Staffordshire
Staffordshire (abbreviated Staffs) is a county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Stafford. Part of the National Forest is there. It is next to the counties of Cheshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire and Shropshire.
The largest city in ceremonial Staffordshire is Stoke-on-Trent.
Places of interest
Key | |
Owned by the National Trust | |
Owned by English Heritage | |
Forestry Commission | Owned by the Forestry Commission |
A Country Park | |
An Accessible open space | |
Museum (free) | |
Museum (charges entry fee) | |
Heritage railway | |
Historic House |
Staffordshire Media
The Staffordshire Hoard, discovered in a field near Lichfield in July 2009, is perhaps the most important collection of Anglo-Saxon objects found in England.
JCB Dieselmax, holder of the land speed record for diesel-engined vehicles
Other websites
- Staffordshire County Council
- Staffordshire Past Track - Historical archive about the county
- The story of a Staffordshire Home Guard Battalion, 1940-1944
- Staffordshire Photographs
- Staffordshire Tourism website Archived 2014-12-18 at the Wayback Machine