Newcastle-under-Lyme

Not to be confused with Newcastle upon Tyne.
This article is about the market town. For the larger local government district, see Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme. For the constituency, see Newcastle-under-Lyme (UK Parliament constituency).

Newcastle-under-Lyme
  • Left to right,
  • Top: Newcastle Market Cross and Holy Trinity Church
  • Upper: Ironmarket and Guildhall
  • Lower: St Giles Church
  • Bottom:Lyme Valley Park and the Wammy Park
Newcastle-under-Lyme is located in Staffordshire
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Newcastle-under-Lyme
Location within Staffordshire
Population75,082 (2021 census)
OS grid referenceSJ848459
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Suburbs of the town
List
Post townNEWCASTLE[1]
Postcode districtST5
Dialling code01782
PoliceStaffordshire
FireStaffordshire
AmbulanceWest Midlands
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Staffordshire
53°00′39″N 2°13′40″W / 53.0109°N 2.2278°W / 53.0109; -2.2278

Newcastle-under-Lyme is a market town and the administrative centre of the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire, England. It is adjacent to the city of Stoke-on-Trent. In 2021 the population was 75,082.[2]

Newcastle grew up in the twelfth century around the castle which gave the town its name, and received its first charter in 1173. The town's early industries included millinery, silk weaving, and coal mining, but despite its proximity to the Potteries it did not develop a ceramics trade.

  1. ^ The county name is no longer required for postcoded mail and the suffix "-under-Lyme" is not part of the official Royal Mail name of the post town, despite the potential for confusion with similarly named places.
  2. ^ "NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME in Staffordshire (West Midlands) Built-up Area Subdivision". City Population. Retrieved 31 July 2019.