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The centre houses anchor outlet Primark, as well as a Starbucks coffee shop, a River Island clothing store, H&M clothing store and HMV entertainment store. On site facilities include a Customer Service Desk, information and traffic kiosks, and public toilets. [1]
Originally, it consisted almost wholly of social housing, managed by Stoke City Council. The Right to Buy brought in by the Conservative government of the 1980s led to many of the semi-detached houses that make up most of the housing stock in the area being bought by their tenants, so that now approximately 25% of local houses are privately owned.
Stoke-on-Trent (often abbreviated to Stoke) is a city and unitary authority area in Staffordshire, England. It has an estimated population of 259,965 (as of 2022), [ 6 ] [ 7 ] making it the largest settlement in Staffordshire and one of the largest cities of the Midlands .
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 parts of the boroughs of Newcastle-under-Lyme and Staffordshire Moorlands. [1]
The factory still exists but the street has been renamed Garth Street. The second was his Abbey Works in Bucknall, Stoke-on-Trent. Twyford commenced exporting to America, Russia, Australia, France, Germany, Spain and many other countries. 1849, 23 September: Thomas William Twyford was born, in Hanover Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent.
Map of Staffordshire, UK with Stoke-on-Trent highlighted. Equirectangular map projection on WGS 84 datum, with N/S stretched 165%: Date: 1 September 2013: Source: Ordnance Survey OpenData. Most data from Boundary-Line product. Lake data from Meridian 2 product. Inset derived from England location map.svg by Spischot. Author
Kidsgrove railway station is the closest train station still in active use; it offers services to Stoke-on-Trent, Crewe, Derby, Manchester, Birmingham, and London. Previously, the village was served by Newchapel and Goldenhill railway station which stood along the demolished Potteries Loop Line.
The six towns of the Potteries were the centre of the ceramic industry in the United Kingdom.The Trent and Mersey Canal which opened in 1777 provided cheap transport for the china clay from Cornwall, the bones and the coal from local collieries, and a smooth passage to Liverpool to export the finished goods.