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-{{for|the former parliamentary constituency|North Staffordshire (UK Parliament constituency)}}
-[[File:North Staffordshire UK locator map.svg|thumb|Map of the authorities making up North Staffordshire, within Staffordshire.]]
-'''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>
-== Industries ==
-Principal North Staffordshire industries of the 20th 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.
-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.
-== Transport ==
-===Canals===
-Transport for the area during the 18th century onset of the [[British Industrial Revolution]] was based on local canals: the [[Trent and Mersey Canal]] connects the Mersey on the north-west coast with the longer River Trent which discharges into the [[Humber Estuary]] upstream of the city of [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]] on the north-east coast of England.  The restored canals are primarily used for fishing and as green leisure routes carrying around 10,000 narrowboat pleasure trips each year, interlinked to the [[Grand Union Canal]] and other major canals and canalised rivers in England.
-===Railways===
-Railways arrived in the 1850s and dual or quadruple-tracks serve major stations in the area with frequent intercity trains from major stop Stoke-on-Trent to/from:
-*London
-*Birmingham
-*Birmingham International Airport
-*Manchester
-Uttoxeter is on a direct west-north-west axis line between [[Stoke-on-Trent]] and [[Derby]] following the [[River Dove, Central England|Dove]].  The main heritage, [[steam locomotive]] railway in the area is the [[Churnet Valley Railway]] in the hills around [[Leek, Staffordshire]].
-===Roads===
-North Staffordshire is bisected by the [[M6 motorway]] and the [[A50 road (Great Britain)|A50]] trunk road connecting [[East Midlands Airport]] to the east, [[Manchester]] and north-western cities to the North, and Birmingham to the south.
-The area was formerly served by the Roman road to [[Chester]] from the area's Roman former bastion of [[Uttoxeter]].
-== Education ==
-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]].
-== References ==
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-[[Category:Geography of Staffordshire]]