| Blythe Bridge | |
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  Blythe Bridge Location withinStaffordshire | |
| Population | 5,931 (2011)[1] |
| OS grid reference | SJ953414 |
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| District | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | STOKE-ON-TRENT |
| Postcode district | ST11 |
| Dialling code | 01782 |
| Police | Staffordshire |
| Fire | Staffordshire |
| Ambulance | West Midlands |
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Blythe Bridge (/blaɪðbrɪdʒ/) is a village inStaffordshire, England, south-east ofStoke-on-Trent.
Blythe Bridge is so called as it is built around the site of a bridge over theRiver Blithe (spelt differently from the name of the village itself), a small river which passes directly through the village.
It has ahigh school andsixth form,library, as well as apublic house, The Black Cock on Uttoxeter Road. The Smithfield and The White Cock were demolished due to the construction of two housing estates and The Duke of Wellington is now a Tesco Express. The village also has abakery, mortgage shop,betting shop, newsagents, motor garage, GP surgery, a micropub, a few hairdressers and some fast-food outlets. The library is joined to Blythe Bridge High School and Blythe Bridge Youth Centre. The Duke of Wellington is now a Tesco Express after its closure as a pub in early 2013.
Blythe Bridge is covered byThe Blythe and Forsbrook Times, a weekly newspaper. It is produced by Times, Echo and Life Publications (established 1896), which publish the only independent family owned and run newspapers in North Staffordshire.
Train services are available atBlythe Bridge railway station, which was opened by theNorth Staffordshire Railway on 7 August 1848, on theCrewe to Derbyrailway line. The station buildings and signal box have been demolished. The line currently runs from Crewe toNewark-on-Trent in Nottinghamshire.
AHeritage railway,Foxfield Light Railway operate north of the village, with the southern terminus, Caverswall Road, being 0.5 miles (0.80 km) north of the main line station along Blythe Bridge Road.
TheUttoxeter Road, a former major motorway link route (M1 toM6) was partially relieved by theA50 dual-carriageway. The bypass road opened in 1975, and then the section to Uttoxeter in 1985.
The nearbyMeir Aerodrome closed in 1973 and the land was used to build the large Meir Park housing estate.
