July 2025

Free Fixed Point Photography workshop

We are offering volunteers free training in our Fixed-Point Photography project that monitors changes to the Cannock Chase landscape over time. This includes a practical outdoor demonstration of fixed-point photography. We welcome new volunteers.

Venue: The John O’Leary Centre, Marquis Drive on Cannock Chase, WS12 4PW
Date: 21 August 2025
Time: 10.00-14.00

Refreshments/lunch will be provided. Due to spaces available and refreshments to be provided booking is essential and will be on a first come served basis.

A Fixed-Point Photography project has been running in Cannock Chase since 2005, the longest running project of its type for any National Landscape in the country. It is an invaluable tool that helps to monitor the condition of the landscape, understand any changes, and inform the need for management interventions to keep the Chase special.

Volunteer photographers take images twice a year at a number of points in and around the National Landscape. The photographs are views from specific viewpoints that for example illustrate the special character and qualities of the National Landscape and can reveal trends both within the National Landscape and the wider setting.

The workshop will be held both indoors and outdoors. It will involve walking approximately 1km to site on paths. If you have any concerns, please get in touch and let us know.

Wear suitable clothing and footwear that affords good weather protection (waterproof), footwear with good sole grip.

The event is open to those aged 18 years or older. Please note that dogs are not permitted at the event.

This project is entirely dependent on volunteers. More information about the Fixed Point Photography project, including the locations and images of the viewpoints, can be found here.

To attend the workshop, please contact Richard Harris by emailing richard.harris1@staffordshire.gov.uk by Friday 8th August.

Take a look at the latest July 2025 Cannock Chase National Landscape e-newsletter .

The art installation worked on by delegates at the Annual Conference is now on display at Cannock Chase Visitor Centre Marquis Drive. Find details on the upcoming Heath Week and links to the newly published Annual Review for 2024 – 25.

The e-newsletter will keep you up to date on news from the Cannock Chase National Landscape, work in progress and the projects we are currently involved in.

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“What does a ‘wild and beautiful, distinctive, thriving, resilient and welcoming National Landscape’ look like to you?”

These paper trees were created by local artist Jennifer Collier, for Cannock Chase National Landscape. They are made from site specific papers, such as out of date leaflets and end of life maps, archive images and most importantly the collated responses from delegates at the Cannock Chase National Landscape Annual Conference in June 2025 to the question “What does a ‘wild and beautiful, distinctive, thriving, resilient and welcoming National Landscape’ look like to you?”

The quotations were provided by the delegates on postcards in a creative consultation activity at the conference.  Most of the images are photos, magazine cuttings and collages brought along by the delegates that represent their vision of Cannock Chase.

Quotations were typed-up, printed onto vellum, and matched with the images that related to the text.  These were then stitched together by Jennifer to form the larger three trees. The five small trees are collaged panels also created by delegates during the conference, which have been stitched together to create these mini trees – trees being the perfect symbol of a thriving and welcoming National Landscape.

The trees will be on display from 17th July 2025 to 13th August at Cannock Chase Visitor Centre, Marquis Drive before moving to Cannock Library for display from 14th August.