Blythe Bridge
| Blythe Bridge | |
|---|---|
  Blythe Bridge Blythe Bridge shown within Staffordshire | |
| Population | 5,931 (2011)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SJ953414 |
| Civil parish |
|
| District |
|
| Shire county |
|
| Region |
|
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Stoke-on-Trent |
| Postcode district | ST11 |
| Dialling code | 01782 |
| Police | Staffordshire |
| Fire | Staffordshire |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
| EU Parliament | West Midlands |
| UK Parliament |
|
Blythe Bridge is a village in Staffordshire, England, south-east of Stoke-on-Trent.
Contents
1 Etymology
2 Today
2.1 Facilities
2.2 Media
2.3 Schools
3 Transport
3.1 Rail
3.2 Road
3.3 Air
4 Nearby Places
5 Notable people
6 References
7 External links
Etymology
Blythe Bridge is so called as it is built around the site of a bridge over the River Blithe (spelt differently from the name of the village itself), a small river which passes directly through the village.
Today
Facilities
It has a high school and sixth form, library, as well as a public house, The Black Cock on Uttoxeter Road. The Smithfield and The White Cock were demolished due to the construction of two housing estates and The Duke of Wellington is now a Tesco Express. The village also has a bakery, post office, mortgage shop, betting shop, newsagents, motor garage, dentist, GP surgery, shoeshop, a few hairdressers and some fast-food outlets. The library is joined to Blythe Bridge High School and Blythe Bridge Youth Centre. The Duke of Wellington is now a Tesco Express after its closure as a pub in early 2013.
Media
Blythe Bridge is covered by The Blythe and Forsbrook Times, a weekly newspaper. It is produced by Times, Echo and Life Publications (established 1896), which publish the only independent family owned and run newspapers in North Staffordshire.
Schools
Blythe Bridge High School[2]
- Springcroft Primary School
- Forsbrook Primary School
- William Amory Primary School
Transport
Rail
Train services are available at Blythe Bridge railway station, which was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway on 7 August 1848, on the Crewe to Derby railway line. The station buildings and signal box have been demolished.
A Heritage railway, Foxfield Light Railway operate north of the village, with the southern terminus, Caverswall Road, being 0.5 miles (0.80 km) north of the main line station along Blythe Bridge Road.
Road
The Uttoxeter Road, a former major motorway link route (M1 to M6) was partially relieved by the A50 dual-carriageway. The bypass road opened in 1975, and then the section to Uttoxeter in 1985.
Air
The nearby Meir Aerodrome closed in 1973 and the land was used to build the large Meir Park housing estate.
Nearby Places
- Barlaston
- Cheadle
- Draycott in the Moors
- Forsbrook
- Fulford
- Lightwood
- Longton
- Meir
- Uttoxeter
Notable people
Ernest Albert Egerton VC (1897 in Longton – 1966 in Blythe Bridge) recipient of the Victoria Cross [3] buried in Blythe Bridge
Alan Weston (1907 in Leicester – 1997 in Blythe Bridge) cricketer, [4] right-handed batsman
The Sutherland Brothers a folk and rock music duo in the early 1970s, wrote Rod Stewarts hit Sailing said to have lived there
Ollie Shenton (born 1997 in Blythe Bridge) footballer [5] who plays as a midfielder for Stoke City F.C.
Ben Brereton (born 1999) went to school in Blythe Bridge, professional footballer [6] for Nottingham Forest F.C.
Rachel Shenton actress and screenwriter - won the Academy Award for live action short film at the 90th Academy Awards for The Silent Child
References
^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 5 December 2015..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ http://www.blythebridge.staffs.sch.uk/ Blythe Bridge High School
^ GRAVE LOCATION FOR HOLDERS OF THE VICTORIA CROSS IN THE COUNTY OF STAFFORDSHIRE retrieved 15 February 2018
^ ESPN cricinfo Database retrieved 15 February 2018
^ SoccerBase Database retrieved 15 February 2018
^ SoccerBase Database retrieved 15 February 2018
External links
 | Wikimedia Commons has media related to Blythe Bridge. |
- Blythe Bridge Community Website
 | This Staffordshire location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
