Stoke-on-Trent Built-up Area

The Stoke-on-Trent Built-up Area or The Potteries Urban Area or colloquially, simply "The Potteries" is a conurbation in North Staffordshire in the West Midlands region of England.

It includes the city of Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle-under-Lyme and Kidsgrove boroughs.[1]

The area has a population of 372,775[2] in the 2011 census, an increase of 3% from the 2001 census figure of 362,403 with Stoke-on-Trent making up over 250,000 of this population. It is sometimes called the Potteries Urban Area due to the area's fame for pottery manufacture ever since the industrial revolution.

ONS key[3] Settlement Population (2001 census) Population (2011 census)
E83203 Stoke-on-Trent 259,252 270,726

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Stoke-on-Trent City Council & Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council" (PDF). Stoke-on-Trent City Council. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  2. ↑ "2011 Census - Built-up areas". ONS. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
  3. ↑ Office for National Statistics: Census 2001, Key Statistics for urban areas, List of Urban Area Names and Codes

Coordinates: 53°01′N 2°12′W / 53.02°N 2.20°W / 53.02; -2.20


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