BLYTHE BRIDGE

'Blythe Bridge' is a village situated in the south-eastern suburbs of the city of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.

Contents

Etymology

Today

Facilities

Schools

Transport

Nearest Places

External links

Etymology

Blythe Bridge is so called as it is built around the site of a bridge over the River Blithe (spelt differently to the name of the village itself), a small river which passes directly through the village.

Today

Facilities

It has a high school, sixth form college and library, as well as two public houses: The Black Cock on Uttoxeter Road and The Duke of Wellington. The Smithfield and The White Cock are currently closed. The village also has a bakery, post office, betting shop, newsagents, motor garage, dentist, GP surgery, a few hairdressers, and some fast-food outlets.

Schools

★ Blythe Bridge High School and College

★ Springcroft Primary School

Transport

Train services are available at Blythe Bridge railway station, which was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway on August 7, 1848, on the Crewe to Derby railway line. The Uttoxeter Road, a former major motorway link route (M1 to M6) was relieved by the A50 dual-carriageway; first as a bypass that opened in 1975, and then the section to Uttoxeter in 1985. The nearby Meir Aerodrome closed in 1973.

Nearest Places

★ Barlaston

★ Cheadle

★ Draycott in the Moors

★ Fulford

★ Lightwood

★ Longton

★ Meir

★ Uttoxeter

External links

★ Blythe Bridge Community Website