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. Name The name may derive from ''hamor'' (Old English: a hammer) and ''wīc'' (Old English: a place of industry, ...

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, England. The village is located on the

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and borders the

Walsall Metropolitan Borough The Metropolitan Borough of Walsall is a metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. It is named after its largest settlement, Walsall, but covers a larger area which also includes Aldridge, Bloxwich, Brownhills, Darlaston, Pelsall and ...

in the

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and

in Staffordshire.

Amenities

Muckley Corner is the only area of the parish of Hammerwich with a shop that is open 24 hours. There was a police station originally in the village but it is now a private residence. It is also the headquarters of

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Transport links

There is a regular bus service between

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and

Lichfield Lichfield () is a city status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in Staffordshire, England. Lichfield is situated south-east of the county town of Stafford, north-east of Walsall, north-west of ...

via

Aldridge Aldridge is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall in the 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 ...

and Rushall. 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 the 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