Stoke-on-Trent

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Stoke-on-Trent

Total population

249,000

Coordinates53.02°, -2.18°

Demographic figures from UK Office for National Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Stoke-on-Trent, often known as Stoke, is a city and unitary authority area in Staffordshire, England. It had an estimated population of 259,965 in 2022, making it the largest settlement in Staffordshire and one of the largest cities of the Midlands. Stoke is surrounded by the towns of Alsager, Biddulph, Cheadle, Kidsgrove, Newcastle-under-Lyme and Stone, which form a conurbation around the city.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Karen Bradley

British politician (born 1970)

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Charlotte Salt

British actress

Paul Farrelly

British politician (born 1962)

Adrian Heath

English footballer and manager (born 1961)

Vera Brittain

English writer (1893-1970)

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Emma Amos

English actress

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Jackie Trent

British singer-songwriter and actress (1940–2015)

Thomas Harrison

English Fifth Monarchist and regicide of Charles I of England (1606-1660)

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Eva Morris

British supercentenarian (1885–2000)

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Robbie Earle

Jamaican footballer (born 1965)

Robert Ferguson

English and Norwegian author, dramatist (born 1948)

Philip Astley

English equestrian, circus owner, and inventor, regarded as being the "father of the modern circus"

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Milija Aleksic

British footballer (1951-2012)

Lizzie Neave

British slalom canoeist

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Fred Kite

British soldier (1921-1993)

Dominic Cork

Cricket player of England. (born 1971)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in England

• Stoke
  0.9 mi away
• Tunstall
  3.2 mi away
• Biddulph
  6.9 mi away
• Stone
  7.9 mi away
• Cheadle
  8.2 mi away
• Congleton
  10.3 mi away
• Sandbach
  11.6 mi away
• Newport
  19 mi away
• Bollington
  19.4 mi away
• Buxton
  20.2 mi away
• Penkridge
  20.3 mi away
• Poynton
  23.2 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Stoke-on-Trent

Stoke-on-Trent Agenda 21

Stoke-on -Trent (England). City Council. · 1995

City of Stoke-on-Trent reclamation programme

Stoke-on-Trent (England) · 1969

Housing, 1919 to 1953

Stoke-on-Trent (England) · 1953

A Century of Progress 1837-1937

Richards Tiles Ltd. · 1937

Defiance

City Museum and Art Gallery (Stoke-on-Trent, England) · 1993

Hand-painted Gray's pottery

Kathy Niblett · 1992

Report of the Longton Hospital

Longton Hospital (Stoke-on-Trent, England) · 1938

A survey of the activities of the Education Committee

Stoke-on-Trent (England). Education Committee · 1931

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Setaceous Hebrew Character

Xestia c-nigrum

Seen 2026-06-13

Heart and Dart

Agrotis exclamationis

Seen 2026-06-13

The Flame

Axylia putris

Seen 2026-06-13

Ruddy Streak

Tachystola acroxantha

Seen 2026-06-13

Peach Blossom Moth

Thyatira batis

Seen 2026-06-13

Silver-ground Carpet

Xanthorhoe montanata

Seen 2026-06-13

Angle Shades

Phlogophora meticulosa

Seen 2026-06-13

Dark Arches

Apamea monoglypha

Seen 2026-06-13

Bramble Shoot Moth

Notocelia uddmanniana

Seen 2026-06-13

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers