Why go
- City in Staffordshire, England.
- Served by Calton Moor Airfield.
History
Stoke-on-Trent, often known as Stoke, is a city and unitary authority area in Staffordshire, England. It had an estimated population of 259,965 in 2022, making it the largest settlement in Staffordshire and one of the largest cities of the Midlands. Stoke is surrounded by the towns of Alsager, Biddulph, Cheadle, Kidsgrove, Newcastle-under-Lyme and Stone, which form a conurbation around the city.
Restaurants & places to go
Coffee Shop, Cafe · Opening hours: Mo-Sa 08:30-18:00; Su 10:00-16:00 Features: takeaway · storelocator.asda.com
Burger, Fast Food · Opening hours: Mo-Th,Su 09:00-24:00; Fr,Sa 09:00-25:00 Features: takeaway · Etruria Road, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 5QQ · locations.burgerking.co.uk
Coffee Shop, Tea, Cafe · Opening hours: Mo-Th,Su 09:00-22:00; Fr-Sa 09:00-23:00 Features: outdoor seating · 57-58 Ironmarket, Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 1PE · thelounges.co.uk
Coffee Shop, Cafe · Opening hours: Mo-Sa 05:30-22:00; Su 07:00-21:00 Features: outdoor seating, takeaway · Brook Lane, Newcastle-under-Lyme, ST5 3HY · costa.co.uk
Chicken, Fast Food · Opening hours: Mo-Th 11:00-25:00; Fr-Sa 11:00-26:30; Su 11:00-25:00 Features: takeaway, halal · 112 High Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme,… · dixychickennewcastle.com
Burger, Fast Food · Opening hours: Mo-Su 11:00-23:00 Features: takeaway · Ridgehouse Drive, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 5SJ · fiveguys.co.uk
Burger, Fast Food · Opening hours: Mo-Su 05:00-24:00 Features: outdoor seating, takeaway · Newcastle Road, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 6PD · mcdonalds.com
Pizza, Fast Food · Opening hours: Mo-Su 11:00-23:00 Features: delivery · 147 Etruria Road, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 5NS · papajohns.co.uk
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Airports
Manchester Airport (MAN) 24 mi to the centre
Manchester, Greater Manchester, ENG, GB — You board from the indoor waiting area — no need to plan for the weather. ✈ 50 airlines (Transavia France, Ryanair, Jet2.com, easyJet…) · direct flights to 146 destinations incl. Palma de Mallorca, Tenerife, Arrecife, Paphos, Dalaman… (OpenFlights route data).
✈ Airlines & flight paths — 50 airlines, 146 direct destinations
- Transavia France TO (737-800, 75W, 76W, 787-8) · 41 routes: Agadir, Alicante, Almeria, Amilcar Cabral, Antalya, Arrecife, Boa Vista, Bodrum, Cancun, Catania, Dalaman, Dubrovnik, Enfidha, Faro, Fuerteventura, Funchal, Gran Canaria, Heraklion, Hurghada, Ibiza, Izmir, Kerkyra/corfu, Kos, Larnaca, Malaga, Marrakech, Menorca, Naples, Palma de Mallorca, Paphos, Preveza, Pula, Punta Cana, Reus, Rhodos, Sharm El Sheikh, Tenerife, Thira, Venice, Villafranca … +1 more
- Ryanair FR (737-800) · 36 routes: Alicante, Arrecife, Barcelona, Beauvais, Bergamo, Beziers, Bologna, Bremen, Budapest, Charleroi, Dublin, Faro, Fuerteventura, Gdansk, Gerona, Gran Canaria, Ibiza, Kerkyra/corfu, Krakow, Lisbon, Madrid, Malaga, Murcia, Palma de Mallorca, Paphos, Reus, Riga, Rome, Rygge, Rzeszow, Tallinn-ulemiste International, Tenerife, Trapani, Valencia, Warsaw, Zadar
- Jet2.com LS (737-300, 737-800, 75W, 737-800, 757-200) · 35 routes: Alicante, Arrecife, Barcelona, Bodrum, Budapest, Dalaman, Dubrovnik, Faro, Fuerteventura, Funchal, Gran Canaria, Heraklion, Ibiza, Jersey, Kos, Larnaca, Malaga, Menorca, Murcia, Nice, Palma de Mallorca, Paphos, Paris, Pisa, Prague, Pula, Reus, Rhodos, Rome, Split, Tenerife, Toulouse, Venice, Vienna, Zakynthos
- easyJet U2 (A320, A319) · 32 routes: Alicante, Amsterdam, Antalya, Athens, Belfast, Berlin, Bilbao, Catania, Copenhagen, Dalaman, Geneva, Hamburg, Heraklion, Keflavik, Kerkyra/corfu, Malaga, Malta, Marrakech, Moscow, Mulhouse, Munich, Mykonos, Palma de Mallorca, Paphos, Prague, Sharm El Sheikh, Sofia, Tel-aviv, Tenerife, Thessaloniki, Thira, Venice
- Monarch Airlines ZB (A321, A320, 757-200, A330-200) · 25 routes: Agadir, Alicante, Almeria, Antalya, Arrecife, Barcelona, Bodrum, Dalaman, Dubrovnik, Enfidha, Faro, Fuerteventura, Gibraltar, Gran Canaria, Hurghada, Larnaca, Malaga, Menorca, Naples, Palma de Mallorca, Paphos, Sharm El Sheikh, Tenerife, Venice, Villafranca
- Thomsonfly BY (737-800, 75W, 76W) · 19 routes: Agadir, Amilcar Cabral, Arrecife, Boa Vista, Cancun, Dalaman, Enfidha, Gran Canaria, Hurghada, Larnaca, Malta, Marrakech, Naples, Palma de Mallorca, Paphos, Punta Cana, Rhodos, Sharm El Sheikh, Tenerife
- Flybe BE (Dash 8-400, Embraer 175, D38) · 18 routes: Aberdeen, Belfast, Connaught, Duesseldorf, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, Hannover, Inverness, Isle Of Man, Jersey, Milano, Nantes, Newquai, Norwich*, Paris, Southampton, Waterford
- Thomas Cook Airlines MT (A321, A330-200, 757-300, 767-300, 757-200) · 16 routes: Antalya, Arrecife, Bodrum, Cancun, Cunagua, Dalaman, Enfidha, Gran Canaria, Hurghada, Larnaca, Las Vegas, Malta, Palma de Mallorca, Paphos, Sharm El Sheikh, Tenerife
- Condor Flugdienst DE (330, 757, A320) · 11 routes: Arrecife*, Cancun*, Fuerteventura, Hewandorra*, Ibiza, Las Vegas*, Montego Bay*, Orlando*, Palma de Mallorca, Tenerife, Zakynthos
- British Airways BA (FRJ, A319, A320, A321, 757, 767-300…) · 6 routes: Billund*, Chicago*, Gothenborg*, Helsinki*, London, New York*
- Virgin Atlantic Airways VS (747-400, A320, 76W, 777-300ER) · 6 routes: Atlanta*, Bridgetown, Las Vegas, London*, Munich*, Orlando
- American Airlines AA (A319, A320, A321, A330-200, 757, 767-300…) · 5 routes: Chicago, Helsinki*, London*, New York, Philadelphia
- Lufthansa Cargo LH (A319, A320, A321, 737-300, 757-200, CRJ-900…) · 4 routes: Duesseldorf*, Frankfurt, Munich, Newark*
- Scandinavian Airlines System SK (736, 717, A319, A320, A321, 737-800…) · 4 routes: Bergen, Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm
- US Airways US (A330-200, A330-300, 757, 767-300) · 4 routes: Chicago, Doha, New York, Philadelphia
- Aer Lingus EI (ATR 72, A320, AT4) · 3 routes: Cork*, Dublin, Shannon*
- Air France AF (A320, A321, 76W, Embraer 175, Dash 8-400) · 3 routes: Atlanta*, Nantes*, Paris
- Air Transat TS (330, 310) · 3 routes: Calgary, Toronto, Vancouver
- Delta Air Lines DL (747-400, 76W) · 3 routes: Atlanta, Las Vegas*, Orlando*
- Finnair AY (757, 767-300, Embraer 190) · 3 routes: Chicago*, Helsinki*, New York*
- Iberia Airlines IB (A319, A320, A321, 757, 767-300) · 3 routes: Chicago*, London*, New York*
- Norwegian Air Shuttle DY (737-800) · 3 routes: Oslo, Stavanger, Stockholm
- Pakistan International Airlines PK (777) · 3 routes: Islamabad, Lahore, New York
- Germanwings 4U (A319, CRJ) · 2 routes: Cologne, Hamburg
- KLM Royal Dutch Airlines KL (737, EMJ, F70, 76W) · 2 routes: Amsterdam, Atlanta*
- Thai Airways International TG (A320, 717, 736, CRJ-900, 737-800) · 2 routes: Copenhagen*, Stockholm*
- Aegean Airlines A3 (A320) · 1 route: Athens
- Air Malta KM (A320) · 1 route: Malta
- Air Sicilia BM (ERJ-145) · 1 route: Aberdeen
- Alitalia AZ (A320, A321) · 1 route: Paris*
- Aurigny Air Services GR (ATR 72) · 1 route: Guernsey
- Brussels Airlines SN (A319, AR1, Dash 8-400) · 1 route: Brussels
- Egyptair MS (737-800) · 1 route: Cairo
- Emirates EK (A380, 777-300ER) · 1 route: Dubai
- Etihad Airways EY (A330-200, 777-300ER) · 1 route: Abu Dhabi
- Icelandair FI (75W) · 1 route: Keflavik
- Libyan Arab Airlines LN (A320) · 1 route: Tripoli
- Nas Air XY (330) · 1 route: Jeddah
- Olympic Airlines OA (A320) · 1 route: Athens*
- Qantas QF (A380, 777-300ER) · 1 route: Dubai*
- Qatar Airways QR (A330-200, A330-300) · 1 route: Doha
- Saudi Arabian Airlines SV (777) · 1 route: Jeddah
- Singapore Airlines Cargo SQ (777-300ER) · 1 route: Munich
- South African Airways SA (A319) · 1 route: Munich*
- Swiss International Air Lines LX (Fokker 100, A320, AR1) · 1 route: Zurich
- TAP Portugal TP (A319, A320) · 1 route: Lisbon
- Transaero Airlines UN (A330-300) · 1 route: London
- Turkish Airlines TK (A321) · 1 route: Istanbul
- United Airlines UA (757-200) · 1 route: Newark
- Virgin Australia VA (777-300ER) · 1 route: Munich*
Routes and aircraft from OpenFlights (open data; a point-in-time snapshot). * = codeshare. Linked destinations open their own guidebook. Flight numbers are not in the open data — they come from the airline or a paid schedule feed.
Seighford Glider Field 12 mi to the centre
Stafford, Staffordshire, ENG, GB
Onecoat Morridge Airstrip 12 mi to the centre
Leek, Staffordshire, ENG, GB
Getting there by ferry
Congo River Rapids
Ferry terminal · 12 mi from the centre · Alton Towers
Where things are
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Photographs
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When to go
Tourist season
May – September
The warmer, longer-day half of the year is the safest bet for a first visit.
Shoulder season
April, October
Cooler and quieter, with fewer visitors and better value.
Worth avoiding
Deep winter
Short days and the coldest weather — check local conditions before travelling.
Getting there & around
Getting there. The nearest airport on record is Calton Moor Airfield; 4 other airports serve the wider area. Check rail and road links from the tourism sources below. By water: 1 ferry terminal within 12 mi (nearest: Congo River Rapids, 12 mi).
Getting around. Use the map above to orient yourself; nearby hotels, attractions and places to eat are listed from the live Ultimate data for Stoke-on-Trent, UK. Local transit details will be added as the guide is expanded.
Trains & rail
National rail
Coaches & shuttles
Intercity coach
Intercity coach
Private aviation
On-demand charter, jet cards and the semi-private scheduled carriers that serve this city.
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