Stoke-on-Trent
Stoke-on-Trent Stoke | |
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City and Unitary authority | |
Stoke Minster Bottle Kilns Trentham Estate Potteries Museum & Art Gallery Hanley Park | |
| Nickname(s): The Potteries, City of the Six Towns, Stoke and Stokie | |
| Motto: Vis Unita Fortior (united strength is stronger) | |
Shown within Staffordshire | |
| Coordinates: 53°01′32″N 2°10′34″W / 53.0255°N 2.1761°W | |
| OS grid reference | SJ 87951 45147 |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Country | England |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Ceremonial county | Staffordshire |
| County Borough established (Burslem, Fenton, Hanley, Longton, Stoke-upon-Trent and Tunstall) | 31 March 1910 |
| City status | 5 June 1925[1] |
| Unitary authority | 1 April 1998 |
| Administrative HQ | Hanley & Stoke-upon-Trent |
| Areas of the city (2011 census BUASD) | List
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| Government | |
| • Type | Unitary authority with leader and cabinet |
| • Body | Stoke-on-Trent City Council |
| • Control | Labour |
| • Leader | Jane Ashworth (L) |
| • Lord Mayor | Lyn Sharpe |
| • City Director | Jon Rouse |
| • House of Commons | |
| Area | |
• Total | 36.1 sq mi (93.4 km2) |
| • Rank | 221st |
| Population (2022)[4] | |
• Total | 259,965 |
| • Rank | 72nd |
| • Density | 7,210/sq mi (2,782/km2) |
| Demonym | Stokie |
| Ethnicity (2021) | |
| • Ethnic groups | List
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| Religion (2021) | |
| • Religion | List
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| Time zone | UTC+0 (GMT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (BST) |
| Postcode area | ST1-4, 6-9, 12 |
| Dialling code | 01782 |
| ISO 3166 code | GB-STE |
| GSS code | E06000021 |
| ITL code | UKG23 |
| • Total | £7.5 billion |
| • Per capita | £28,627 |
| Website | stoke |
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. Stoke is surrounded by the towns of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Alsager, Kidsgrove and Biddulph, which form a conurbation around the city.
The city is polycentric, formed from the federation of six towns in 1910. It took its name from the town of Stoke-upon-Trent where the main centre of government and the principal railway station in the district were located. Hanley is the primary commercial centre. The other four towns which form the city are Burslem, Tunstall, Longton and Fenton.
The home of the pottery industry in England, it is known as The Potteries. It is a centre for service industries and distribution centres. It formerly had a primarily heavy industry sector.
- ^ "No. 33063". The London Gazette. 3 July 1925. p. 4449.
- ^ "Leadership of the Council". Derby City Council. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
- ^ "Standard Area Measurements for Administrative Areas (December 2022) in the UK (V2)". Open Geography Portal. Office of National Statistics. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
- ^ "Mid-Year Population Estimates, UK, June 2022". Office for National Statistics. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ UK Census (2021). "2021 Census Area Profile – Stoke-on-Trent Local Authority (E06000021)". Nomis. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
- ^ "Stoke-on-Trent Population Change". ons.gov,uk. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
- ^ "Estimates of the population for the UK, England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 24 January 2021.