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.

Ceremonial county
Staffordshire shown within England
Coordinates: 52°48′25″N 02°06′58″W
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	West Midlands
Established	Ancient
Time zone	UTC±00:00 (Greenwich Mean Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+01:00 (British Summer Time)
Members of Parliament	List of MPs
Police	Staffordshire Police
Ceremonial county
Lord Lieutenant	Professor Elizabeth Barnes CBE
High Sheriff	Charles Jewitt of Admaston (2020–21)
Area	2,713 km2 (1,047 sq mi)
• Ranked	18th of 48
Population (2005 est.)	1,055,000
• Ranked	14th of 48
Density	388/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Ethnicity	97.0% White 1.7% S.Asian 1.3% Other
Non-metropolitan county
County council	Staffordshire County Council
Executive	Labour
Admin HQ	Stafford
Area	2,620 km2 (1,010 sq mi)
• Ranked	of 26
Population	816,700
• Ranked	8th of 26
Density	311/km2 (810/sq mi)
ISO 3166-2	GB-STS
ONS code	41
GSS code	E10000028
ITL	UKG24
Website	staffordshire.gov.uk
Districts
Districts of Staffordshire   Unitary   County council area
Districts	Stoke-on-Trent Newcastle-under-Lyme Staffordshire Moorlands Stafford East Staffordshire South Staffordshire Cannock Chase Lichfield Tamworth

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

Alton Towers Ancient High House Belvide Reservoir Biddulph Grange Blithfield Hall Blithfield Reservoir Brindley Water Mill Broad Eye Windmill Cannock Chase Chasewater Railway Cheddleton Flint Mill Churnet Valley Railway Croxden Abbey Dovecliff Hall Downs Banks Drayton Manor Theme Park Eccleshall Castle Festival Park Ford Green Hall Foxfield Steam Railway Heart of England Way Ilam Park

Izaak Walton Cottage Museum Leek and Manifold Valley Light Railway Lichfield Cathedral Madeley Old Hall Moseley Old Hall Moseley Railway Trust Mow Cop Castle National Memorial Arboretum RSPB Coombes Valley Rudyard Lake Steam Railway Sandon Hall Shugborough Hall Stafford Castle Staffordshire Way Tamworth Castle Trentham Gardens Tutbury Castle Victoria Park Weston Park Whitmore Hall

Staffordshire Media

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  Hand-drawn map of Stafford by Christopher Saxton from 1577

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  The flag of the historic county of Staffordshire

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  A view of Lichfield Cathedral from the north West.

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  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.

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  Mow Cop Castle on the Cheshire border

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  JCB Dieselmax, holder of the land speed record for diesel-engined vehicles

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  Marmite is made from the yeast left over from the brewing industry

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  The town centre of Stafford, England.

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