# Butt Lane

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Village in Staffordshire, England

Human settlement in England

Butt Lane Congleton Road, the main street of Butt Lane Butt Lane Location within Staffordshire OS grid reference SJ827544 Civil parish Kidsgrove District Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme Shire county Staffordshire Region West Midlands Country England Sovereign state United Kingdom Post town STOKE-ON-TRENT Postcode district ST7 Dialling code 01782 Police Staffordshire Fire Staffordshire Ambulance West Midlands UK Parliament Stoke-on-Trent North List of places UK England Staffordshire 53°05′12″N 2°15′32″W / 53.086598°N 2.25875°W / 53.086598; -2.25875

**Butt Lane** is a village in the [civil parish](/source/Civil_parish) of [Kidsgrove](/source/Kidsgrove), in the [Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme](/source/Borough_of_Newcastle-under-Lyme), in the county of [Staffordshire](/source/Staffordshire), England. The village borders on [Church Lawton](/source/Church_Lawton) in [Cheshire](/source/Cheshire). A [ward](/source/Butt_Lane_(ward)) of the borough is named after it. It is also close to the towns of [Alsager](/source/Alsager) and Kidsgrove.

## Amenities

Butt Lane is mostly a residential area with the neighbouring village of [Talke](/source/Talke) having most of the amenities for the local residents. As well as Kidsgrove, which is a short distance to the east.

## Transport

The village has regular bus services to Kidsgrove, [Crewe](/source/Crewe), [Biddulph](/source/Biddulph), [Congleton](/source/Congleton), [Stoke-on-Trent](/source/Stoke-on-Trent). [Alsager](/source/Alsager) and [Newcastle-under-Lyme](/source/Newcastle-under-Lyme).[1]

The nearest rail station is [Kidsgrove](/source/Kidsgrove_railway_station).

## Notable people

- [Reginald Mitchell](/source/R._J._Mitchell) CBE, FRAeS, (1895 in Congleton Road, Butt Lane – 1937 in Southampton) was the designer of the well-known World War II fighter aeroplane [Spitfire](/source/Supermarine_Spitfire), used by the Royal Air Force and their allies.[2]

- [Ada Nield Chew](/source/Ada_Nield_Chew) (1870 at White Hall Farm, Butt Lane – 1945 in Burnley) was a British suffragist.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Butt Lane – Bus Times"](https://bustimes.org/localities/butt-lane). *bustimes.org*. Retrieved 22 August 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Ritchie, Sebastian. ["Mitchell, Reginald Joseph (1895–1937)."](http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/35046) *Oxford Dictionary of National Biography,* Oxford University Press, September 2004. Retrieved: 21 August 2010.

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