Staffordshire
Staffordshire is a land-locked county in the West Midlands region of England, part of the United Kingdom.Photo: Bs0u10e01, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Stoke-on-Trent and Lichfield.
Stoke-on-Trent
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Stoke-on-Trent is a city in England, approximately half-way between Birmingham and Manchester. It shares a border with the affluent town of Newcastle-under-Lyme, and the separation is most evident at Boundary Street in Hartshill.
Lichfield
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Lichfield is a city in Staffordshire, England. Lichfield retains its importance as an ecclesiastical centre, but its industrial and commercial development has been relatively small; the centre of the city thus retains an essentially old-world character, with pockets of historic charm.
Stafford
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Stafford is a market town and the county town of Staffordshire, England. It is located about 15 miles south of Stoke-on-Trent, 15 miles north of Wolverhampton and 24 miles north-west of Birmingham.
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Explore places such as Tamworth and Burton upon Trent.
Tamworth
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Tamworth is a town in Staffordshire in the English Midlands, with a population of 78,700 in 2021. It has a medieval castle, and a series of leisure facilities and nature parks along the valley of the River Tame.
Burton upon Trent
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Burton upon Trent is a market town of 72,000 people in Staffordshire, England. Burton is known for brewing, it grew up around Burton Abbey and has been the site of 2 battles.
Cannock
Cannock is the largest town within the Cannock Chase District in the county of Staffordshire in the West Midlands region of England. Cannock lies to the north of the West Midlands conurbation on the M6, A34 and A5 roads, and to the south of Cannock Chase, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Leek
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Leek is a market town and civil parish in the Staffordshire Moorlands district of the county of Staffordshire, England. The town lies on the River Churnet, 10 miles north east of Stoke-on-Trent.
Uttoxeter
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Uttoxeter is in Staffordshire, on its border with Derbyshire. It is close to Alton Towers and the southern end of the Peak District National Park.
Alton Towers
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Alton Towers, the largest theme park in the United Kingdom, is in Staffordshire, England. It is generally considered by rollercoaster enthusiasts to hold its own with any such park in the world.
Eccleshall
Eccleshall is a small town in Staffordshire, England. It is located seven miles north west of Stafford, and six miles west of Stone.
Staffordshire
- Type: Region with 1,120,000 residents
- Description: ceremonial county in England
- Also known as: “Ceremonial County Staffordshire” and “Staffs”
- Neighbors: Cheshire, Derbyshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, and Worcestershire
- Category: ceremonial county of England
- Location: West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Staffordshire” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Staffordshire”
- Arabic: “ستافوردشاير”
- Armenian: “Սթաֆորդշիր”
- Armenian: “Սթեֆորդշիր”
- Asturian: “Staffordshire”
- Azerbaijani: “Staffordşir qraflığı”
- Balinese: “Staffordshire”
- Basque: “Staffordshire”
- Belarusian: “Стафардшыр”
- Bengali: “স্ট্যাফোর্ডশায়ার”
- Breton: “Staffordshire”
- Bulgarian: “Стафордшър”
- Catalan: “Staffordshire”
- Cebuano: “Staffordshire”
- Chinese: “Staffordshire”
- Chinese: “史德福郡”
- Chinese: “斯塔福德郡”
- Chinese: “施他佛郡”
- Cornish: “Staffordshire”
- Czech: “Staffordshire”
- Danish: “Staffordshire”
- Dutch: “Staffordshire”
- Esperanto: “Staffordshire”
- Estonian: “Staffordshire”
- Finnish: “Staffordshire”
- French: “Staffordshire”
- Georgian: “სტაფორდშირი”
- German: “Staffordshire”
- Greek: “Στάφορντσιρ”
- Gujarati: “સ્ટેફોર્ડશાયર”
- Hebrew: “סטפורדשייר”
- Hindi: “स्टैफ़र्डशायर”
- Hungarian: “Staffordshire”
- Icelandic: “Staffordshire”
- Indonesian: “Staffordshire”
- Interlingua: “Staffordshire”
- Irish: “Staffordshire”
- Italian: “Staffordshire”
- Japanese: “スタッフォードシャー”
- Kannada: “ಸ್ಟಾಫರ್ಡ್ಶೈರ್”
- Korean: “스태퍼드셔주”
- Kurdish: “Staffordshire”
- Ladin: “Staffordshire”
- Latin: “Staffordia”
- Latin: “Staffordiensis comitatus”
- Latvian: “Stefordšīra”
- Lithuanian: “Stafordšyras”
- Luxembourgish: “Staffordshire”
- Macedonian: “Стафордшир”
- Malay: “Staffordshire”
- Manx: “Staffordshire”
- Marathi: “स्टॅफर्डशायर”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Staffordshire”
- Mingrelian: “სთაფორდშირი”
- Mingrelian: “სტაფორდშირი”
- Nepali: “स्टाफोर्डशायर”
- Northern Frisian: “Staffordshire”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Staffordshire”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Staffordshire”
- Norwegian: “Staffordshire”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Staffordshire”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Stæffordscīr”
- Ossetian: “Стаффордшир”
- Persian: “استافوردشایر”
- Persian: “استافوردشر”
- Polish: “Staffordshire”
- Portuguese: “Staffordshire”
- Quechua: “Staffordshire”
- Romanian: “Staffordshire”
- Russian: “графство Стаффордшир”
- Russian: “Стаффордшир”
- Scots: “Staffordshire”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Siorrachd Stafford”
- Serbian: “Стафордшир”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Staffordshire”
- Slovak: “Staffordshire”
- Slovenian: “Staffordshire”
- Spanish: “Staffordshire”
- Swedish: “Staffordshire”
- Tajik: “Стаффордшир”
- Tamil: “ஸ்டாப்பிபோர்டஷிர்”
- Telugu: “స్టాఫోర్డ్ షైర్”
- Thai: “สแตฟฟอร์ดเชอร์”
- Turkish: “Staffordshire”
- Turkish: “Törensel Staffordshire Kontluğu”
- Uighur: “Staffordshir”
- Ukrainian: “Стаффордшир”
- Urdu: “سٹیفورڈشائر”
- Venetian: “Staffordshire”
- Vietnamese: “Staffordshire”
- Vlaams: “Staffordshire”
- Volapük: “Staffordshire”
- Waray (Philippines): “Staffordshire”
- Welsh: “Swydd Stafford”
- Western Frisian: “Staffordshire”
- Western Panjabi: “سٹیفورڈشائر”
- Wu Chinese: “斯塔福德郡”
- Yiddish: “סטאפארדשיר”
- Yue Chinese: “史德福郡”
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