Staffordshire Moorlands

Staffordshire Moorlands
Staffordshire Moorlands District
Staffordshire Moorlands
Lage in Staffordshire
Status District
Region West Midlands
Verw.grafschaft Staffordshire
Verwaltungssitz Leek
Fläche 575,85 km² (86.)
Einwohner 95.400 (237.)
ONS-Code 41UH
Website www.staffsmoorlands.gov.uk

Staffordshire Moorlands ist ein District in der Grafschaft Staffordshire in England. Verwaltungssitz ist die Stadt Leek. Weitere bedeutende Orte sind Biddulph und Cheadle. Sehenswürdigkeiten sind unter Anderem der Freizeitpark Alton Towers und der Landschaftsgarten Biddulph Grange.

Der nach einer ausgedehnten Heide (engl. moorland) benannte Bezirk wurde am 1. April 1974 gebildet und entstand aus der Fusion der Urban Districts Biddulph und Leek sowie der Rural Districts Cheadle und Leek.

Wappen von Staffordshire
Districts in Staffordshire

Cannock Chase | East Staffordshire | Lichfield | Newcastle-under-Lyme | South Staffordshire | Stafford | Staffordshire Moorlands | Tamworth


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