Etruria & Hanley

Etruria & Hanley is a central ward defined by its industrial heritage and civic functions. The area encompasses the former Etruria Works, the site where Josiah Wedgwood perfected his creamware, a pivotal development in pottery manufacturing. Today, this history is interpreted at the Etruria Industrial Museum alongside the Trent and Mersey Canal. The ward includes large retail parks and the commercial core focused on Potteries Shopping Centre and Hanley's main business streets.

The landscape is a mix of redeveloped industrial land, residential streets, and key transport routes like the A500. The ward contains significant civic institutions including the main campus of Staffordshire University and the headquarters of Stoke-on-Trent City Council. Bethesda Street is a notable thoroughfare connecting the cultural venues around the city centre to the northern residential areas of the ward.