What is Hanley, Staffordshire?
'''Hanley''' is one of the six towns that make up the [[city]] of [[Stoke-on-Trent]] in [[Staffordshire]], England. The others are [[Burslem]], [[Longton]], [[Fenton]], [[Tunstall]] and [[Stoke-upon-Trent]]. Hanley has an important city centre. It has been for a long time the commercial hub of the city of [[Stoke-on-Trent]]. It is home to the Potteries Shopping Centre and many high street chain stores. The Pottery towns are connected by double-carriageway roads, and have the [[M6 motorway]] nearby. Hanley no longer has a train link, but the canal which carried the goods is still active. Hanley was a centre of the [[1842 Pottery Riots]], and part of the [[1842 General Strike]]. This is a reminder that [[coal mining]] was as important as [[pottery]] in the area during the 19th century. Coal fired the huge [[kiln]]s in which the clay objects were baked. Indeed coal was as important to potteries as the clay itself. Both the pottery and the coal was moved by barge along [[canal]] waterways. It is still more efficient to move heavy cargo on water than any other way. [[Category:Stoke-on-Trent]] [[Category:Towns in Staffordshire]] {{-}} {{UK-stub}}