Staffordshire Tolkien Trail Booklet NOW AVAILABLE!
Staffordshire’s J.R.R. Tolkien Trail Booklet will be available for sale soon at Staffordshire Libraries in the Cannock Chase area and at the Cannock Chase Visitor Centre at Marquis Drive for just £1.20.
The Staffordshire J.R.R. Tolkien Trail is a series of three linked walks that cover over 30 miles of the Staffordshire Countryside on and around Cannock Chase. The walks focus on Staffordshire’s J.R.R. Tolkien connection, but also offer lots of other local history interest, great Staffordshire views and are a fantastic way to stay healthy and enjoy Staffordshire’s cultural and rural environment.
Some of the key locations visited on the Trail are:
- Great Haywood
- Essex Bridge
- Shugborough Hall
- Brocton Coppice
- The Sherbrook Valley
- Oldacre Valley and M-Lines Officer Huts
- Chase Road Corner and P-Lines Officer Huts
- Rifle Ranges
- Marquis Drive Visitor Centre and Great War Hut
- Commonwealth War Cemetery and German War Cemetery
- Gypsy (Gipsy) Green, Teddesley Hay
BBC Midlands Today featured the Tolkien Trail in an item on Monday 6th October with reporter Satnam Rana exploring locations on Cannock Chase and in Great Haywood with Library Development Officer, Scott Whitehouse, and local historian David Robbie.
For further details on Staffordshire’s J.R.R. Tolkien Trail or to find out more about Tolkien in Staffordshire visit Staffordshire’s Great War website at www.staffordshiregreatwar.com
If you are interested in the J.R.R. Tolkien Collection please contact Penkridge Library on (01785) 712916 or find us on Facebook