Transport and Infrastructure
Uttoxeter is on the main A50 trunk road. The town also has a railway station, Uttoxeter railway station which was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway on 2 October 1881, however, there were earlier stations opened by the North Staffordshire Railway.
The bus stop next to the station runs an hourly service to Cheadle, Stoke-on-Trent and Alton Towers. Buses to Stafford run every 2 hours; buses to Burton upon Trent run every hour.
At one time it was also the terminus of a branch of the Caldon Canal (aka the Uttoxeter Canal), although most signs of this, apart from an area of Uttoxeter called "The Wharf", have now disappeared—largely because much of the bed of the canal was used in the 19th century as the route of the North Staffordshire Railway main line from Uttoxeter to Macclesfield (which has now also disappeared).
The nearest airport from the town is East Midlands, which is around 29 miles away.
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