Liverpool Road Halt railway station was a railway station located in the north of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England. It was opened in 1905 by the North Staffordshire Railway in connection with the introduction of railmotor services. The station had two short wooden platforms and was accessed via steps leading down from an overbridge on Liverpool Road, which now forms part of the A34.
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Brampton Halt railway station was a railway station located in the Brampton area of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England. It was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway in 1905 but was short-lived, closing in April 1923, just prior to the amalgamation of the NSR into the London, Midland & Scottish Railway.
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St John Fisher Catholic College is a mixed secondary school and sixth form located in Newcastle-under-Lyme in the English county of Staffordshire. The school is named after Saint John Fisher, a Roman Catholic bishop and theologian who was executed by order of Henry VIII during the English Reformation
The school was originally named after the Blessed Thomas Maxfield and changed to St John Fisher in 1980.
Previously a voluntary aided school administered by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Birmingham and Staffordshire County Council, St John Fisher Catholic College converted to academy status in April 2014. The school is now part of Christ the King Catholic Collegiate, a Multi Academy Company, administered by the Archdiocese of Birmingham.
St John Fisher Catholic College offers GCSEs as well as BTECS as programmes of study for pupils, while students in the sixth form have the option to study from a range of A-levels and BTECs. The sixth form provision is offered as the Trinity Sixth Form, a collaboration between St John Fisher Catholic College, St Margaret Ward Catholic Academy, and St Thomas More Catholic Academy.
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Newcastle College is further education college in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England.
Providing a wide range of academic, vocational and apprenticeship qualifications from entry to degree level, along with the support services to help learners achieve their goals. The College has grown significantly over the past 10 years and is currently home to a population of over 8,000 students studying full-time, part-time, higher education and apprenticeship programmes.
In January 2010, the College, based on Knutton Lane, Newcastle-under-Lyme, opened its new £65 million campus. Included on campus is a Sports Centre, Skills and Technology Centre, University Centre and Lego® Education Innovation Studio. In 2014, a purpose built £5.5 million Performing Arts Centre was built alongside the main campus.
In 2016, Newcastle Under-Lyme College and Stafford College merged to form Newcastle and Stafford Colleges Group, and in 2019 the newly formed group became the first college in England to be rated Outstanding by Ofsted in every performance criteria of the reformed Education Inspection Framework.
Newcastle College offers higher education courses in partnership with Staffordshire University. Subjects offered at HNC/HND and Foundation Degree-level are increasing and current information can be obtained from the College or its website. Currently, higher education courses include subjects such as: Business. Fashion, Computing, Performing Arts, Music, Early Childhood Studies/Education, Engineering, Health & Social Care, Digital Content Creation, Travel and Tourism, Sport and Public Services.
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The Unitarian Meeting House is a Unitarian chapel on Lower Street in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England. The building, dating from 1717, is thought to be the earliest surviving nonconformist chapel in north Staffordshire. It is Grade II listed.
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Cross Heath is a suburb of Newcastle-under-Lyme that is located alongside the A34 road. It is a ward in the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme. According to the 2001 Census it had a population of 6,159, reducing to 5,887 at the 2011 Census.
Unlike most of the other halts on the line it survived until the withdrawal of passenger services in 1964. Although the platforms are long gone, the trackbed can still be followed.
Present day
The site of the halt now occupied by a pedestrian underpass.
Further reading
Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (2014). Branch Lines around Market Drayton. West Sussex: Middleton Press. fig. 72. ISBN 9781908174673. OCLC 913791564.