Longport, Staffordshire

For other places with the same name, see Longport (disambiguation).

Longport
Price & Kensington Teapot Works, Longport
Longport Longport shown within Staffordshire
OS grid reference	SJ858499
Unitary authority	Stoke-on-Trent
Ceremonial county	Staffordshire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Stoke-on-Trent
Postcode district	ST6
Dialling code	01782
Police	Staffordshire
Fire	Staffordshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
EU Parliament	West Midlands
UK Parliament	Stoke-on-Trent North
List of places UK England Staffordshire

Longport is an area of Stoke-on-Trent, England. It is the location for Longbridge Hayes industrial estate.

Port Vale F.C. played their home games at The Meadows in Limekiln Lane between 1876 and 1881.^[1]

Transport

Longport is served by the A500 road (D Road).

Longport is served by Longport railway station which was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway on 9 October 1848 and is regularly served by trains on the Crewe to Derby with a limited number of Stoke-on-Trent to Manchester trains.

Buildings	Bottle ovens Etruria Hall Ford Green Hall Trentham Mausoleum The Villas Wedgwood Institute Water World Winton Square (North Stafford Hotel)

Theatres	Regent Theatre Victoria Hall Theatre Royal

Museums and libraries	Burslem School of Art Ceramica Chatterley Whitfield Etruria Industrial Museum Gladstone Pottery Museum Montagu C. Butler Library Potteries Museum & Art Gallery Spode Museum

Shopping	City Sentral Potteries Shopping Centre

Parks and countryside	Berryhill Fields Hanley Park Hartshill Park Stoke-on-Trent Garden Festival Trentham Estate

Sport and music venues	Britannia Stadium Golden Torch Jollees Longton Cricket Club Ground Meir Heath Cricket Club Shelley's Laserdome The Sugarmill The Underground Vale Park

Media

Publishing	Cross Rhythms G&Y Pits n Pots The Oatcake The Staffordshire Sentinel

Radio	BBC Radio Stoke Cross Rhythms City Radio Signal 1 Signal 2 UCB UK Stoke & Stafford (DAB Multiplex)

Education

Companies

Pottery	Aynsley China Beswick Pottery Burleigh Pottery Carlton Ware CERAM Churchill China Clayburn Pottery Dudson Emma Bridgewater Etruria Works Gray's Pottery James Sadler and Sons Ltd J. & G. Meakin Midwinter Pottery Mintons Moorcroft Palissy Paragon China Portmeirion Pottery Royal Doulton Royal Winton Shelley Potteries Spode Wedgwood W H Grindley

Other	Armitage Shanks Bet365 Canditv Clay Records Dechra Pharmaceuticals Goodwin Steel Castings Hanley Economic Building Society Randles Motor Group Shelton Bar Sons Ltd. Titanic Brewery Twyford Bathrooms Wrights Pies

Sport

Association football teams	Dresden United Eastwood Hanley Hanley Town Meir KA Norton United Port Vale Stoke City

Speedway teams	Stoke Potters Stoke Spitfires

Transport

Canals	Caldon Canal Trent and Mersey Canal

Public transport	D&G Bus First Potteries Stoke Streetcar

Rail	Longport railway station Longton railway station North Staffordshire Railway Stafford-Manchester Line Stoke-on-Trent railway station Stoke railway works

Major roads	A34 A50 A52 A53 A500 Longton Interchange

Miscellaneous

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