 Brownhills is a town in the West Midlands , England . Located on the edge of Cannock Chase near the large artificial lake Chasewater , it is 6 miles ( 9 @.@ 7 km ) north @-@ east of Walsall and a similar distance south @-@ west of Lichfield . It is part of the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall and the Aldridge @-@ Brownhills parliamentary constituency and neighbours the ancient villages of Pelsall and <unk> . Before boundary changes in 1974 , it was in the county of Staffordshire . 
