Traditional county: Staffordshire · Unitary authority: City of Stoke-on-Trent · Region: West Midlands
Explore Longton, Staffordshire with this interactive street and satellite map. You can “grab” the Longton 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.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Longton, Staffordshire, England. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
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| Place | Longton |
| Traditional County | Staffordshire |
| Unitary Authority | City of Stoke-on-Trent |
| Region | West Midlands |
| Country | England, United Kingdom |
| Latitude | 52.987709 |
| Longitude | -2.140281 |
| Place Type | Suburban Area |
Longton retains the soot-stained character of a landscape forged by kilns and the relentless ambition of the industrial age. It lies 2.8 miles south-south-east of Stoke-on-Trent (from Stoke-on-Trent: bearing 150°T, OS grid SJ 906 433), and is situated west of Cookshill village. The skyline of Longton is still defined by the ghosts of bottle ovens, their brick silhouettes rising like silent sentinels against the grey Staffordshire sky. A short distance away, the Gladstone Pottery Museum preserves the intense, flickering memory of a time when the fire in the kilns never truly went out. To the west, the slopes of Swingle Hill offer a vantage point over the urban sprawl, where the light catches the slate roofs in a pale, melancholic gleam. Residents often find respite in the verdant expanse of Queen's Park, Longton, where eighteen hectares of managed greenery provide a necessary stillness against the hum of modern traffic. The earth here holds the weight of deep coal seams and the rhythmic clatter of a potter’s wheel, grounding the present in a heavy, clay-rich past. Longton remains a place where the grandeur of Victorian enterprise meets the quiet endurance of those who walk its pavements today.
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Explore Longton, 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: 52.987709, -2.140281. 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 | August 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. |