Stoke-on-Trent travel guide

Stoke-on-Trent (often abbreviated to Stoke) is a city in Staffordshire, in the West Midlands region of England. The city is a federation of six older towns: (Hanley, Stoke, Burslem, Tunstall, Longton, and Fenton). Together, they make a linear city almost twelve miles (19 km) long, with an area of With the town of Newcastle-under-Lyme it forms a conurbation, whilst together with the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme it forms The Potteries Urban Area, which added with the Staffordshire Moorlands forms the North Staffordshire area. In 2001, it had a population of 240,636.
Stoke-on-Trent is considered to be the home of the pottery industry in the United Kingdom and is commonly known as The Potteries. It grew from the six towns and several villages to become a unified city in the early 20th century. Formerly a primarily industrial conurbation, it is now a centre for service industries and distribution centres. The city is a unitary authority with a directly elected mayor. (...) more....

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