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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