Stoke On Trent, England
Kiln and Concrete
"We Made Your Grandmother's Teapot"
Official Coat of Arms
A shield bearing a bottle kiln rampant, cracked down the middle from decades of deindustrialisation, set upon a field of six overlapping town boundaries nobody can quite agree on. Above, a motorway sign pointing simultaneously to Hanley, Burslem, Tunstall, Longton, Fenton and Stoke, and below, the humble motto 'We Are Definitely One City, Honestly'.
TripAdvisor Review
★★★☆☆ 3/5
"Came for the pottery heritage, stayed because my car wouldn't start on the ring road. The Wedgwood Museum was genuinely brilliant and the staff really know their stuff, but the six-towns layout means you'll spend half your trip in traffic between Hanley and Burslem wondering why they didn't just build one town centre. Had a decent pint near Middleport but the taxi driver spent the whole journey telling me the football club deserves better, which, fair enough. Solid 3 stars, would recommend for the ceramics, not for the nightlife."— Barry Fenwick, Solihull
Property Listing
A CHARMING opportunity in England's ceramics capital, boasting SIX distinct town centres for maximum lifestyle variety and NEVER a dull commute! This characterful property sits moments from world-class pottery heritage and is perfectly positioned for those who dream of owning a Victorian bottle kiln as a garden feature.
Twinned With
Limoges — Both cities built an entire identity on making plates, so at least someone at the council will get the reference.
Supporting Evidence
Stoke-on-Trent is uniquely made up of six separate towns federated into one city in 1910, which is why locals still argue about which one is actually the 'centre'.