| Country: | England |
| Static Image Name: | Hammerwich Collage.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | From top left: Hammerwich Mill; Hall Lane; St John Baptist Church; Hammerwich railway station |
| Official Name: | Hammerwich |
| Shire District: | Lichfield |
| Shire County: | Staffordshire |
| Region: | West Midlands |
| Constituency Westminster: | Lichfield |
| Post Town: | Burntwood |
| Postcode District: | WS7 |
| Postcode Area: | WS |
| Dial Code: | 01543 |
| Os Grid Reference: | SK065075 |
| Population: | 691 |
| Population Ref: | (Census 2011)[1] |
Hammerwich is a small village and civil parish[2] in the Lichfield District, in Staffordshire, England. It is southeast of Burntwood and northeast of Brownhills.
The name may derive from hamor (Old English: a hammer) and wīc (Old English: a place of industry, specialist agriculture or trading), indicating a smithy or metal-working site.[3]
Charcoal burning, nail making, agriculture and coal mining have all been prevalent in the village over the years.
Amenities in the village at present include a community centre, a Women's Institute hall and St John the Baptist Church. There are also numerous green lanes, footpaths and streams in the surrounding countryside.
In July 2009, the Staffordshire Hoard, a collection of over 3,500 items of Anglo-Saxon gold and silver metalwork, was found in a field 0.7miles south west of the village [4]