Stoke-on-Trent
Built-up area in Stoke-on-Trent, England
| Coordinates: | 53.02, -2.156 |
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| OS grid ref: | SJ 89 46 |
| Population: | 258,366 |
| Dialling code: | 01782 |
Stoke-on-Trent sits in central Staffordshire and is a conurbation created from six towns - Tunstall, Burslem, Hanley, Stoke, Longton and Fenton - often collectively called The Potteries. Its identity was forged in the 18th and 19th centuries by pottery manufacture, clay and coal extraction, with the Trent and Mersey Canal and a dense industrial landscape shaping the city’s geography and history.
Today the city still celebrates that ceramic heritage in places such as the Gladstone Pottery Museum and the Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, while diversifying into advanced manufacturing, logistics and creative industries and investing in regeneration and green spaces like Trentham Gardens. Socially it retains a strong local identity - visible in cultural life and the support for local football at Stoke City - balancing proud industrial roots with ongoing change.
Postcode districts covering Stoke-on-Trent
ST1, ST2, ST3, ST4, ST5, ST6, ST7, ST8, ST9, ST11, ST12
Most populated places nearby
- Newcastle-under-Lyme 3.9 miles
- Cannock 22.9 miles
- Crewe 13.3 miles
- Stafford 14.8 miles
- Macclesfield 16.6 miles
- Northwich 22 miles
- Wilmslow 21.4 miles
- Winsford 19.1 miles
- Kidsgrove 5.9 miles
- Cheadle Hulme 24.3 miles
- Congleton 10.3 miles
- Bramhall 24 miles
Neighbouring places
- Bucknall & Eaton Park Ward 0.4 miles
- Birches Head & Northwood Ward 0.9 miles
- Hanley Park, Joiner's Square & Shelton Ward 0.9 miles
- Bentilee, Ubberley & Townsend Ward 1.2 miles
- Abbey Hulton Ward 1.2 miles
- Fenton West & Mount Pleasant Ward 1.3 miles
- Etruria & Hanley Ward 1.4 miles
- Fenton East Ward 1.6 miles
- Hartshill Park & Stoke Ward 1.6 miles
- Moorcroft & Sneyd Green Ward 1.8 miles
- Sandford Hill Ward 1.9 miles
- Boothen Ward 2.2 miles
Example postcodes in Stoke-on-Trent
ST4 7JR, ST3 7UG, ST6 5XB, ST4 9SW, ST4 3EU, ST6 5QN, ST6 8HA, ST3 1AB, ST4 6EU … See all
Transport links
- Manchester Airport 23.6 miles
- Liverpool John Lennon Airport 36 miles
- Stoke-on-Trent Railway Station 1.3 miles
- Longton Railway Station 2.2 miles
Hotels in Stoke-on-Trent Ad
- Hilton Garden Inn Stoke on Trent 4
- Potbank Aparthotel 3
- George Hotel, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent
- Holiday Inn Express Stoke on Trent 3
- Holiday Inn Stoke on Trent M6 Jct15 4
- Doubletree by Hilton Stoke on Trent 4
- Weathervane Hotel by Greene King Inns 2
- Borough Arms Hotel 2
- North Stafford Hotel 3
- Tollgate Hotel & Leisure 3
Schools in Stoke-on-Trent
- Abbey Hulton Primary School Primary
- Alexandra Infants' School Primary
- Alexandra Junior School Primary
- Ash Green Primary Academy Primary
- Aurora Hanley School Independent - special
- Ball Green Primary Academy Primary
- Belgrave St Bartholomew's Academy Primary
- Birches Head Academy Secondary
- Burnwood Primary Academy Primary
- Carmountside Primary Academy Primary
- Christ Church C of E Primary Academy Primary
- City of Stoke-On-Trent Sixth Form College Further education
- Co-op Academy Clarice Cliff Primary
- Co-op Academy Glebe Primary
- Co-op Academy Grove Primary
- Co-op Academy Hamilton Primary
- Co-op Academy Northwood Primary
- Co-op Academy Stoke-On-Trent Secondary
- Discovery Academy Secondary
- … See all
Local points of interest
- Etruria Hall Country house 1.7 miles
- Britannia Stadium Stadium 2.3 miles
- Vale Park Stadium 2.6 miles
- Springfield House Estate 7.2 miles
- Dieulacres Abbey Historic site 8.4 miles
- Moreton Hall Estate 8.5 miles
- Crewe Hall Estate 11.1 miles
- Doddington Hall Estate 11.5 miles
- Swithamley Hall Estate 12.4 miles
- Somerford Hall Estate 12.5 miles
- Alexandra Stadium Stadium 12.5 miles
- Blore Heath Historic site 13.1 miles