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[[Wolverhampton]], [[Walsall]] and other important towns before the creation of the [[West Midlands]] county in 1974.
 
[[Wolverhampton]], [[Walsall]] and other important towns before the creation of the [[West Midlands]] county in 1974.
  
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Its most emblematic city is probably [[Stafford]], the most important one being [[Stoke-on-Trent]]. It is the starting point of the northern England's outstanding natural beauty, with the [[Peak district]], [[Cannock Chase]] and bits of the national forest beginning where Staffordshire ends.
 
Its most emblematic city is probably [[Stafford]], the most important one being [[Stoke-on-Trent]]. It is the starting point of the northern England's outstanding natural beauty, with the [[Peak district]], [[Cannock Chase]] and bits of the national forest beginning where Staffordshire ends.
  
 
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File:Staffordshire-July17.jpg|Staffs countryside on the way from [[Stafford]] to its castle, [[July (2017)]].
 
File:CannockChase-18Jan20-5.jpg|The enchanted woods of [[Cannock Chase]], on {{thisday|18|January|2020}}.
 
File:CannockChase-18Jan20-5.jpg|The enchanted woods of [[Cannock Chase]], on {{thisday|18|January|2020}}.
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File:Shugborough-18Jan20-14.jpg|The [[Essex bridge]], a famous packhorse [[bridge]] intercepting three waterways, Id.
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File:Himley-9Feb20-4.jpg|[[Clent_hills,_Hanbury_Hall_and_Himley_park_(February_2020)#Himley_park|Himley hall]], a bit of Staffordshire in the South of [[Wolverhampton]], on {{thisday|9|February|2020}}.
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File:KinverEdge-8Jan23-21.jpg|Nanny's rock by the [[Kinver_Edge_and_the_Rock_Houses|Kinver edge]], on {{thisday|8|January|2023}}.
 
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== Visits ==
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* Our [[Staffordshire (January 2020)]] trip.
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* [[Kinver Edge and the Rock Houses]] on {{thisday|8|January|2023}}.

Latest revision as of 08:59, 16 June 2023

Staffordshire

Staffs is a shire of England, historically also including Wolverhampton, Walsall and other important towns before the creation of the West Midlands county in 1974.

Shugborough-18Jan20-20.jpg

Its most emblematic city is probably Stafford, the most important one being Stoke-on-Trent. It is the starting point of the northern England's outstanding natural beauty, with the Peak district, Cannock Chase and bits of the national forest beginning where Staffordshire ends.

Visits