Cannock Chase is a protected landscape (a National Landscape, formerly an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty) of heath and forest a short drive north of Walsall and Wolverhampton. It has waymarked walks, cycling and mountain-bike trails, and herds of wild fallow deer. For Black Country families it is the nearest big stretch of open country, and the campsites around its edges fill up quickly in summer.
Wandon, near Rugeley, Staffordshire · About 12 miles north of Walsall, roughly 25 minutes' drive
A seasonal Club site on the site of an old youth hostel, right on the edge of the Chase forest. Grass pitches slope and hardstandings need rock pegs. It is a natural…
Birches Valley, Rugeley, Staffordshire · About 14 miles north of Walsall and Wolverhampton, roughly 30 minutes' drive
A basic forest site inside Cannock Chase Forest, run by Chase Camping for Forestry England. Pitches are free-draining hardstanding with no shower block, so every unit…
Slitting Mill, near Rugeley, Staffordshire · About 15 miles north of Walsall, roughly 30 minutes' drive
A pop-up campsite on open farmland in the Cannock Chase National Landscape, open only for set weeks each year such as the summer holidays. Pitches are generous, and bell…