Longton

31/05/2026

17/05/2026

You may have spotted the brand new signage outside the Longton Exchange Management Suite recently......

We’re excited to announce that the new Tourist Information Point at Longton Exchange will officially launch on Monday 25th May!

The new information point will help both visitors and local people discover more of what Longton, Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire has to offer, from local attractions and heritage, to events, shopping, food & drink and community activities.

We’re also incredibly proud to now be home to the only Tourist Information Point in the city ❤️

If you’re a local business, attraction, venue or organisation and would like your leaflets, brochures or visitor information displayed within our new space, please send us a message, we’d love to help showcase what our area has to offer.

25/04/2026

20/04/2026

Join us for the Longton Carnival and Pig Walk Parade 2026
📅 Sunday 26 April 🕙 10am to 4pm

Parade Costume, Puppetry & Movement
Shademakers UK are world-leaders in large scale ‘kinetic costumes’. They have performed in the Queen’s Jubilee parade and London Olympics 2012 opening ceremony. They are based on the Isle of Wight.
They designed and made Jolly the Pig for Longton and they’re back this year with their incredible costumes.

📸 Andrew Billington

Please visit our website for the full programme
🌐 https://www.pig-walk.com/programme

05/04/2026

- Households across England are set to benefit from clear new rules on sorting their recycling and waste – which come into force today (Tuesday 31 March 2026) – ending years of confusion over what goes in which bin and enabling consistent, streamlined collections. 

05/04/2026

24/03/2026

Fire Crews are on King Street Longton dealing with a fire. Please keep windows and doors closed in the local area.

09/03/2026

🌟 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗼𝗻’𝘀 𝗕𝗶𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗨𝗞 𝗧𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟴! 🌟

Longton has an incredible story to tell – and now we have a chance to share it with the whole country.

Urban Wilderness CIC is leading a bid for Longton to become 𝗨𝗞 𝗧𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟴. If successful, the winning town will receive £𝟯 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 to deliver a major cultural programme, celebrating our heritage, creativity and community.

This could bring huge benefits to Longton – attracting visitors, investors and new opportunities for local businesses while creating exciting events and activities for residents.

But to make the strongest possible bid, we need 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲.

📝 Please take a few minutes to complete the online survey and share your stories about Longton – what makes our town special, what culture means to you, and what you’d love to see happen here in the future.

Your ideas will help shape the bid and show why Longton deserves to be the UK’s Town of Culture.

👉 Complete the survey here: https://urbanwildernesscic.com/longton-28

Please 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲, 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗮𝗴 friends so we can hear from as many people as possible. Together we can show the pride, creativity and community spirit that makes Longton such a special place. ❤️

📷 credit: Urban Wilderness CIC

07/03/2026

🌱 One week to go…

In just 7 days, Longton Exchange will be kicking off Longton’s Big Spring Clean. as part of the Great British Spring Clean.

The aim?
To tackle as many areas across Longton as we can and do something positive for our town.

You don’t need to bring anything, we’ll provide litter pickers, bags, gloves and hi-vis. Just turn up and lend a hand.

📍 Longton Exchange Management Office
⏰ Meet each day at 9:45am (13–29 March)

Even an hour can make a difference 💚

We’d love to see you there.