| Country: | England |
| Official Name: | Meir |
| Coordinates: | 52.9779°N -2.1051°W |
| Static Image Name: | Meir roundabout 1.jpg |
| Static Image Caption: | The A520 leading north, across the roundabout at Meir |
| Unitary England: | Stoke-on-Trent |
| Region: | West Midlands |
| Lieutenancy England: | Staffordshire |
| Constituency Westminster: | Stoke-on-Trent South |
| Post Town: | Stoke-on-Trent |
| Postcode Area: | ST |
| Postcode District: | ST3 |
| Dial Code: | 01782 |
| Os Grid Reference: | SJ927427 |
Meir is a suburb in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire situated between Lightwood and Longton.[1] [2] Meir Park estate extends from Meir uphill to the Meir Heath and Rough Close village hall, located in Meir Heath.
See main article: article and RAF Meir. Meir Aerodrome closed in the early 1970s[3] and the site has now become the Meir Park housing estate. The earlier parts have mainly aviation-associated street names. The last official flight was on 16 August 1973 when Fred Holdcroft flew a Piper Tri-Pacer carrying a Sentinel journalist to Manchester.[4] The last unofficial flight "a year or two" later by Eric Clutton was in a home-made folding machine called FRED (Flying Runabout Experimental Design) which the pilot towed home behind his car.[5] [6] The light planes used to be parked on the grass alongside the A50 road, opposite the Airport Garage, which remains. Staffordshire Potteries had a factory (now demolished) beside the aerodrome.
Meir is situated along the A50. At the centre sits the junction with the A520. Once a notorious traffic jam site, a tunnel was built in 1997 to take the A50 underneath. The twin tunnels were walled with ceramic panels which were reported to have cost about £1,000 each when they began to come loose through rusting of their attachments after a few years.
Meir was served by a railway station from 1894 to 1966.