Keele
Sign in to saveKeele is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England. It is approximately west of Newcastle-under-Lyme and is close to the village of Silverdale. It is best known as the location of Keele University.
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Place details
- Locality
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 3,953
- Timezone
- Europe/London
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.official_name
- Keele
- UK place.static_image_name
- St John the Baptist Church, Keele.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- St John the Baptist Church
- UK place.civil_parish
- Keele
- UK place.population
- 4,129
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 Census)
- UK place.shire_district
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- UK place.shire_county
- Staffordshire
- UK place.region
- West Midlands
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- UK place.post_town
- NEWCASTLE
- UK place.postcode_district
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Population
- +3672
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Official website
- www.newcastle-staffs.gov.uk
- Image
- St John the Baptist Keele 2222.jpg
via Wikidata · CC0
Article
11 sectionsContents
- History
- The Knights Templars and Knights Hospitallers
- Keele Estate and the Sneyd family
- University
- Transport
- Climate
- Notable people
- Gallery
- See also
- References
- External links
Keele is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England. It is approximately west of Newcastle-under-Lyme and is close to the village of Silverdale. It is best known as the location of Keele University.
The village is located in the Keele ward of the borough, with its name drawing from the old Anglo-Saxon Cȳ-hyll, meaning "Cow-hill". The 2001 census gave the parish a population of 3,664, increasing to 4,129 at the 2011 census. Most of the population were university students at one of its halls of residence, Hawthorns, which has since been sold for land redevelopment; it was located in the heart of the village.