Dresden, Staffordshire

Human settlement in England

Region

52°58′41″N 2°08′17″W / 52.978°N 2.138°W / 52.978; -2.138

Dresden is a southern district of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, on Trentham Road (A5035) south of Longton.

The district was developed in the 1850s by a housing society in an area formerly called Spratslade.

Notable people

The composer Havergal Brian was born in Dresden in 1876.^[2]
The area was home to Dresden United F.C., a football team which was active in the late 19th century.
The film and television actor Freddie Jones was born in Villiers Street, Dresden, in 1927.

^ "Stoke ward population 2011.accessdate 21 December 2015".
^ "Havergal Brian (1876 - 1972), musician and composer". Stoke-on-Trent City Council. Archived from the original on 19 June 2008. Retrieved 15 September 2009.

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City and unitary authority of Stoke-on-Trent

Areas,
towns and wards

Parliamentary
constituencies

Current	Stoke-on-Trent North Stoke-on-Trent Central Stoke-on-Trent South
Historic	Burslem Hanley Stoke-on-Trent Stoke-upon-Trent

Religion

Tourism

Buildings	Listed buildings (Grade II*) Bottle ovens Burslem Market Hall Etruria Hall Ford Green Hall Old Town Hall, Burslem Trentham Mausoleum The Villas Wedgwood Institute Water World Winton Square (North Stafford Hotel)
Theatres	Mitchell Arts Centre Queen's Theatre Regent Theatre Stoke Rep Theatre Royal Victoria Hall
Museums and libraries	Burslem School of Art Chatterley Whitfield Etruria Industrial Museum Gladstone Pottery Museum Montagu C. Butler Library Potteries Museum & Art Gallery Spode Museum
Shopping	City Sentral Potteries Shopping Centre
Parks and countryside	Bagnall Road Wood Berryhill Fields Burslem Park Hanley Park Hartshill Park Hem Heath Woods Stoke-on-Trent Garden Festival Trentham Estate Victoria Park, Tunstall Westport Lake Whitfield Valley
Sport and music venues	Bet365 Stadium Golden Torch Jollees Longton Cricket Club Ground Meir Heath Cricket Club Shelley's Laserdome The Sugarmill The Underground Vale Park

Mass media

Publishing	Cross Rhythms Pits n Pots The Oatcake The Sentinel
Radio	BBC Radio Stoke Cross Rhythms City Radio Greatest Hits Radio Staffordshire & Cheshire Signal 1 UCB UK

Education

Companies

Pottery	Aynsley China Beswick Pottery Burleigh Pottery Carlton Ware Churchill China Clayburn Pottery Dudson Emma Bridgewater Etruria Works Gray's Pottery James Sadler and Sons Ltd Lucideon J. & G. Meakin Midwinter Pottery Mintons Moorcroft Palissy Paragon China Portmeirion Pottery Royal Doulton Royal Winton Shelley Potteries Spode Steelite Wedgwood W H Grindley
Other	Armitage Shanks Bet365 Clay Records Goodwin Steel Castings Hanley Economic Building Society Shelton Bar SONS Records Titanic Brewery Twyford Bathrooms Wrights Pies

Sport

Association football teams	Abbey Hulton United Dresden United Eastwood Hanley Hanley Town Meir K.A. Norton United Port Vale Stoke City
Rugby union teams	Longton Stoke-on-Trent
Speedway teams	Stoke Potters Stoke Spitfires

Transport

Canals	Caldon Canal Trent and Mersey Canal
Public transport	D&G Bus First Potteries Stoke Streetcar
Rail	Longport railway station Longton railway station North Staffordshire Railway Stafford–Manchester line Stoke-on-Trent railway station Stoke railway works
Major roads	A34 A50 A52 A53 A500 Longton Interchange