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Shelton, Staffordshire - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 53°00′44″N 2°10′33″W / 53.0121°N 02.1758°W

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Shelton
Shelton Location within Staffordshire
Population	10,594 ^[1]
OS grid reference	SJ883461
Unitary authority	Stoke-on-Trent
Ceremonial county	Staffordshire
Region	West Midlands
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	STOKE-ON-TRENT
Postcode district	ST4
Dialling code	01782

Police	Staffordshire
Fire	Staffordshire
Ambulance	West Midlands

UK Parliament	Stoke-on-Trent Central
List of places UK England Staffordshire 53°00′44″N 2°10′33″W / 53.0121°N 02.1758°W / 53.0121; -02.1758

Shelton is an area of the city of Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire, England, between Hanley and Stoke-upon-Trent.

History

The route of the Roman Road called the Rykeneld Street passed very close to Stoke-on-Trent railway station.

Shelton had an artisan pottery industry which was documented as early as 1685, when one Thomas Miles was producing white stoneware.

Shelton had the earliest gas works in the Potteries. The works were opened in Shelton's Lower Bedford Street, under the ownership of the British Gaslight Company, to supply Hanley and Stoke in 1825.

The British Pottery Manufacturer's Federation Club, a large private member's club in Federation House opposite Stoke-on-Trent railway station, was established in 1951, and still operates.

Current profile

Shelton is the home of the main Staffordshire University campus and library, which specialises in art and design teaching. The presence of a major university has resulted in the residential area having a large student population during term-time. Shelton mostly consists of Victorian terraced houses and is occupied by a combination of owner-occupiers, students, and private tenants. Families tend to cluster more around the western edges of Hanley Park and around the large cemetery that stretches north into Cliff Vale. These latter two protected green spaces, along with the route of the Cauldon Canal, serve as a natural buffer between Shelton and the south of Hanley (the "city centre").

The 2001 Census defined Shelton as "multicultural".^[2]

Religion (2001):

Christian 19.4%
Muslim 48.2%
Hindu 1.3%
Sikh 0.3%

Staffordshire University and two colleges

Staffordshire University's main campus and library are a few yards from Stoke-on-Trent railway station. Stoke-on-Trent College is at the northern boundary of Shelton. The city's Sixth Form College is also nearby.^[3]

Within the grounds of the university is the Film Theatre, a purpose-built cinema which during term-time shows art-house films.^[4] There is also a large art supplies shop that serves the many art students and which is open to the public. The University Library can be joined by members of the public for a small annual fee. Each year in June the campus becomes a public art and design show, as the graduates show their final work.

References

^ "Hanley West and Shelton, 2001 Census". Archived from the original on 6 January 2009.
^ "National Statistics Output Area Classification". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 3 September 2008.
^ "University Quarter". Staffordshire University. Archived from the original on 19 October 2008. Retrieved 15 August 2008.
^ "Stoke Film Theatre". Stoke-on-Trent Film Theatre. Archived from the original on 21 November 2008. Retrieved 3 September 2008.

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City and unitary authority of Stoke-on-Trent

Areas,
towns and wards

History

Parliamentary
constituencies

Current	Stoke-on-Trent North Stoke-on-Trent Central Stoke-on-Trent South
Historic	Burslem Hanley Stoke-on-Trent Stoke-upon-Trent

Religion

Tourism

Buildings	Listed buildings (Grade II*) Bottle ovens Burslem Market Hall Etruria Hall Ford Green Hall Old Town Hall, Burslem Trentham Mausoleum The Villas Wedgwood Institute Water World Winton Square (North Stafford Hotel)
Theatres	Mitchell Arts Centre Queen's Theatre Regent Theatre Stoke Rep Theatre Royal Victoria Hall
Museums and libraries	Burslem School of Art 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	Bagnall Road Wood Berryhill Fields Burslem Park Hanley Park Hartshill Park Hem Heath Woods Stoke-on-Trent Garden Festival Trentham Estate Victoria Park, Tunstall Westport Lake Whitfield Valley
Sport and music venues	Bet365 Stadium Golden Torch Jollees Longton Cricket Club Ground Meir Heath Cricket Club Shelley's Laserdome The Sugarmill The Underground Vale Park

Mass media

Publishing	Cross Rhythms Pits n Pots The Oatcake The Sentinel
Radio	BBC Radio Stoke Cross Rhythms City Radio Greatest Hits Radio Staffordshire & Cheshire Hits Radio Staffordshire & Cheshire UCB UK

Education

Companies

Pottery	Aynsley China Beswick Pottery Burleigh Pottery Carlton Ware Churchill China Clayburn Pottery Dudson Emma Bridgewater Etruria Works Gray's Pottery James Sadler and Sons Ltd Lucideon J. & G. Meakin Midwinter Pottery Mintons Moorcroft Palissy Paragon China Portmeirion Pottery Royal Doulton Royal Winton Shelley Potteries Spode Steelite Wedgwood W H Grindley
Other	Armitage Shanks Bet365 Clay Records Goodwin Hanley Economic Building Society Shelton Bar SONS Records Titanic Brewery Twyford Bathrooms Wrights Pies

Sport

Association football teams	Abbey Hulton United Dresden United Eastwood Hanley Hanley Town Meir K.A. Norton United Port Vale Stoke City
Rugby union teams	Longton Stoke-on-Trent
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

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v t e Ceremonial county of Staffordshire
Staffordshire Portal
Unitary authorities	Stoke-on-Trent
Boroughs or districts	Cannock Chase East Staffordshire Lichfield Newcastle-under-Lyme South Staffordshire Stafford Staffordshire Moorlands Tamworth
Major settlements (cities in italics)	Biddulph Burntwood Burton upon Trent Cannock Cheadle Eccleshall Fazeley Great Wyrley Hednesford Kidsgrove Leek Lichfield Newcastle-under-Lyme Rugeley Stafford Stoke-on-Trent Burslem Fenton Hanley Longton Stoke Tunstall Stone Tamworth Uttoxeter Wombourne See also: List of civil parishes in Staffordshire
Rivers	Anker Blithe Churnet Dane Dove Manifold Mease Penk Saredon Brook Sow Swarbourn Tame Trent Wheelock
Canals	Birmingham & Fazeley Caldon Lichfield Shropshire Union Staffs & Worcestershire Trent & Mersey Wyrley & Essington
Topics	Flag Museums Schools Grade I buildings Grade II* buildings Scheduled monuments Windmills High Sheriffs

v t e Districts of the West Midlands Region
Herefordshire	Herefordshire
Shropshire	Shropshire Telford and Wrekin
Staffordshire	Cannock Chase East Staffordshire Lichfield Newcastle-under-Lyme South Staffordshire Stafford Staffordshire Moorlands Stoke-on-Trent Tamworth
Warwickshire	North Warwickshire Nuneaton and Bedworth Rugby Stratford-on-Avon Warwick
West Midlands	Birmingham Coventry Dudley Sandwell Solihull Walsall Wolverhampton
Worcestershire	Bromsgrove Malvern Hills Redditch Worcester Wychavon Wyre Forest

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