Towns in Staffordshire

Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire

Early in September, a traditional Horn dance is performed in Abbots Bromley.

Alrewas, Staffordshire

Alrewas is a village in Staffordshire, sat beside the River Trent and just 5 miles northeast of the cathedral city of Lichfield. Alrewas is home to The National Memorial...

Alton, Staffordshire

The village has many elegant stone buildings, and there is a circular lock-up and the romantic ruins of a 12th-century castle.

Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire

Burton-on-Trent is an attractive town, it has a pleasing market place surrounded by pleasant properties, some being timber-frame black and white.

Cannock, Staffordshire

Think of Cannock and nearly always there springs to life a vision of the wonderful landscape of Cannock Chase, originally a giant "Royal Forest" gradually reduced in size and grazed by numerous flocks of sheep until the turn of the 20th century.

Cheadle, Staffordshire

Cheadle has several fine black and white half timbered buildings in the town that date from the 16th-century

Denstone, Staffordshire

Denstone is a peaceful village set in the midst of rural Staffordshire countryside, where farm meadows are watered from a myriad of sparkling rivers flowing down from the Peak District National Park.

Froghall, Staffordshire

Attractively situated on the banks of the Caldon Canal in the beautiful Churnet Valley. Froghall offers visitors the opportunity to experience a diverse range of landscapes including fine watermeadows with a wealth of wildlife.

Leek, Staffordshire

Lichfield, Staffordshire

The Lichfield Markets have been held on the historic Market Square since King Stephen granted the first charter for a market in 1153. In the past martyrs were burnt at the...

Meerbrook, Staffordshire

Meerbrook is a small village situated along the river Churnet on the edge of The Peak District National Park. It is close to the man-made Tittesworth Reservoir which submerged...

Mow Cop, Staffordshire

The sheer scale of the height of this village with the quaint sounding name has made it famous, for it is believed that on a clear day the hill is visible to no less than five counties.

Norton in the Moors, Staffordshire

Norton-in-the-Moors is exactly what its name implies - it is an old village set on the side of a windswept hill with far reaching views over rolling countryside towards the Peak District.

Rudyard, Staffordshire

A pretty village with a delightful cluster of cottages and houses with lovely gardens, bordered by woods at the south end of the picturesque Rudyard Reservoir.

Stafford, Staffordshire

Set in a landscape of contrasts with constantly changing scenery from the Royal hunting forests of Cannock Chase to the breweries of Burton, it is pleasurable to come across the...

Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire

Town known best as "the potteries" but in reality Stoke-on-Trent is a 1906 amalgamation of six towns, each of which still maintain their own individuality and character.

Swindon, Staffordshire

Swythamley, Staffordshire

Tamworth, Staffordshire

In the 8th century the Saxon Kingdom of Mercia was ruled from Tamworth. Later in AD 913, a fortress was built here by the daughter of King Alfred.

Tutbury, Staffordshire

This picturesque little town in the Dove Valley is dominated by the ruins of the medieval castle.