Traditional county: Staffordshire · Unitary authority: City of Stoke-on-Trent · Region: West Midlands
Explore Burslem, Staffordshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Burslem map and move it around to re-centre it. You can change between standard map view and satellite map view by clicking the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. You can use the zoom buttons on the lower right side of the map to zoom in or out to street-level detail. You will find live weather, local and world news below.
| Place | Burslem |
| Traditional County | Staffordshire |
| Unitary Authority | City of Stoke-on-Trent |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 53.046288 |
| Longitude | -2.193887 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Burslem, a place where the very air seems to hum with the echoes of industry, rises from the Staffordshire landscape. It lies 3.0 km north-north-west of Stoke-on-Trent (from Stoke-on-Trent: bearing 333°T, OS grid SJ 870 499). Once renowned as the "Mother Town" of the Potteries, Burslem's streets still bear the imprint of its ceramic heritage, with the proud silhouette of the Wedgwood Institute a constant reminder of its artistic and industrial past. The gentle slope of the land, catching the afternoon sun, lends a particular warmth to the brickwork of its older buildings, a quiet testament to the generations who toiled here. Even now, a certain resilience imbues the place, a spirit forged in the kilns and workshops that once defined its character.
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Explore Burslem, Staffordshire, with an embedded street and satellite map - switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 53.046288, -2.193887. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Wikipedia and editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Location data is sourced from OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024, Ordnance Survey, Open Government Licence v3.0, and verified by coordinates.
| Page built | June 2026 |
| Location data | OS Open Names © Crown copyright and database rights 2024. Ordnance Survey. Open Government Licence v3.0. |
| County data | Traditional county boundaries. Modern unitary authority: OS Open Names / ONS Geography. |
| Coordinates | WGS84 decimal degrees derived from OS National Grid (OSGB36) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched by Wikipedia category membership (e.g. “Villages in Derbyshire”) and name verification against OS Open Names data. |