Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent cover a lot of ground — literally and figuratively. From the moorland fringes of the Peak District in the north, to Cannock Chase’s ancient heathland in the south, to the network of rivers and canals that thread through the county, this is a landscape with real natural capital to protect and restore.
It’s also a region shaped by industry — ceramics in Stoke-on-Trent, coal and steel across the wider county — and by the transitions that industry has already been through. That history matters to how the Commission thinks about the future: this isn’t a blank canvas, but a place with existing skills, infrastructure and communities that any credible climate and nature plan needs to work with, not around.
The Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Local Nature Recovery Strategy is mapping where nature recovery can do the most good across this varied landscape, and the Commission’s members are drawing on that evidence to target action — from farmland and woodland to urban green space in our towns and cities.
Whatever corner of the county you work in, the landscape you’re starting from is part of the story. We’d love to hear how it shapes your work — drop us a line via our contact page.