Landywood is an area of
Great Wyrley in the
South Staffordshire district of
Staffordshire, England. Landywood is part of the South Staffordshire ward named "Great Wyrley Landywood", It lies north of
Bloxwich, south from
Cannock and north of
Walsall
Walsall (, or ; locally ) is a market town and administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. Historic counties of England, Historically part of Staffordshire, it is located ...
.
The name Landywood means 'the woodland pasture'.
It forms part of Great Wyrley and is contiguous with
Cheslyn Hay, Upper Landywood,
Newtown and
Little Wyrley. It is close to the border with the
Metropolitan Borough of Walsall.
It is separated from
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
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via
Walsall
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to
Rugeley Trent Valley. National Express West Midlands bus service X51 (formerly 951) provides a connection through Lower Landywood (Gorsey Lane, Holly Lane) to Cannock via the
Designer Outlet West Midlands as well as Walsall, Bloxwich, Great Barr and Birmingham.
Chaserider bus service 71 links Upper Landywood (Streets Lane) with
Cheslyn Hay,
Cannock,
Essington,
Wednesfield
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,
New Cross Hospital and
Wolverhampton
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. Service 2 / 74 (formerly
West Midlands Travel 351) was withdrawn in 2021 due to cut backs.
Landywood was the site of a
Polish Merchant Navy College established in 1945 in disused
Nissen huts.
In 2022, plans were approved for a new housing development on the Landywood Lane green belt, despite objections and petitions against it from local residents. This estate will border Cheslyn Hay.
References
External links
South Staffordshire District
Great Wyrley
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