Who we are and what we do

"At Hatherton Parish Council we pride ourselves on really engaging with our residents so that we can act for them to the absolute best of our ability. Above all we fight to protect our local environment and much valued Green Belt."

We have seven Parish Councillors representing Hatherton and Calf Heath and information regarding individual Councillors can be found below. More about what the Parish Council does can be seen on the Your Council page. Under the Finance Page, the Parish Council publish details of its Annual Governance and Accountability Return to let you know how Hatherton Parish Council’s part of your Council Tax has been spent.

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Council Meetings

Agendas will be published on Parish Council notice boards as well as on this site. Under normal circumstances, meetings are held in Hatherton Parish Rooms at 7.00pm on the third Thursday every two months, with the exception of August. Details of dates of future meetings and minutes of previous meetings can be found under the Agendas and Meetings Page.

History of Hatherton

Hatherton is a settlement and Civil Parish located approximately 5 miles south-east of Penkridge, and on the western edge of modern-day Cannock.  It lies adjacent to and north of Watling Street which now, of course, is better known as the A5. The Civil Parish of Hatherton also includes the village of Calf Heath with its well known Hostelry, The Dog and Partridge.

The Parish of Hatherton was given to Wolverhampton Monastery by Lady Wulfruna in 994.  Its name, Hagerthorndun in the Domesday Book, means "the hill where Hawthorn's grow". It was once an exclave of Wolverhampton. Hatherton gave its name to the title of Baron Hatherton, and thus to the nearby, Hatherton Canal which is in the process of restoration by the Lichfield and Hatherton Canal Trust. 

The Parish also boasts the beautiful Hatherton Hall which is a late Georgian House which replaced the former Norman Hall in 1817. The village church, St. Saviour's, followed on later in 1876. Hatherton which was bisected by the old Roman road known as Watling Street extends from Shoal Hill in the northeast to Four Ashes in the southwest.

The village of Hatherton itself lies on the southern slope of Shoal Hill, which has for many years been a popular resort for local people, and for tourists from Cannock and the Black Country. Situated directly on the A5 is the small village of Four Crosses, whose most prominent feature is its eponymous Inn, which has served the needs of travellers for over 350 years and features an inscription dated 1636 and regularly holds Ghost Evenings.