Hanley
The city centre — shops, culture and the best-connected postcode in the Potteries.
Burslem
The Mother Town — pottery heritage, handsome architecture and serious value.
Tunstall
The northern gateway — affordable family homes with the moors on the doorstep.
Longton
Pottery skylines and the city's best-value family semis, next door to Trentham.
Fenton
The forgotten town no longer — central, connected and quietly climbing.
Stoke (town)
The station quarter — rail links, the university and a proper old town centre.
Newcastle-under-Lyme
The market town next door — a proper high street, good schools and leafy suburbs.
Trentham
The south's premier address — the Gardens, the lakes and the city's strongest prices.
Hartshill
The hospital quarter — period terraces, professionals and ten-minute everything.
Penkhull
The village on the hill — conservation-area character above the city.
Meir & Meir Park
Two markets in one — honest terraced value and modern family estates by the A50.
Blurton
Green edges and growing appeal between Trentham and Longton.