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Staffordshire Moorlands
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!colspan=2 align=center bgcolor="#ff9999"|Staffordshire Moorlands District
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Image:StaffordshireMoorlands.png 100px|Staffordshire Moorlands''Shown within
Staffordshire''
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!colspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"|Geography
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|width="45%"|Status:||District
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Regions of England Region:||
West Midlands (region) West Midlands
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|Admin. County:||
Staffordshire
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Surface area Area:
- Total||
List of English districts by area Ranked 86th1 E8 m² 575.85 square kilometre km²
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|Admin. HQ:||
Leek, Staffordshire Leek
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ONS coding system ONS code:||41UH
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!colspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"|Demographics
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Population:
- Total (
2004 est.)
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Density.html">List of English districts by population
Ranked 236th94,300
164 / km²
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|Ethnicity:||99.2% White
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!colspan=2 bgcolor="#ff9999"|Politics
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Image:Arms-staff-moor.jpg 200px|Arms of Staffordshire Moorlands District CouncilStaffordshire Moorlands District Council
http://www.staffsmoorlands.gov.uk/
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Local_government_in_England#Councils_and_councillors Leadership:||Leader & Cabinet
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|Executive:||Residents +
Liberal Democrats (UK) Liberal Democrats + Independent
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MPs elected in the UK general election, 2005 MPs:||
Charlotte Atkins,
William Cash,
Joan Walley
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'''Staffordshire Moorlands''' is a
Non-metropolitan district local government district in
Staffordshire,
England. Its council,
Staffordshire Moorlands District Council, is based in
Leek, Staffordshire Leek and is located between the city of
Stoke-on-Trent and the
Peak District National Park.
Principal industries are agriculture, fashion and tourism. The area's three towns are
Leek, Staffordshire Leek,
Cheadle, Staffordshire Cheadle, and
Biddulph. Visitor attractions include the
National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty National Trust property
Biddulph Grange, the theme-park
Alton Towers, and the annual [http://www.leekartsfestival.org/ Leek Arts Festival]. There are also a variety of outdoor pursuits such as
rock climbing (
The Roaches),
sailing (
Rudyard Lake) and
cycling (
Waterhouses).
The terrain is, as is suggested by the regional name, mostly
Heath (habitat) moorland with
forests and
lakes stretching out across the vast plains. Some of the higher moorland has been largely abandoned for farming. In
the Roaches (a series of gritstone outcrops within the Peak Park) several
Wallaby Wallabies roamed free for many years. [http://www.beastwatch.co.uk/Staffordshire.htm#WALLABIES]
The district was formed on
April 1,
1974, under the
Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of the
urban districts of
Biddulph and Leek, along with
Cheadle Rural District and
Leek Rural District.
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Category:Local government in Staffordshire
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Category:Shire districts
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