Lichfield is a cathedral city and civil parish in Staffordshire, England. Lichfield is situated 18 miles south-east of the county town of Stafford…Lichfield is a cathedral city and civil parish in Staffordshire, England. Lichfield is situated 18 miles south-east of the county town of Stafford, 9 miles north-east of Walsall, 8 miles north-west of Tamworth and 13 miles south-west of Burton upon Trent. At the time of the 2021 Census, the population was 34,738 and the population of the wider Lichfield District was 106,400.