Keele

Keele
Keele  Keele shown within Staffordshire
Population	4,129 (2011 Census)[1]
OS grid reference	SJ807453
Civil parish	Keele
District	Newcastle-under-Lyme (borough)
Shire county	Staffordshire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Newcastle-under-Lyme
Postcode district	ST5
Dialling code	01782
Police	Staffordshire
Fire	Staffordshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
EU Parliament	West Midlands
UK Parliament	Newcastle-under-Lyme
List of places UK England Staffordshire

Coordinates: 53°00′16″N 2°17′14″W / 53.0044°N 2.2871°W

Keele is a village and civil parish in northern Staffordshire, England. It is approximately three miles (5 km) west of Newcastle-under-Lyme, and is close to the village of Silverdale. It is the location of Keele University (at grid reference SJ817450) and Keele Services (grid reference SJ806440), a motorway service area on the M6.The university partly surrounds the village.

St John's Church, Keele.

According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 3,664,(increasing to 4,129 at the 2011 census) most of whom were students at Keele University. Some of these students are located at the Hawthorns.

It is located in the Keele ward of the borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme.

Its name came from Anglo-Saxon Cȳ-hyll = "Cow-hill".

Keele is featured on the UK 'Here and Now' edition of the board game Monopoly, released in September 2007, It takes the place of Fleet Street in the traditional version.^[2]

References

1. "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 9 December 2015.
2. BBC News "Monopoly launches UK-wide edition" 24 September 2007

External links

• Keele University Website