Blythe Bridge


Blythe Bridge is a village in Staffordshire, England, south-east of Stoke-on-Trent.

Etymology

Blythe Bridge is so called as it is built around the site of a bridge over the River Blithe, a small river which passes directly through the village.

Today

Facilities

It has a high school and sixth form, library, as well as a public house, The Black Cock on Uttoxeter Road. The Smithfield and The White Cock were demolished due to the construction of two housing estates and The Duke of Wellington is now a Tesco Express. The village also has a bakery, mortgage shop, betting shop, newsagents, motor garage, GP surgery, a micropub, a few hairdressers and some fast-food outlets. The library is joined to Blythe Bridge High School and Blythe Bridge Youth Centre. The Duke of Wellington is now a Tesco Express after its closure as a pub in early 2013.

Media

Blythe Bridge is covered by , a weekly newspaper. It is produced by Times, Echo and Life Publications, which publish the only independent family owned and run newspapers in North Staffordshire.

Schools

  • Blythe Bridge High School
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Rail

Train services are available at Blythe Bridge railway station, which was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway on 7 August 1848, on the Crewe to Derby railway line. The station buildings and signal box have been demolished. The line currently runs from Crewe to Newark-on-Trent in Nottinghamshire.
A Heritage railway, Foxfield Light Railway operate north of the village, with the southern terminus, Caverswall Road, being north of the main line station along Blythe Bridge Road.

Road

The Uttoxeter Road, a former major motorway link route was partially relieved by the A50 dual-carriageway. The bypass road opened in 1975, and then the section to Uttoxeter in 1985.

Air

The nearby Meir Aerodrome closed in 1973 and the land was used to build the large Meir Park housing estate.

Nearby places