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#REDIRECT [[Federation of Stoke-on-Trent]] |
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{{for|the former parliamentary constituency|North Staffordshire (UK Parliament constituency)}} |
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[[File:North Staffordshire UK locator map.svg|thumb|Map of the authorities making up North Staffordshire, within Staffordshire.]] |
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'''North Staffordshire''' is an area of [[England]], consisting of the [[Stoke-on-Trent]], [[Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme|Newcastle-under-Lyme]] and [[Staffordshire Moorlands]] local authority areas. As of 2001 it had a population of 457,155.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stoke.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/council-and-democracy/statistics/north-staffordshire-profile/ |title=North Staffordshire Profile |publisher=Stoke-on-Trent City Council |accessdate=29 January 2016 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926225255/http://www.stoke.gov.uk/ccm/navigation/council-and-democracy/statistics/north-staffordshire-profile/ |archivedate=2007-09-26 |df= }} </ref> |
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== Industries == |
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Principal North Staffordshire industries of the 20<sup>th</sup> century were "the potteries", the ceramics industry, clay extraction, [[coal mining]] and steel production. The potteries is the name given to the area's centuries-old international centre of ceramic innovation and artistic excellence. Pottery manufacturers and decorators from the area include [[Royal Doulton]], [[Wedgwood]], Portmerrion, Wade and the [[Johnson Brothers]] based in the central towns in the north of the county, particularly along the [[River Trent]]. The year 2002 marked the end of coal mining and steel production. |
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Ceramics production at its height employed 70,000 people in around 200 firms; at 2011 thirty medium-to-large firms remain in the area. Major employment sectors are distribution, leisure, online services, [[higher education]], [[healthcare]], engineering, construction, automotive repair/trade and a diminished ceramics sector. |
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== Transport == |
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Transport for the area during the Industrial Revolution was initially based on canals from the 18th century, with the Trent and Mersey canal connecting the Mersey with the River Trent. The restored canals now offer green leisure transport routes, and they carry around 10,000 narrowboat pleasure trips each year. The Railways arrived in the 1850s. Railways still serve the area, with frequent intercity trains from Stoke-on-Trent to London, Birmingham and Birmingham International Airport, and Manchester as well as the East-West line linking to Crewe and Derby via Uttoxeter. |
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The area is served by the M6 motorway and the A50 dual carriageway, making an easy drive from the East Midlands Airport to the East, Manchester to the North, and Birmingham to the South.{{cn|date=January 2017}} |
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== Education == |
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The region is home to two universities, [[Keele University]] and [[Staffordshire University]] at Stoke-on-Trent, and also the major [[University Hospital of North Staffordshire]]. |
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== References == |
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[[Category:Geography of Staffordshire]] |
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