Birches Head

Birches Head
Birches Head
	St Matthew's Church, Birches Head
	Birches Head Location within Staffordshire
Population	11,322 (2011. Ward. Birches Head and Central Forest Park)
OS grid reference	SJ8948
Unitary authority	Stoke-on-Trent;
Ceremonial county	Staffordshire;
Region	West Midlands;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	STOKE-ON-TRENT
Postcode district	ST1
Dialling code	01782
Police	Staffordshire
Fire	Staffordshire
Ambulance	West Midlands
UK Parliament	Stoke-on-Trent Central;
	List of places UK England Staffordshire 53°02′03″N 2°09′48″W / 53.034200°N 2.163300°W

Birches Head is an area of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England.

Formerly Birches Head Farm, the area has had modern housing built on it. The local secondary school is Birches Head Academy. The Caldon Canal runs through the area, which is easily accessible from the city centre, with main roads such as the A5009, A5008 and A5272. Birches Head Road runs from the junction of Chell Street and Hulton Street, at the west, to Leek Road at the east. It joins Leek Road at the site of the Hulton Abbey. Prior to 1950, the road from St Matthew’s Church, at the highest point of the village, down to Chell Street was called Leonard Road. The central part of the road in the village was Birches Head Road, and the final part running down to Leek Road, which was only a wide dirt track, was known as Birches Head Lane.

Potter's House Church

Potter's House Church is on the site of the former high school. It has a secondary location at Longton Central Hall.

References

^ "Stoke Ward population 2011". Retrieved 20 December 2015.

External links

Birches Head High Schools Website

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[1] "Stoke Ward population 2011". Retrieved 20 December 2015.

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