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Staffordshire

Staffordshire
 
Geography
Status: Ceremonial & (smaller) Administrative County
Region: West Midlands
Area:
- Total
- Admin. council
- Admin. area
Ranked 18th
2,713 kmē
Ranked 18th
2,620 kmē
Admin HQ: Stafford
ISO 3166-2: GB-STS
ONS code: 41
NUTS 3: UKG24
Demographics
Population:
- Total (2002 est.)
- Density
- Admin. council
- Admin. pop.
Ranked 15th
1,047,528
386 / kmē
Ranked 7th
808,952
Ethnicity: 97.0% White
1.7% S.Asian
Politics
 
Staffordshire County Council
http://www.staffordshire.gov.uk/
Executive: Labour
Members of Parliament
Charlotte Atkins, William Cash, Patrick Cormack, Janet Dean, Michael Fabricant, Paul Farrelly, Mark Fisher, Brian Jenkins, David Kidney, George Stevenson, Joan Walley, Tony Wright
Districts
 
  1. Tamworth
  2. Lichfield
  3. Cannock Chase
  4. South Staffordshire
  5. Stafford
  6. Newcastle-under-Lyme
  7. Staffordshire Moorlands
  8. East Staffordshire
  9. Stoke-on-Trent (Unitary)

Staffordshire is a landlocked county in the Midlands 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 and Shropshire.

The historic county of Staffordshire included Wolverhampton, Walsall, and West Bromwich, these were removed in 1974 to the new county of West Midlands. Further, Stoke-on-Trent was removed in the 1990s to form a unitary authority, but is still considered part of Staffordshire for ceremonial purposes.

Major conurbations in Staffordshire include Stoke-on-Trent, Burton-upon-Trent, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Tamworth and Stafford itself.

Staffordshire is divided into a number of districts. These are Cannock Chase, East Staffordshire, Lichfield, Newcastle-under-Lyme, South Staffordshire, Stafford, Staffordshire Moorlands and Tamworth.

Towns and villages

  • Abbots Bromley, Admaston, Alrewas, Alton, Amington, Armitage
  • Barlaston, Barton-under-Needwood, Biddulph, Blythe Bridge, Brewood, Burslem, Burston, Burton-upon-Trent
  • Cannock, Cauldon, Cheadle, Cheddleton, Chorley, Consall, Croxden
  • Eccleshall, Edingale, Endon, Etruria
  • Fazeley, Featherstone
  • Gnosall, Great Haywood
  • Hanchurch, Handsacre, Hanley, Harriseahead, Hednesford, Huddlesford, Huntington
  • Ingestre
  • Kettlebrook, Kings Bromley, Kingstone
  • Leek, Lichfield, Little Haywood, Longton
  • Madeley, Marchington, Marchington Woodlands, Marston, Brewood, Staffordshire, Marston
  • Newcastle-under-Lyme, No Man's Heath
  • Oakamoor, Oulton
  • Penkridge
  • Rolleston on Dove, Rudyard, Rugeley, Rushton Spencer
  • Sandon, Shallowford, Shenstone, Smallthorne, Stafford, Stoke on Trent, Stone, Stowe-by-Chartley, Stretton, Swinfen
  • Tamworth, Tutbury
  • Upper Longdon, Uttoxeter
  • Wall, Werrington, Weston, Weston-under-Lizard, Whitmore, Whittington, Willoughbridge

Places of interest

Local Groups

  • West Midland Bird Club

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