Birches Head

Birches Head
St Matthew's Church, Birches Head
Birches Head is located in Staffordshire
Birches Head
Birches Head
Location within Staffordshire
Population11,322 (2011. Ward. Birches Head and Central Forest Park)[1]
OS grid referenceSJ8948
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSTOKE-ON-TRENT
Postcode districtST1
Dialling code01782
PoliceStaffordshire
FireStaffordshire
AmbulanceWest Midlands
UK Parliament
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53°02′03″N 2°09′48″W / 53.034200°N 2.163300°W / 53.034200; -2.163300

Birches Head is an area of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England.

Formerly Birches Head Farm, the area has had modern housing built on it. The local secondary school is Birches Head Academy. The Caldon Canal runs through the area, which is easily accessible from the city centre, with main roads such as the A5009, A5008 and A5272. Birches Head Road runs from the junction of Chell Street and Hulton Street, at the west, to Leek Road at the east. It joins Leek Road at the site of the Hulton Abbey. Prior to 1950, the road from St Matthew’s Church, at the highest point of the village, down to Chell Street was called Leonard Road. The central part of the road in the village was Birches Head Road, and the final part running down to Leek Road, which was only a wide dirt track, was known as Birches Head Lane.

  1. ^ "Stoke Ward population 2011". Retrieved 20 December 2015.