Keele

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Keele
Keele shown within Staffordshire
Population	3,667 (2001 Census)
OS grid reference	SJ808452
Parish	Keele
District	Newcastle-under-Lyme (borough)
Shire county	Staffordshire
Region	West Midlands
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Newcastle-under-Lyme
Postcode district	ST5
Dialling code	01782
Police	Staffordshire
Fire	Staffordshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
European Parliament	West Midlands
UK Parliament	Newcastle-under-Lyme
List of places: UK • England • Staffordshire

Coordinates: 53°00′16″N 2°17′14″W / 53.0044, -2.2871

This article is about the English village. For the Toronto subway see station Keele (TTC). Distinguish from keel and Kiel.

Keele is a village and civil parish in northern Staffordshire, England. It is approximately three miles (5 km) west of Newcastle-under-Lyme, and is close to the village of Silverdale. It is the location of Keele University (at grid reference SJ817450) and Keele Services (grid reference SJ806440), a motorway service area on the M6.

St John's Church, Keele.

According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 3,664, most of whom were students at Keele University.

It is located in the Keele ward of the borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme.

Its name came from Anglo-Saxon Cȳ-hyll = "Cow-hill"

Keele is featured on the UK 'Here and Now' edition of the board game Monopoly, released in September 2007, It takes the place of Fleet Street in the traditional version ^[1].