The city has witnessed the building of a state-of-the-art football stadium, first class shopping and leisure facilities, a multi-screen cinema and the development of land for industry. Over 1000 hectares of derelict land have been reclaimed, ensuring that the city offers both green open space and quality land for development.
Following all these changes, the city has also become a greener, cleaner and more pleasant place to live. One third of the city is green space. Far from being over-developed, we are one of the greenest cities in the country. As well as being green, our city is also a relatively young city, having received city status in 1925. Home to two football teams, Port Vale FC and Stoke City FC, the city is made up of six separate towns - Tunstall, Burslem, Longton, Fenton, Hanley and Stoke - which gives it a unique shape and character. Geographically Stoke-on-Trent is at the heart of the UK. Situated in North Staffordshire, halfway between Manchester and Birmingham at the northern edge of the West Midlands, the city is ideally placed for access onto the national motorway network. Investment in new roads means that businesses based in the city are able to capitalise on its central position in the UK motorway network, offering access to both the M6 and the M1 by the A50 link road.
	Furthermore, the countryside is never more than a few minutes away. To the east of the city lies the Staffordshire Moorlands, stretching out into the Peak District National Park, an area of outstanding beauty which attracts cyclists, walkers, and climbers from all over the country.

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