42-660: Kidsgrove is a town in the borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme , Staffordshire , England, on the Cheshire border. It is part of the Potteries Urban Area , along with Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle-under-Lyme . It has a population of 26,276 (2019 census). Most of the town is in the Kidsgrove ward, whilst the western part is in Ravenscliffe . From the 18th century, Kidsgrove grew around coal mining , although
84-644: A bonfire night and fireworks at Clough Hall Park and during December they can be seen on the streets of Kidsgrove with their Santa float, collecting for local good causes. In April 2012 RCK were also announced as the Rotary International in Britain and Ireland winners of the Club Online Presence Award. This was the first time the award has been presented and recognises the achievements the group have made through their website and
126-820: A community based radio station. The Sentinel is the town's local newspaper. Kidsgrove is home to the 1st Kidsgrove Scout Group in the district of Potteries North and were established in 1910. The group has undertaken regular tours to the DCA World Championships in the US. Kidsgrove is situated in North West Staffordshire on the Cheshire border and is part of the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme. The Wards of Kidsgrove & Ravenscliffe, Butt Lane & Talke and Newchapel & Mow Cop are in
168-500: A two-year deal for seasons 2019-20 and 2020-21 had been agreed with new sponsor BetVictor . This sponsorship agreement with BetVictor was subsequently terminated early in April 2020 with a replacement, Entain 's Pitching In, announced as the next sponsor for 2020–21. At the time of announcement, Entain went by its former name GVC Holdings. Under this partnership, the NPL is marketed as one of
210-475: A variety of social media avenues in the year. Newcastle-under-Lyme (borough) The Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme is a local government district with borough status in Staffordshire , England. It is named after the town of Newcastle-under-Lyme , where the council is based. The borough also includes the town of Kidsgrove and several villages and surrounding rural areas lying generally to
252-676: A young woman who was murdered inside the tunnel. She is referred to as the "Kidsgrove Boggart" . R.J. Mitchell , the designer of the Spitfire fighter aircraft, was born in Butt Lane, Kidsgrove. Kidsgrove was made an urban district in 1904 with the abolition of the Wolstanton Rural District , including the parishes of Kidsgrove and Newchapel . Talke , previously part of the Audley Urban District ,
294-487: Is close to the Cheshire - Staffordshire border, local news and television programmes are provided by BBC North West and ITV Granada that broadcast from Salford taking television signals being received from the Winter Hill TV transmitter. Local radio stations are BBC Radio Stoke , Hits Radio Staffordshire & Cheshire , Greatest Hits Radio Staffordshire & Cheshire , 6 Towns Radio and HitMix Radio ,
336-482: The 2022 election and a subsequent change of allegiance in November 2023, the composition of the council was: The next election is due in 2026. Since the last boundary changes in 2018 the council has comprised 44 councillors representing 21 wards , with each ward electing one, two or three councillors. Elections are held every four years. The wards are: The council is based at Castle House on Barracks Road in
378-614: The English football league system , and with the then-Conference's addition of regional divisions in 2004 the NPL was demoted by a further tier and there are now two levels between it and the English Football League. From 1992–93 to 1994–95 the league's Division One included two non-English clubs, Caernarfon Town from Wales and Gretna from Scotland , who later joined their countries' league systems. Colwyn Bay , Bangor City , Newtown , and Rhyl have also played in
420-614: The Freedom of the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme. 53°00′40″N 2°13′44″W / 53.011°N 2.229°W / 53.011; -2.229 Northern Premier League The Northern Premier League is an English football league that was founded in 1968. Together with the Isthmian League and the Southern League it forms levels seven and eight of the English football league system . Geographically,
462-798: The National League along with the winners of a playoff between the second to fifth place clubs. Theoretically, clubs from the NPL could be promoted into either of the National League's two regional divisions, but the geographical footprint of the NPL has never overlapped with that of the National League South , so (as of 2015) all promoted NPL clubs have been placed in the National League North . The bottom three teams are usually relegated to Division One North West or South East, but NPL Premier Division clubs in
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#1732790740394504-797: The Stoke-on-Trent North Parliamentary Constituency represented by Jonathan Gullis and whilst parts of Mow Cop currently sit within Staffordshire Moorlands Parliamentary Constituency, whose M.P. is Karen Bradley , the area would move into Stoke-on-Trent North under the Boundary Review currently underway. Kidsgrove has a Town Council of twenty members, separated into four Wards, Talke and Butt Lane, Kidsgrove Central & Ravenscliffe, Hardings Wood and Newchapel & Mow Cop. Kidsgrove Town Council
546-451: The Winter Hill TV transmitter. Radio stations for the area are BBC Radio Stoke , Hits Radio Staffordshire & Cheshire , Greatest Hits Radio Staffordshire & Cheshire , 6 Towns Radio and HitMix Radio , a community based station that broadcast from Newcastle-under-Lyme . The Sentinel is the local newspaper that covers the area. An area roughly corresponding to the pre-1974 municipal borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme (less
588-564: The FA restructured the non-League football pyramid and created Division One East, West, and Midlands. Successful teams at the top of the NPL Premier Division are promoted to level 6 of the pyramid (either National League North or National League South ), and at the bottom end of the competition, teams are relegated down to level 9, where several regional feeder leagues promote clubs into the league. The Northern Premier League (NPL)
630-611: The NLS, the NPL's additional division was created in 2021 instead. Owing to title sponsorship deals, the league has been billed under various names, including a sixteen-year spell as the Unibond League, the longest such deal in world football. When this deal ended in 2010, a new deal was announced which saw the competition billed as the Evo-Stik League until the 2017–18 season. The League announced on 8 July 2019 that
672-527: The centre of Newcastle-under-Lyme. In terms of television, the area is served by BBC West Midlands and ITV Central broadcasting from Birmingham . Television signals are received the Sutton Coldfield TV transmitter and the Fenton relay transmitter. However, Kidsgrove is served by BBC North West and ITV Granada , broadcast from Salford . Television signals in the town are received from
714-921: The centre of Newcastle. The building was purpose-built for the council as a shared facility with Staffordshire County Council and the police, and opened in 2018. Prior to that the council was based at the Civic Offices on Merrial Street which had been completed in 1967 for the old borough council. In the 2001 census, the borough was recorded as having a population of 122,030 with 51.5% being female. In terms of religious affiliation, 78.5% identified themselves as Christian , 13.1% having no religion, 0.5% Muslim , 0.2% Hindu or other and 0.1% stating Jewish or Sikh . In terms of economic occupation, 61.2% were classed as economically active, with 22.6% working in manufacturing , 18.5% in wholesale or retail , 11.6% in health / social work , and 11.6% in financial and other business related activities. Newcastle-under-Lyme
756-466: The chair of the council to take the title of mayor, continuing Newcastle's series of mayors dating back to 1318. Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council provides district-level services. County-level services are provided by Staffordshire County Council . Parts of the borough are also covered by civil parishes , which form a third tier of local government. The council has been under Conservative majority control since 2021. The first elections to
798-513: The enlarged borough council were held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities until the new arrangements came into effect on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council since 1974 has been as follows: The role of mayor is largely ceremonial in Newcastle-under-Lyme, with political leadership provided instead by the leader of the council . The leaders since 1974 have been: Following
840-663: The first round of Qualification. The league currently runs one cup competition, with all member clubs competing in the League Challenge Cup. In the past, the league has run other competitions, such as the Chairman's Cup, the President's Cup and the Peter Swales Shield. The 2019–20 season was terminated on 26 March 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic ; the teams listed here were in first place in
882-525: The league covers all of Northern England and the northern, central areas of the Midlands , and western parts of East Anglia. Originally a single-division competition, a second division was added in 1987 : Division One , and in 2007 a third was added when Division One split into two geographic sections - Division One North and Division One South. In 2018 Division One was re-aligned as East and West Divisions, then North West and South East in 2019. In 2021,
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#1732790740394924-537: The league. In 2018, the NPL's member clubs voted 37–27, with one abstention and three clubs' absence, to split Step 4 (level 8) divisions from east to west starting from the 2018–19 season, and one year later, the league published its successful bid to add another division at Step 4 initially in 2020, further altering Division One into northwest and southeast for travel reasons. After the Football Association (FA) deferred its implementation of changes to
966-538: The level of the NPL from Northern England , the National League System (NLS) Committee can order one or more of the NPL's southernmost clubs to transfer to the Southern League (or vice versa) to maintain numerical balance between the leagues. Division One North West and South East teams receive a bye to the preliminary round of FA Cup Qualification. Premier Division teams receive a bye to
1008-538: The main town), and supermarkets (Tesco, Lidl, Aldi). Market Street has a Home Bargains, smaller shops and many fast food restaurants. Schools include The King's Church of England Academy , Kidsgrove Secondary School known more locally as Maryhill High School, Kidsgrove Primary School known more locally as Maryhill Primary School, St John's Catholic School and others. The town used to house the English Electric site on West Avenue, Nelson Industrial Estate. Over
1050-634: The most southerly locales could be relegated to the Southern League Division One Central. From the 2019–20 season, Division One North West and South East have 20 clubs each. In each division, the champions are promoted to the Premier Division, along with the winners of a divisional playoff. The bottom two clubs in each division are relegated to one of the feeder leagues below provided there are enough suitable promotion candidates from those leagues. The champions of
1092-742: The next two decades, the NPL successfully displaced its older rival to become the pre-eminent regional competition in Northern England, with the Northern League eventually forced to accept status as feeder league to the NPL. In 1979, upon the creation of the Alliance Premier League (which later became the Conference and is now the National League), the NPL became a feeder league and fell down one level in
1134-409: The parish of Silverdale, created in 2002) is an unparished area ; over half the borough's population live in this area. The rest of the borough is divided into eleven civil parishes . The parish council for Kidsgrove has declared that parish to be a town, allowing it to take the style "town council". The parishes are: The following people, military units and organisations and groups have received
1176-606: The pits have now closed. Clough Hall Mansion in the town is now demolished. The engineer James Brindley cut the first Harecastle Tunnel on the Trent and Mersey Canal near the town; Thomas Telford cut the second. Kidsgrove also marks the southern extremity of the Macclesfield Canal . There is a legend regarding a headless ghost that is said to haunt the Harecastle Tunnel. The ghost is said to be that of
1218-648: The railway connects Kidsgrove railway station with Crewe , Manchester and Stoke-on-Trent . The Trent and Mersey Canal runs through the town. Kidsgrove is also home to a portion of the A50 road and is very close to the A34 and the A500 . Kidsgrove Athletic F.C. play in the Northern Premier League Division One West. Kidsgrove has a rugby club and a cricket club . Since the town
1260-476: The same time also absorbed the parish of Clayton from Newcastle-under-Lyme Rural District . The modern district was created on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 covering three former districts, which were all abolished at the same time: The new district was named Newcastle-under-Lyme after its largest town. The district was granted borough status from its creation, allowing
1302-595: The same year, the Rotary Club of Kidsgrove (RCK) has been active within the community whether fundraising, volunteering or helping out local projects for over 50 years. The club is also part of District 1210 within Rotary International in Britain and Ireland. Originally meeting in the Masonic Hall and Institute in the town, the group now gets together at the Red Bull , Church Lawton . During November RCK hold
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1344-408: The standings at the time of the termination, but were not recognised as champions. The 2020–21 season was also terminated on 24 February 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic; the teams listed here were in first place in the standings at the time of the termination, but were not recognised as champions. Since the league's formation in 1968, the following clubs have won promotion to higher levels of
1386-419: The three Trident Leagues, alongside its Isthmian and Southern counterparts. Since 2021, the NPL has had four divisions: the Premier Division, Division One Midlands, Division One West and Division One East. Prior to 2007 there was just a single Division One, and from 2018 to 2021 Division One was arranged on a north-south, then east-west basis. The Premier Division has 22 clubs, with the champions promoted to
1428-857: The three feeder leagues covering the NPL area are promoted each season. These are the Northern League , the Northern Counties East League , and the North West Counties League . Clubs in the northern extremities of the Midland League and the United Counties League may also be promoted to the Northern Premier League. Should there be an unusually large or small number of clubs relegated to and/or promoted to
1470-470: The west of Newcastle itself. Most of the borough's built-up areas form part of The Potteries Urban Area . The neighbouring districts are Staffordshire Moorlands , Stoke-on-Trent , Stafford , Shropshire and Cheshire East . The town of Newcastle-under-Lyme was an ancient borough , established in the 12th century. It is known to have been granted a charter (since lost) around 1173 by Henry II . The earliest surviving charter dates from 1235. The borough
1512-407: The years it went through various name changes: GEC, CEGELEC, Alstom, Converteam before finally General Electric. GE closed the Kidsgrove site in 2016 and the last remaining original building has since been demolished, leaving only the recently erected warehouse which is now under use of another company. The First Potteries Bus Route numbers 7/7A, 3 and 4A buses each have terminuses in Kidsgrove, and
1554-560: Was added in 1932. Kidsgrove is served by Kidsgrove railway station which was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway on 9 October 1848 as Harecastle , later becoming Kidsgrove Central . This railway station is still open as a junction (now Kidsgrove ). However, there were two other stations on the closed loop line namely Kidsgrove Liverpool Road , opened 15 November 1875 and Market Street Halt , opened 1 July 1909. In 1975, kidnapping victim Lesley Whittle
1596-537: Was chosen for the campus of University College of North Staffordshire, established in 1949 at Keele Hall in the village of Keele , two miles from the town centre, and which was granted full university status as Keele University in 1962. Keele University Medical School is based in the grounds of the University Hospital of North Staffordshire at Hartshill in Stoke-on-Trent , about a mile from
1638-651: Was created in 1974 when Kidsgrove Urban District Council was abolished when the area was absorbed by Newcastle Under Lyme Borough Council under the Local Government Act 1972. Kidsgrove has a mayor who is elected by the Town Council every 12 months. This position is mainly a civic role, and the Mayor acts as an ambassador for Kidsgrove. Kidsgrove Town Council is based at Kidsgrove Town Hall . Founded on 15 January 1969 and presented with its charter on 2 July
1680-612: Was formally incorporated in 1590 under a new charter from Elizabeth I . The borough was reformed in 1836 to become a municipal borough under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835 , which reformed many boroughs across the country. The municipal borough was enlarged several times, notably in 1932 when it took in what had been the Wolstanton United Urban District , covering the parishes of Chesterton, Silverdale and Wolstanton , and at
1722-493: Was founded in 1968 , as the northern equivalent of the Southern League , decades after the other two leagues at what is now the seventh tier of the English football league system , the Isthmian League and the Southern League. At that time they were the highest level non-League division below the English Football League , the same level as the other league in Northern England, the Northern League . Over
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1764-466: Was kept in Bathpool Park , south of Kidsgrove, in an air ventilation shaft from a disused coal mine. She was kept in the shaft for several weeks, with a noose around her neck, and was hanged. Donald Neilson , the killer known as the "Black Panther," was later convicted of murdering her after repeated delays in getting the ransom. The town has a library, post office, health centre (just outside of
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