Newcastle Under Lyme, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Newcastle-under-Lyme is a market town in Staffordshire, England, with a commercial focus. The town has been a BID (Business Improvement District) from 2015, reiterated in 2021. Newcastle-Under-Lyme BID. This business-led vision of investment seeks "to build on… traditions by creating a safe, welcoming, forward thinking town for the whole community".

Economy Newcastle's 20th century industries include: iron-working, construction materials, clothing (especially military, police and transport uniforms), computers, publishing, electric motors and machinery.

Near the turn of the 20th and 21st centuries, the town received major redevelopment to incorporate a new street (Castle Walk) into the town centre, providing Newcastle with a new bus station and bringing in more companies. Various business centres in the town provide offices for companies that operate in the service sector.

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The Newcastle-under-Lyme District has a population of over 129,441 people. For the location of Newcastle Under Lyme see: Newcastle-under-Lyme.

Twin Towns - Sister Cities Newcastle Under Lyme has links with:

🇩🇪 Neuburg an der Donau, Germany 🇨🇭 Neuchâtel, Switzerland 🇫🇷 Neufchâteau, France 🇺🇸 New Castle, USA 🇺🇸 New Castle, USA 🇺🇸 New Castle, USA 🇿🇦 Newcastle, South Africa 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Newcastle upon Tyne, England 🇯🇵 Shinshiro, Japan
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  • Reginald Thelwall Longden |

    🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Architect/Interior/Furniture Designer Reginald Thelwall Longden is associated with Newcastle Under Lyme.

  • Joseph Emberton |

    🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Architect/Furniture Designer Joseph Emberton is associated with Newcastle Under Lyme. In the 1930s Emberton designed some iconic buildings of the Modern movement in Britain.

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