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Staffordshire (abbreviated Staffs) is a landlocked county in the West
Midlands region of England. The county town is Stafford. Part of the
National Forest lies within its borders. It adjoins the ceremonial counties
of Cheshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Warwickshire, West Midlands,
Worcestershire, and Shropshire. The largest city in ceremonial Staffordshire
is Stoke-on-Trent. Lichfield also has city status, though is considerably
smaller. Wolverhampton and Walsall used to be in Staffordshire but are now
within the West Midlands. Major towns include Burton upon Trent,
Newcastle-under-Lyme, Cannock, Tamworth, and Stafford itself. Alton is a village in the county of Staffordshire, England. It is famous for the theme park Alton Towers, built on the site of Alton Mansion (also named Alton Towers) owned by the Earls of Shrewsbury and designed by Augustus Pugin. The village is located on the eastern side of the Churnet Valley and contains numerous buildings of architectural interest. The Round-House, Alton Castle (now a Catholic youth retreat centre), St Peters Church, The Malt House, St Johns Church and of course Alton Mansion. Lichfield is a small city in Staffordshire. One of seven civil parishes with city status in England, Lichfield is situated 25 km (16 miles) north of Birmingham and 200 km (124 miles) northwest of central London. Lichfield is notable for its three-spired cathedral and as the birthplace of Dr. Johnson, the writer of the first authoritative Dictionary of the English Language. Newcastle-under-Lyme, known simply as "castle" to many local people, is a market town in Staffordshire, England, and is the principal town of the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme. It is part of The Potteries Urban Area and North Staffordshire. In the 2001 census the town had a population of 73,944. It is not to be confused with the larger city of Newcastle upon Tyne. Stafford is the county town of Staffordshire in England. It lies in the north of the West Midlands region, between Wolverhampton and Stoke-on-Trent. The population of Stafford was given in the 2001 census as 63,681, with that of the wider borough of Stafford as 124,531. The oldest building in Stafford is St Chad's church. Opened in 1908, Victoria Park is a 13 acre (53,000 m²) Edwardian riverside park with an open-air paddling pool, bowling green, bird cages, greenhouse and two play areas. Stoke, or to give it its full name, Stoke-upon-Trent is a town in the City of Stoke-on-Trent, in the ceremonial county of Staffordshire. Stoke-on-Trent's city centre is, however, usually regarded as being the nearby town of Hanley which is, and has been since federation, the most commercially important of the Six Towns. Uttoxeter is a small market town in East Staffordshire, in the West Midlands region of England. The current population is approximately 12,000, though new developments in the town will increase this figure. Uttoxeter lies close to the River Dove and is near to the cities of Stoke-on-Trent, Derby and Lichfield. It was twinned with Raisdorf in Germany. |
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