Staffordshire

Staffordshire (abbreviated Staffs) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Stafford. Part of the National Forest lies within its borders. It adjoins the ceremonial counties of Cheshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Warwickshire, West Midlands county, Worcestershire, and Shropshire.
The largest city in ceremonial Staffordshire is Stoke-on-Trent. Lichfield also has city status, though is considerably smaller. Major towns include Burton upon Trent, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Cannock, Tamworth, and Stafford itself.
=== Places, projects and networks ===
:*Sustainable Staffordshire
:*Stafford Borough Local Agenda 21
=== Topic links ===
Low carbon communities UK
*Whittington & Fisherwick Environment Group
Transition towns UK
*Transition Town Leek
*Transition Town Stafford
Waterways in the United Kingdom
Staffordshire has an extensive network of canals including the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal, Caldon Canal, Coventry Canal, Shropshire Union Canal and Trent and Mersey Canal.
=== Related topics ===
*New Start editorial January 18 2006
=== External links ===
* Staffordshire County Council
Category:West Midlands (region)