Living in Longton

Longton keeps more bottle kilns than anywhere else in the city — the Gladstone Pottery Museum is the classic Potteries postcard — and its market hall has traded since 1863.

For buyers, Longton is the affordable route into the sought-after south of the city: you're one postcode from Trentham and Barlaston money at half the entry price.

Living there

The streets around Queen's Park — 45 acres of lakes and avenues — are the pick for families. Terraces near the town centre suit first-timers and investors; larger semis climb the hill towards Lightwood and Florence, where prices step up with the views.