Blurton

Blurton is a district in the south of Stoke on Trent, North Staffordshire.[1][2] Hollybush, Old Blurton, Blurton Farm and Newstead are the names of the areas in Blurton. The total population of the two Blurton wards at the 2011 census was 11,507.[3][4]

Education

Sutherland Primary Academy, Blurton Primary School and Newstead Primary Academy provide co-ed learning for pupils up to the age of 11.

Blurton has one secondary school, Ormiston Sir Stanley Matthews Academy, a specialist in Maths and Business and Enterprise.

Transport

First Potteries, part of the FirstGroup, provides 4 routes in the town.

22/22A. Whilst the 22A goes between Longton and Blurton the 22 goes from Longton to Newcastle-under-Lyme via Blurton, Trentham, Trent Vale and Royal Stoke Hospital and vice versa.

23/23A. This route goes to ; Newstead, Blurton, Heron Cross, Fenton and/or Mount Pleasant, Stoke-upon-Trent, Stoke Rail station, Shelton and Hanley / City Centre and reverse.

References

  1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 118 Stoke-on-Trent & Macclesfield (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2012. ISBN 9780319229064.
  2. "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  3. "Blurton East Ward,Stoke MBC population 2011". Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  4. "Blurton West and Newstead Ward, Stoke MBC population 2011". Retrieved 20 December 2015.

Coordinates: 52°58′55″N 2°09′25″W / 52.982°N 2.157°W / 52.982; -2.157

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