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Stoke-on-Trent

Stoke-on-Trent (; often abbreviated to Stoke) is a city and unitary authority area in Staffordshire, England, with an area of . Together with the neighbouring boroughs of Newcastle-under-Lyme and Staffordshire Moorlands, it is part of North Staffordshire, which, in 2011, had a population of 469,000.

Stoke is polycentric, having been formed by a federation of six towns in the early 20th century. It took its name from Stoke-upon-Trent, where the town hall and the railway station are located. Hanley is the primary commercial centre. The four other towns are Burslem, Tunstall, Longton and Fenton.

Stoke-on-Trent is the home of the pottery industry in England and is commonly known as the Potteries. Formerly a primarily industrial conurbation, it is now a centre for service industries and distribution centres.

Stoke-on-Trent (disambiguation)

Stoke-on-Trent is a city in Staffordshire, England.

Stoke-on-Trent may also refer to:

  • Stoke-upon-Trent, a constituent town of the city of Stoke-on-Trent

Usage examples of "stoke-on-trent".

Just at the end of the war one variety of it, Salmonella enteritidis, laid low about thirty people in Stoke-on-Trent.