Middleport
| Middleport | |
|---|---|
  Middleport Location within the United Kingdom | |
| OS grid reference | SJ864496 |
| Unitar authority | |
| Ceremonial coonty | |
| Kintra | Ingland |
| Sovereign state | Unitit Kinrick |
| Post toun | STOKE-ON-TRENT |
| Postcode destrict | ST6 |
| Diallin code | 01782 |
| EU Pairlament | West Midlands |
| UK Pairlament | |
Middleport is a residential an industrial destrict o the toun o Burslem in the ceety o Stoke-on-Trent, England. Middleport lees tae the wast o Burslem, atween Burslem toun centre an the Newcastle-under-Lyme destrict o Porthill. Tae the north is Tunstall an tae the sooth Cobridge an Etruria. Middleport blurs intae Longport.
Middleport is primarily residential, wi distinctive Victorian terracit hooses. Housomeivver, it a wirkin industrial destrict an aw an conteens several potteries: rangin frae Middleport Pottery Archived 2016-03-14 at the Wayback Machine, the auldest wirkin Victorian pottery, awned an restored bi The Prince's Regeneration Trust, whaur Burleigh Pottery is made; tae the airt-driven Lorna Bailey; tae Steelite, a modren mass-production ceramics producer.
The Trent and Mersey Canal an a key path o the National Cycle Network run throu Middleport. The line o the canal throu the City of Stoke-on-Trent is a linear conservation aurie. Middleport conteens ane o the niation's richest stretches o canalside industrial heritage. Syne 1990 the canal aurie haes benefitit frae aroond £1m o Groundwork fundin, an £4m o Townscape Heritage fundin. Clarice Cliff's Newport Pottery, whaur she producit some o her maist famous wirk, wis adjacent tae the canal an a airtist-designed 12-fuit steel markerpost identifees the location.
Middleport is a aurie that is strategic tae the regeneration o the ceety, as it sits in the centre o a ring o imminent projects totallin aroond £250m: the Chatterley Valley scheme, the Etruria Valley scheme, the regeneration o Burslem toun centre, an a proposed major "pairk an ride" interchynge an business-pairk on the steid o the auld Shelton Bar steel rollin-mill.
Middleport pilotit a commonty wairden service in 2002 & 2003; as a result, creeme droppit bi 80 per cent. The service wis subsequently extendit athort Stoke-on-Trent an adoptit in ither ceeties.
Middleport features in several o the novels o Arnold Bennett, an the film version o his The Card wis filmit in Middleport wi Alec Guinness.
Middleport Park Bowling Club haes a naitional reputation an haes wan several naitional trophies.