Lightwood, Stoke-on-Trent

Suburb in Stoke-on-Trent, England

Lightwood is a suburb of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. It is located to the south of Longton, and Lightwood Road runs from here to Rough Close.

The area gives its name to the Lightwood Hoard, a substantial collection of Roman coins discovered buried in the garden of a house on Lightwood Road in 1960.^[1]

Though containing mostly private housing, the area includes a Methodist chapel constructed in 1816 which is a Grade II listed building.^[2]^[3]

References

^ "The Lightwood Hoard - Stoke-on-Trent City Council". Archived from the original on 28 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-23.Description of Lightwood Hoard
^ [1] Listed buildings in Stoke-on-Trent, includes photo of chapel
^ Historic England. "Methodist Chapel (1220578)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 6 June 2016.

City and unitary authority of Stoke-on-Trent

Areas,
towns and wards

Abbey Green ward
Abbey Hulton
Baddeley Green
Basford
Bentilee
Birches Head
Blurton
Blythe Bridge
Bradeley
Bucknall
Burslem
Chell
Cliffe Vale
Cobridge
Dresden
Etruria
Fenton
Florence
Ford Green Brook
Fowlea Brook
Goldenhill
Hanford
Hanley
Hartshill
Hem Heath
Heron Cross
Lightwood
Longport
Longton
Lyme Brook
Meir
Middleport
Milton
Normacot
Northwood
Norton le Moors
Penkhull
Sandyford
Shelton
Sideway
Smallthorne
Sneyd Green
Stoke-upon-Trent
Trentham
Trent Vale
Tunstall
Weston Coyney

History

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