What is Alton?
{{Confuse|Alton, Hampshire}} '''Alton''' is a village and [[civil parish]] in [[Staffordshire]], England. In 2001 there were 1,243 people living in Alton.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/help/localstatistics|title=Local statistics - Office for National Statistics|website=www.ons.gov.uk}}</ref> There is [[Alton Towers]] nearby.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tourist-information-uk.com/alton-towers.htm|title=Alton Towers Theme Park|first1=Holiday Inn Stoke on Trent Sir Stanley Matthews|last1=Way|first2=|last2=Stoke-on-Trent|first3=ST4 4EG Distance: 11 8 miles North Stafford Hotel Station|last3=Road|first4=|last4=Stoke-on-trent|first5=ST4 2AE Distance: 12 2 miles View more hotels near Alton Towers Theme|last5=Park|website=Tourist Information UK|access-date=2011-05-14|archive-date=2011-08-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110804072555/http://www.tourist-information-uk.com/alton-towers.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> == References == <references/> {{geo-stub}} [[Category:Civil parishes in Staffordshire]] [[Category:Villages in Staffordshire]]