Burslem

The town of Burslem is one of those that make up the city of Stoke-on-Trent, in the county of Staffordshire, in the Midlands of England.

The environment in Burslem

Burslem's climate shares England's four distinct seasons. The weather often changes quickly, but extremes are rare; occasional hail and snow, lightning during intense late summer thunderstorms, winter fogs and light snowfall. Rainfall in Burslem is more like that of Birmingham than the persistent drizzle of Manchester. Air-quality is good. The town is elevated and is not prone to flooding.

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Burslem has several Victorian parks, and the Westport Lakes country park.

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Burslem has many water features; canals, lakes, pools and ponds, and a large amount of reclaimed green space that is a legacy of the highly successful 1980s National Garden Festival, which imaginatively reclaimed a large part of the Shelton Bar steelworks site.

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The Peak District National Park begins just ten miles north-east of Burslem.

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