Geography Stoke-on-Trent

tunstall tower square.

stoke-on-trent situated half-way between manchester , birmingham , adjoins town , borough of newcastle-under-lyme, administered separately , situated west. city lies on upper valley of river trent @ south west foothills of pennines, ranging 106 213 metres (350 700 ft) above sea level. city considered southernmost end of pennines, of lie in peak district national park directly east, , bounded lowlands of midlands south.

for eurostat purposes nuts 3 region (code ukg23) , 1 of 4 counties or unitary districts compose shropshire , staffordshire nuts 2 region.

stoke-on-trent known city of 5 towns , because of name given local novelist arnold bennett , polycentric city in uk. in novels, bennett used recognisable aliases 5 of 6 towns (although called stoke knype ). however, bennett said believed 5 towns more euphonious 6 towns , omitted fenton (now referred forgotten town ).

as city made of multiple towns, city forms conurbation (although in case conurbation bigger stoke itself, because urban area of stoke continuous of administratively-separate newcastle).

the 6 towns run in rough line north south along a50 road – tunstall, burslem, hanley, stoke, fenton , longton. although city named after original town of stoke, , city council offices located there, city centre regarded being in hanley, had earlier developed major commercial centre.

suburbs

as 6 towns, there numerous suburbs including abbey hulton, adderley green, ball green, baddeley green, bentilee, birches head, blurton, bucknall, bradeley, chell, cliffe vale, cobridge, dresden, etruria, fegg hayes, florence, goldenhill, hartshill, heron cross, meir, meir park, meir hay, middleport, milton, normacot, norton le moors, packmoor, penkhull, sandyford, shelton, smallthorne, sneyd green, trentham, trent vale , weston coyney. blythe bridge, although outside city s boundaries, part of built area.

climate

stoke-on-trent, of united kingdom, experiences temperate maritime climate, lacking in weather extremes. local area relatively elevated due proximity pennines, resulting in cooler temperatures year round compared nearby cheshire plain. however, on calm, clear nights reversed cold air drainage causes temperature inversion occur. such, stoke-on-trent , newcastle area not susceptible severe frosts. nearest met office weather station keele university, 4 miles west of city centre.

the absolute high temperature 32.9 °c (91.2 °f), recorded in august 1990, although more typically average warmest day of year should 27.0 °c (80.6 °f). in total, under fourteen days should report temperature of 25.1 °c (77.2 °f) or above.

the absolute minimum temperature stands @ −13.3 °c (8.1 °f), recorded during january 1963. in average year, total of 48.3 air frosts registered.

rainfall averages around 806 mm year.