The city of Stoke-on-Trent is located in the county of Staffordshire in the West Midlands of England. Stoke-on-Trent town has an approximate population of 469,000 residents. The city is the home of the pottery industry and is a centre for service industries and distribution centres. The unemployment rate for Stoke-on-Trent currently stands at just over 5%. This is dramatically lower in comparison to the national average unemployment rate which currently stands at 7.6%. Staffordshire is home to the Staffordshire University and currently has just fewer than 20,000 students enrolled and over 1,300 academic staff. Stoke-on-Trent College has up to 17,000 students per year and runs a variety of courses from Basic English to foundation degree courses. The city currently has 14 secondary schools and over 60 primary schools, as well as other private schools and special schools.
Nearby Locations:
- Norton
- Waterfall
- Dresden
- Stanley
- Cotton
- Alton
- Leigh
- Cheadle
- Milton
- Beech
- Fenton
- Fulford
- Kingsley
- Tunstall
- Hanley
- Cresswell
- Burslem
- Alsager
- Audley
- Biddulph