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South Staffordshire is a local government district in Staffordshire, England. The district lies to the north and west of the West Midlands county, bordering Shropshire to the west and Worcestershire to the south. It contains no towns of major size, and many of the settlements within the district are considered dormitory villages for Stafford, Telford, and the West Midlands conurbation. The district was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by the merger of Cannock Rural District (in the north) and Seisdon Rural District (in the south). Its council is based in Codsall,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=South Staffordshire Council: Directions )〕 one of the larger settlements in the district, along with Brewood, Cheslyn Hay, Great Wyrley, Kinver, Landywood, Penkridge, Perton and Wombourne. Other villages in the district include Coven, Essington, Featherstone, Gospel End, Huntington, Lower Penn, Pattingham, Seisdon and Trysull. The district covers a similar geographic area to South Staffordshire parliamentary constituency, although the north of the district is covered by the Stafford constituency. Sir Patrick Cormack of the Conservative Party held the South Staffordshire seat, and its predecessor, Staffordshire South-West, between 1974–2010, when he retired and the seat was won by Gavin Williamson for the Conservative Party. ==Countryside== There are many beauty spots within the South Staffordshire district, for example the village of Wombourne has the Wom Brook Walk and the Bratch Locks on the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal in the nearby village of Bratch. Other sites include: * South Staffordshire Railway Walk: A walk along the disused railway line of the Wombourne Branch Line. * Baggeridge Country Park: A large and diverse country park located between Wombourne and Sedgley (in the Dudley Metropolitan Borough), which has won the national Green Flag Award for 11 years.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Baggeridge County Park )〕 * Bluebell Woods, Perton: An internationally important site for Bluebells.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Bluebell Walk at Smith's Rough )〕 * Highgate Common: A large area of heathland near Swindon. * Kinver Edge: A National Trust property, located in the south of the district which features the Holy Austin Rock Houses.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Kinver Edge and the Rock Houses )〕 * Shoal Hill Common: A site of lowland heaths and woodlands which can be found to the extreme north of the district. Bunkers Tree Wood is also in the area and contains a large Corvid roost. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「South Staffordshire」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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