Published: 30/01/2007 00:00 -
Updated: 04/10/2010 11:12
THE Staffordshire Newsletter is a weekly paid-for newspaper covering Stafford, Stone and Rugeley. Published on Thursdays, it has a circulation of 15,124 (independently audited - Jul-Dec 2009).
The only paid-for weekly in Stafford, it is also the longest established newspaper in the town.
The county town of Stafford lies in the north of the West Midlands, between Wolverhampton and Stoke-on-Trent. The population of Stafford was given in the 2001 census as 63,681, with that of the wider borough of Stafford as 124,531.
Heavy electrical engineering – particularly producing power station transformers exported around the world - has been a major commercial activity in the town since 1903, with the works successively owned by Siemens, English Electric, GEC and most recently Areva.
Bostick, the adhesive manufacturer, also has a large factory in the town, and Stafford prison is another provider of employment.
The town is also home to the computing, IT and media campus of Staffordshire University. Stafford College is a large further education college, focusing heavily on computing and engineering.
RAF Stafford was closed in March last year after a long and illustrious history. It is now being transformed into MoD Stafford.
Stafford’s Gatehouse Theatre is the town’s main entertainment and cultural venue. An arts centre has been planned for the town to offer more culture and try to boost tourism. The Apollo Cinema shows most big-budget films, however a larger multiplex cinema, another shopping centre and offices are also planned to be built in the town centre along the River Sow. The Riverside Recreation Centre and former Tesco store/multi-storey car park would both be demolished as part of the development.
Famous people from Stafford include the Men Behaving Badly star Neil Morrissey and the 18th century playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan. In the 1900s the village of Great Haywood, near Stafford, was once home to The Lord of the Rings author JRR Tolkien.
Stone is situated about seven miles north of Stafford, and around seven miles south of the city of Stoke-on-Trent. It is the second town, after Stafford itself, in the Borough of Stafford, and has long been of importance from the point of view of communications. In 2001 it had a population of 14,555.
Rugeley lies on the northern edge of Cannock Chase, and is situated roughly midway between Stafford, Cannock, Lichfield, and Uttoxeter. The population as at the 2001 census was 22,724.
The county town of Stafford lies in the north of the West Midlands, between Wolverhampton and Stoke-on-Trent. The population of Stafford was given in the 2001 census as 63,681, with that of the wider borough of Stafford as 124,531.
Heavy electrical engineering – particularly producing power station transformers exported around the world - has been a major commercial activity in the town since 1903, with the works successively owned by Siemens, English Electric, GEC and most recently Areva.
Bostick, the adhesive manufacturer, also has a large factory in the town, and Stafford prison is another provider of employment.
The town is also home to the computing, IT and media campus of Staffordshire University. Stafford College is a large further education college, focusing heavily on computing and engineering.
RAF Stafford was closed in March last year after a long and illustrious history. It is now being transformed into MoD Stafford.
Stafford’s Gatehouse Theatre is the town’s main entertainment and cultural venue. An arts centre has been planned for the town to offer more culture and try to boost tourism. The Apollo Cinema shows most big-budget films, however a larger multiplex cinema, another shopping centre and offices are also planned to be built in the town centre along the River Sow. The Riverside Recreation Centre and former Tesco store/multi-storey car park would both be demolished as part of the development.
Famous people from Stafford include the Men Behaving Badly star Neil Morrissey and the 18th century playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan. In the 1900s the village of Great Haywood, near Stafford, was once home to The Lord of the Rings author JRR Tolkien.
Stone is situated about seven miles north of Stafford, and around seven miles south of the city of Stoke-on-Trent. It is the second town, after Stafford itself, in the Borough of Stafford, and has long been of importance from the point of view of communications. In 2001 it had a population of 14,555.
Rugeley lies on the northern edge of Cannock Chase, and is situated roughly midway between Stafford, Cannock, Lichfield, and Uttoxeter. The population as at the 2001 census was 22,724.
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