Stoke-on-Trent: facts

At a glance

• Country: United Kingdom
• Region: England
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 258,366
• Coordinates: 53.0042° N, 2.1854° W
• Time zone: Europe/London (UTC+00:00 standard, UTC+01:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Pound (GBP)
• Distance to the capital, London: 217 km (135 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Manchester Airport (MAN): 39 km (24 mi), straight line
• Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL): 58 km (36 mi), straight line
• East Midlands Airport (EMA): 61 km (38 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Newcastle under Lyme: 3.2 km (2.0 mi)
• Longton: 4.2 km (2.6 mi)
• Kidsgrove: 9.8 km (6.1 mi)
• Biddulph: 13 km (8 mi)
• Chorlton: 16 km (10 mi)

Things to see

• Potteries Museum and Art Gallery (museum)
• Etruria Industrial Museum (museum)
• Hanley Park (park)
• Josiah Wedgwood Statue (monument)
• Philip Astley Memorial Sculpture (artwork)
• The Dudson Museum (museum)