 km), The Peter James Collection (21 km), Land Rover Experience Solihull (30 km).
The nearest famous roads are A54 Congleton to Buxton, Goyt Valley road, Peak District and A537 Cat and Fiddle Summit.
Norton Canes is in England, United Kingdom, about 5 km from Brownhills.
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Open-air museum rebuilding an industrial Black Country town: canal boats, a working replica Newcomen engine, 1930s fish and chips fried in beef dripping, and a coal mine walk. A key Peaky Blinders filming location.
18 km · about 20 min drive
film location
The open-air museum in Dudley provides the canal-side streets and workshops of Peaky Blinders' Small Heath.
18 km · about 20 min drive
landmark
A remarkable private collection of over 100 classic and vintage cars on display in Birmingham.
21 km · about 25 min drive
landmark
Off-road driving experience at Jaguar Land Rover's headquarters on a purpose-built terrain course.
30 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
The world's largest collection of British motorcycles with over 1,000 machines spanning a century of manufacturing near Solihull.
31 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
Major British theme park set in the grounds of a historic estate in Staffordshire with record-breaking coasters.
35 km · about 40 min drive
landmark
Birthplace of the Industrial Revolution and UNESCO World Heritage Site, home to the world's first iron bridge built in 1779.
36 km · about 40 min drive
museum
Houses the world's largest publicly owned collection of British road transport, including land speed record holders.
42 km · about 50 min drive
9 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 100km.
April to October
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