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Caverswall Old Road enters the built up area of Forsbrook. Forsbrook, Blythe Bridge and Blythe Marsh were once separate hamlets but have nowadays fused to become effectively one settlement, all part of Forsbrook parish.

Cherry blossom brightens up this line of semi-detached houses on the west side of Chapel Street.

This small church was built in 1856 as a Primitive Methodist chapel on what was subsequently named Chapel Street. Primitive Methodism was first established in north Staffordshire in the early 19th century and the first chapel was built at Tunstall in 1812. This form of Methodism, whose followers believed their worship was closer the ways of John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, was to spread widely, notably to the USA and Australia. In 1932 the Primitive Methodists merged with the Wesleyan Methodist Church and the United Methodists to form the Methodist Church of Great Britain. Today this church in Forsbrook is linked with the larger former Wesleyan chapel in Blythe Bridge.

Both Blythe Bridge and Forsbrook together form Forsbrook Parish and over the years the two have fused, so it is not easy to determine exactly where one ends and the other begins. However, the green sign here close to the junction of Cheadle Road and Caverswall Old Road announces arrival in Forsbrook so the boundary is presumably somewhere in this immediate area.

Well Street leads off Chapel Street and the cottages appear to long pre-date most of the houses in the immediate area giving it a rather charming appearance perhaps because of, rather than despite, the lurid pink paint on one of the buildings.

These two shops are on Chapel Street close to its junction with Cheadle Road in the centre of Forsbrook. The barber shop is run by Amy Bagguley and sports the traditional barber's pole; next door is Forsbrook wine cellars - for 'discount alcohol, cigarettes, DVD rental and traditional sweets'.

This is the centre of Forsbrook with Roshni (an Indian restaurant), Codswallop (for fish and chips) and Lesley's Lunchbox (a sandwich shop) in view. The road through Forsbrook is the A521 which connects Blythe Bridge and Cheadle.

This colourful flowerbed is located where Blythe Mount Park leads off Cheadle Road in Blythe Bridge. The plaque states that planting was sponsored by the Care and Fun Club Day Nursery.

The Roebuck is one of two pubs in Forsbrook - the other is the Butcher's Arms. next door to the pub is Roshi, an Indian restaurant.

This small pond is tucked away near the end of Manifold Road and can be viewed from the footpath that runs around the school playing field.