Chadsmoor Methodist Church

The red-brick Methodist chapel on Chadsmoor Lane, just outside Rugeley, won't stop you in your tracks. But if you're staying at one of the nearby Cannock Chase camping sites - Pillaton Hall Farm, Chase Camping at Tackeroo, or Silver Trees Holiday Park are all within four miles - it's worth a ten-minute detour to understand what mattered to people in this corner of Staffordshire.

It's a proper working church, built when this was mining country. The interior is modest: wooden pews, high windows, that particular smell of old hymn books and floor polish that every Methodist chapel seems to have. There's nothing fancy here, which is rather the point. Methodism was about plain speaking and hard work, and the building reflects that.

You'll get most from this if you're interested in industrial heritage or how ordinary communities worshipped. Walkers tackling the Cannock Chase trails might slot this in as a brief cultural pause between woodland. It's not a destination in itself - you won't spend more than twenty minutes inside - but it tells you something true about the area.

Access appears to be limited to service times, so you'll need to check locally in Rugeley before heading over. The surrounding lanes are pleasant for a stroll if you're camped nearby. Think of it less as an attraction and more as local colour.