Burntwood is a large post-war town on the southern fringe of Cannock Chase, developed primarily from the 1960s to house workers from the surrounding collieries and serves as a suburban hub between Lichfield and Cannock. Chase Road and the town's northern edge abut the boundary of Cannock Chase Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, whose Scots pine plantations, heather moorland and silver birch give local colonies access to heather in late summer. Staffordshire South Beekeepers covers Burntwood. The older settlements of Chasetown and Chase Terrace contain mature garden trees and churchyard greenery that supplement the Chase forage.
Swarms in Burntwood are reported from the mature gardens of the older properties in Chasetown and Chase Terrace near the Victorian parish church of St Anne, from the pine and birch woodland edge along the Chase Road towards Gentleshaw, from the churchyard at St Mary's Hammerwich, and in the eaves and wall cavities of the post-war housing estates along Farewell Lane.
Nearest BBKA-affiliated associations to help with swarm collection and local advice.
ST17 0UP· approx. 14 km
Visit websiteB74 2YT· approx. 15 km
Visit websiteDE13 0BN· approx. 26 km
Visit websiteAssociation data sourced from the British Beekeepers Association directory via SwarmBase.
Oilseed rape leads the early flow across the arable belt. Cannock Chase contributes a significant late heather crop — bell first, then ling — on its extensive sandy commons. The Staffordshire Moorlands add bilberry and small ling patches; lime in Stafford, Lichfield, Burton and Stoke-on-Trent fills the June streets. Bramble and rosebay willowherb are everywhere in the former colliery and brickworks land. Ivy carries hives into autumn on old red-brick terraces and the greenbelt villages.
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