Staffordshire | |
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State | UK |
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Region | West Midlands |
Capital | Stafford |
Surface | 2,713 km² |
Inhabitants | 1.098.300 (2014 estimate) |
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Staffordshire is a region of the West Midlands in England.
To know
Territories and tourist destinations
![Map divided by regions](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Staffordshire_map.png/200px-Staffordshire_map.png)
Urban centers
- Stafford - County town of Staffordshire.
- Cannock - Cannock is located south of Cannock Chase, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
- Leek - Nearby is the Rudyard lake, a popular tourist attraction and home to the steam railway that runs along the eastern shores of the aforementioned lake.
- Lichfield - The locality is known for its cathedral and maintains its importance as an ecclesiastical administrative center.
- Stoke-on-Trent - Stoke-on-Trent is famous for its pottery and its art and craft museums; in particular the Gladstone Pottery Museum is an important and particular attraction, as it is the only museum in Great Britain where you can still really see how potters worked and lived in the Victorian era in the 19th century.
- Tamworth - Home to the historic Tamworth Castle and Moat House.
How to get
How to get around
What see
What to do
At the table
Safety
Other projects
Wikipedia contains an entry concerning Staffordshire
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