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Kidsgrove
Kidsgrove is a town situated in the borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire and is located very close to the border with Cheshire. It is part of what is known as The Potteries, an urban area in Northern Staffordshire along with Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle-under-Lyme. The last census recorded 24,112 people living in Kidsgrove and the town is split between the Kidsgrove Ward and Ravenscliffe.
The town of Kidsgrove has a long association with the coal mining industry and this association is in evidence around the area even though all of the pits are now closed. Kidsgrove today functions as a major commuter town and is seen as quite an affluent area with many working in Manchester and Birmingham and returning to Kidsgrove each day. The Harecastle Tunnel that sits on the Trent and Mersey Canal is something of a local landmark and Kidsgrove also marks the southern extremity of the Macclesfield Canal. Kidsgrove is a place of folklore and myth; legend has it that a headless ghost haunts the tunnel, the ghost is rumoured to be that of a young woman who was murdered inside the tunnel.
Kidsgrove maintains excellent transport links thanks to the close roads and excellent railway links (the station was openend in 1848 as "Harecastle"). One of Kidsgove's claims to fame is that R. J. Mitchell, the designer of the Spitfire aircraft was born in Butt Lane village within the town itself. Kidsgroves location on the northern edge of the Newcastle borough makes it easy to get to and the town itself is packed with things to do and see, it is certainly worth a visit when you are visiting Staffordshire and the surrounding regions.
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