Muckley Corner is a small village and area of

Hammerwich Hammerwich is a small village and civil parish in the Lichfield District, in Staffordshire, England. It is southeast of Burntwood and northeast of Brownhills. Name The name may derive from ''hamor'' ( Old English: a hammer) and ''wīc'' (Old Eng ...

Lichfield District Lichfield () is a local government district in Staffordshire, England. It is administered by Lichfield District Council, based in Lichfield. The dignity and privileges of the City of Lichfield are vested in the parish council of the 14 km ...

of Staffordshire,

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe ...

. The area is located on the A5 (

Watling Street Watling Street is a historic route in England that crosses the River Thames at London and which was used in Classical Antiquity, Late Antiquity, and throughout the Middle Ages. It was used by the ancient Britons and paved as one of the main ...

). It is on the border of the boroughs of

Walsall Walsall (, or ; locally ) is a market town and administrative centre in the West Midlands County, England. Historically part of Staffordshire, it is located north-west of Birmingham, east of Wolverhampton and from Lichfield. Walsall is t ...

and

Lichfield Lichfield () is a cathedral city and civil parish in Staffordshire, England. Lichfield is situated roughly south-east of the county town of Stafford, south-east of Rugeley, north-east of Walsall, north-west of Tamworth and south-west ...

Amenities

Muckley Corner is the only area of the parish of Hammerwich with a shop which is 24 hours. There was a post office in Hammerwich but it has long closed since.

Transport links

There is an hourly bus service from

which runs via

Aldridge Aldridge is an industrial town in the Walsall borough, West Midlands, England. It is historically a village that was part of Staffordshire until 1974. The town is from Brownhills, from Walsall, from Sutton Coldfield and from Lichfield ...

and Rushall. Muckley Corner is also close to the

M6 Toll The M6 Toll, referred to on signs as the Midland Expressway (originally named the Birmingham Northern Relief Road or BNRR), and stylised as M6toll, connects M6 Junction 3a at the Coleshill Interchange to M6 Junction 11A at Wolverhampton with ...

. The South Staffordshire Line ran directly west of Muckley Corner. Hammerwich Station was only under a mile down what is now, Marebath Lane. The station was closer to Muckley Corner than Hammerwich itself. It closed in 1965 and the line closed in 1984 to Walsall but a stub from Brownhills to Lichfield via Hammerwich remained in use passing by Muckley Corner. This served an oil terminal until 2002 when the line was mothballed following closure of the oil terminal.

References

External links

*https://getoutside.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/local/muckley-corner-lichfield *https://www.streetlist.co.uk/places/staffordshire/muckley-corner-(lichfield-district) *https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/staffs/vol14/pp283-294 *https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/staffs/vol14/pp258-273 *https://forebears.io/england/staffordshire/norton-canes/muckley-corner *https://www.francisfrith.com/uk/muckley-corner *https://brownhillsbob.com/tag/muckley-corner/ *https://www.bfhg.org.uk/muckley-corner *http://www.stonnall-history-group.org.uk/articles/Stonnall_in_the_Old_Days.html Villages in Staffordshire Lichfield District {{Staffordshire-geo-stub