Norton Canes

Norton Canes
St James the Great Church, Norton Canes
Norton Canes Location within Staffordshire
Population	7,479 (2011)
OS grid reference	SK010079
Civil parish	Norton Canes
District	Cannock Chase
Shire county	Staffordshire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CANNOCK
Postcode district	WS11
Dialling code	01543
Police	Staffordshire
Fire	Staffordshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
UK Parliament	Cannock Chase
List of places UK England Staffordshire 52°41′00″N 1°58′00″W / 52.6833°N 1.9666°W / 52.6833; -1.9666

Norton Canes is an industrial village, civil parish and ward of Cannock Chase District, in Staffordshire, England.

It is situated 3 miles (4.8 km) out of the centre of Cannock. At the 2001 census it had a population of 6,394,^[1] and an area of 3,746 acres (15.16 km²), of which 86% is green open space. The population had increased to 7,470 at the 2011 census.^[2] 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.^{[citation needed]}

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.