Blythe Bridge

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Blythe Bridge
Blythe Bridge shown within Staffordshire
Population	1,478
OS grid reference	SJ953414
Parish	Blythe Bridge and Forsbrook
District	Staffordshire Moorlands
Shire county	Staffordshire
Region	West Midlands
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Stoke-on-Trent
Postcode district	ST11
Dialling code	01782
Police	Staffordshire
Fire	Staffordshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
European Parliament	West Midlands
UK Parliament	Stone
List of places: UK • England • Staffordshire

Coordinates: 52°58′13″N 2°04′15″W / 52.9704, -2.0709

Blythe Bridge is a village situated in the Staffordshire Moorlands, although it is effectively a south-eastern suburb of the city of Stoke-on-Trent.

1 Etymology
2 Today
- 2.1 Facilities
- 2.2 Schools
3 Transport
4 Nearest Places
5 External links

[edit] 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.

[edit] Today

[edit] 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, shoeshop, a few hairdressers, and some fast-food outlets.

[edit] Schools

[edit] 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.