Sneyd Green, featuring one of North Staffordshire's most attractive and popular parks, is just over a mile from the city centre and is, therefore, ideal for anyone hoping to live close to the employment, shopping and leisure heart of the Potteries.
Its location just a stone's throw from Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent's centre, means that Sneyd Green itself only boasts a small business community.
However, there is a doctor's surgery, a chemist and a dentist's surgery together with a post office, a traditional butcher, a barber's shop, women's hairdresser and a chiropodist.
A handy convenience store is available for life's essentials and there is a shop making and selling oatcakes - a traditional North Staffordshire favourite.
An unusual addition to the local shopping scene is a sports memorabilia and trophy shop recently opened by well known darts World Champion Phil "The Power" Taylor.
The Chell Street area of Sneyd Green is dominated by Central Forest Park. The park is a great example of regeneration work, having been created in the early 1970s from three huge coal spoil heaps.
The land which became the park used to be blighted with deep mine shafts, decaying buildings, disused railways and water-filled marl pits.
The reclamation work, which created a pleasant lake and parkland area, led to the city council winning national conservation awards.
Sneyd Green has two primary schools, Sneyd Green Primary and Holden Lane Primary, and a large secondary school, Holden Lane High.
The high school, in common with the vast majority in the city, does not have its own sixth form, but the area is served by the Stoke-on-Trent Sixth Form College, at Fenton Manor, and Stoke-on-Trent College, which has sites at Shelton and Burslem.
Sneyd Green has two churches, St Andrew's Church of England and the Wesley Hall Methodist.
Property in Sneyd Green
pic: Terraced housing in Sneyd Green
The area has a population of around 7,200 people. Information from the 2001 census reveals an upbeat property picture as Sneyd Green has a significantly below average number of residents in terraced homes and is typified by privately owned semi-detached houses.
The area also has pockets of semi-detached council housing, some of which has been purchased under the right-to-buy legislation.
A row of council owned elderly people's bungalows sits in a prominent position on Chell Street with an excellent view over Central Forest Park.
A range of modern detached homes has been built just around the corner in Birches Head.
Residents of Sneyd Green enjoy a higher standard of living and earn more money than the average Stoke-on-Trent resident, while the crime rate is below average, according to Staffordshire Police.
The area is ideal for environmentally aware commuters as the city centre can easily be reached on foot or by bike as can the nearby town of Burslem and several small employment parks.
Festival Park, which has several large out of town shops, an office village, an entertainment area, a marina and a prestigious hotel, is also nearby.
Living Here
Transport:
Trains: Stoke-on-Trent has a large railway station with direct links to London and Manchester and cross country trains to Crewe and Derby.
Small stations at Longport and Kidsgrove are also available.
Buses: Hanley Road, Sneyd Green, is on a main route.
The number Six First Bus service links the area with Kidsgrove in the north and Meir in the south, via the city centre.
The 6A service takes passengers to Biddulph, and the 18 service travels from Hanley via Sneyd Green to Endon and Leek.
Roads: Sneyd Green centres around two major roads, Hanley Road, which runs from the city centre to Chell, near Tunstall, and Leek New Road, connecting the city centre with Leek.
Stoke-on-Trent is served by two junctions onto the M6, providing motorway links with Manchester, Birmingham and beyond.
The city has two major urban dual carriageways, the A500, linking the motorway junctions, and the A50 which runs from Stoke-on-Trent to Derby and the M1.
Air: Manchester, Liverpool John Lennon, East Midlands and Birmingham airports are all within an 80 minute drive.
Eating and drinking:
Sneyd Green itself is limited by its size but there are a few local options.
The Sneyd Arms, on Hanley Road, is a popular pub with a good trade in food. It was completely refurbished in 2005 and is a pleasant venue for a meal, entertainment, pub games and for watching televised sporting events.
Other pubs include The Berwick and the Holden Bridge, and there is a workingmen's club on Ralph Drive.
And with Stoke-on-Trent city centre on the doorstep, residents are spoilt for choice with pubs, clubs and a range of restaurants featuring cuisine from across the globe.
Sports and leisure:
Burslem Golf Club is nearby and Forest Park is ideal for runners, off-road cyclists and walkers.
Sports facilities are available to hire at Sneyd Green Primary School, including dance, keep fit, football and table tennis.
Stoke-on-Trent City Council provides several local football pitches and the council-run Dimensions leisure centre and fun pool is in nearby Burslem.
The Trent Club, Birches Head Road, Abbey Hulton, has sports facilities including squash courts, and the regional athletics centre at Northwood Stadium is a short walk away.
Anglers are served by Holden Lane Pools and Stoke-on-Trent has two professional football clubs, Stoke City and Port Vale.
Entertainment (city of Stoke-on-Trent):
Stoke-on-Trent's city centre of Hanley boasts one of the country's finest regional theatres, The Regent, featuring many post-West End shows, the Glyndebourne Opera and a star-studded annual pantomime.
It is run by the Ambassador Theatre Group, as is the adjacent Victoria Hall, a concert venue famous for its excellent acoustics.
The New Vic Theatre, a unique theatre in the round, is in nearby Basford and The Queen's Theatre is also close at hand in Burslem.
The Potteries Museum, Bethesda Street, Hanley, hosts the world's finest display of Staffordshire ceramics, a popular Spitfire exhibit and a large social history section.
The Ceramica Millennium Project in Burslem Town Hall gives another view on Potteries' history, featuring interactive exhibits, while the award winning Gladstone Pottery Museum, Longton, is a hands-on experience where people can have a go at throwing a pot or painting china flowers.
Festival Park, close to the city centre, has a multiplex cinema, bowling alley, dry ski slope - featuring a rollercoaster toboggan ride - and Waterworld, the country's most popular indoor water park.
Parks and open spaces:
Stoke-on-Trent boasts one of the highest levels of green space per head of population in Europe thanks to a major reclamation programme in the 1970s.
Central Forest Park is a pleasant lake and parkland area. Now a new phase of regeneration is underway, funded through the national Greening for Growth project.
A state of the art skateboard park has recently been added, attracting visitors from throughout the UK. There's also a well equipped play area with safety surfacing and a climbing wall.
The Sneyd Green entrance to the park was revamped in 2006 and a new entrance plaza is being built at the southern most point of the park, close to the Potteries Shopping Centre and the city centre.
This will feature a 6.5 metre high stainless steel tree sculpture, chosen by local people in an art competition.
The area also boasts a second beauty spot, Holden Lane Pools, situated close to the A53 Leek New Road.
This is a designated Local Nature Reserve covering around eight and a half hectares. The pools are popular with anglers and the marshy reed beds on the site are a haven for wildlife.