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The
Staffordshire Potteries' is a
commonly used term for the industrial area of
the six towns of Burslem,
Tunstall, Hanley, Stoke, Fenton and Longton that now make up Stoke on Trent.
Due to the locally found clay, coal, lead and salt it turned into the hub of
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Burleigh
The last working Victorian Pottery in
England. Makers of fine English earthenware since 1851.
We make a unique product from our 19th century Victorian pottery.
A 200 year old decorating process of underglaze transfer printing.
Famous for Blue and White China.
Burgess Dorling & Leigh Ltd
Middleport Pottery, Port Street, Burslem,
Stoke-on-Trent, ST6 3PE
Tel: +44 (0)1782 577866
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Emma Bridgewater
Ltd. A working factory producing handmade and hand-decorated pottery.
Factory shop sells seconds and discontinued pieces. Also has a Pottery Café |
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Trentham - Now Open
at Trentham is a large site has many things happening at the same time;
gardens, woodlands, a monkey forest, shops and places to eat and drink.
Unit 6, Trentham Retail
Village, Stoke-on-Trent ST4 8AX
Mon – Sat 10am-6pm
Sunday 10am-5pm
01782 644865
and at
Stoke-on-Trent
Lichfield Street,Stoke
on Trent ST1 3EJ
Factory Outlet 01782 201328
Pottery Café 01782 269682
Mon – Sat 9.30am-5.30pm
Sun 11am-4pm |
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Gladstone Pottery Museum
The story of the
Potteries, all wrapped up in one unique museum.
Stoke-on-Trent is world famous
for its pottery and no visit to the city would be complete without experiencing
this unique Museum. Discover how bone china tableware was made in the original
workshops and giant bottle kilns of the former Gladstone China Works, now
preserved as the last complete Victorian Pottery factory in the country.
Gladstone was not a famous pottery, however it was typical of hundreds of
similar factories in the area making everyday ceramic items for the mass market.
Experience for yourself what conditions were like for the men, women and
children who worked at the centre of the world's pottery industry.
Gladstone Pottery Museum,
Uttoxeter Road, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, ST3 1PQ
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Spode
Visit the birthplace of
Fine Bone China. A leisure and heritage experience
right in the heart of the potteries. A visit to Spode is much more than an
opportunity to see and appreciate the fascinating processes and time-honoured
craftsmanship that create works of outstanding beauty.
Guided
tour. Shopping, Museum
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Moorcroft
Heritage Visitor Centre
offers a Grade II Listed Bottle Oven, a Museum with
wonderful pieces of Moorcroft. You
can book a guided Moorcroft Factory Tour. The unique hand-made
process remains almost the same today as it has done for over 100 years.
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Wedgwood Visitor Centre
Our factory tours are, we
believe, among the best in the world and they offer an unparalleled opportunity
to see the world famous Wedgwood production facility at close quarters and in
its full detail. And,
having seen how we make our products, you can have a go at making them yourself
on either the potter's wheel or with paint and brush. What you make we can
finish and post to your home as a unique souvenir of your visit.
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The
Dudson Museum is housed
in a bottle oven in the original factory courtyard. One of
the original Dudson factories has now been transformed into a new centre for
local voluntary services.
There is a souvenir shop and cafe and access for disabled persons to the
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Gardens: |
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Consall Gardens Fifty years of amazing vision
and careful planning have created Consall Hall Landscape Gardens, which includes
six lakes, various follies, summer houses, packhorse bridges and much more.
Wetley Rocks, Stoke on Trent
Tel:
01782 551947
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Biddulph Grange Garden,
Grange Road, Biddulph, Staffordshire ST8 7SD
Nat Trust
A rare and exciting survival of a high Victorian garden.
Tunnels and
pathways lead the visitor on a miniature tour of the world.
Rare and exotic planting and architecture: from an Egyptian court, to
elegant Italian terraces. Unique oriental pagoda
garden with its own Great Wall of China.
Victorian
eccentricities: an upside down tree and strange stone sculptures.
There are many steps throughout the garden, tea-room, WCs and buildings
Tel: 01782 517999Photo:
The Cheshire Cottage at Biddulph Grange Garden, Staffordshire. The cottage is in
fact a facade with external battens as the timbers and the initials J & MB
commemorate James and Maria Bateman who designed the garden in the
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The Dorothy Clive
Garden
is intimate and informal.
It embraces a variety of landscape features, including a superb woodland garden,
an alpine scree, gravel garden and many fine mixed borders.
It is on the A51 road, midway between Nantwich and Stone, 2½ miles from the
village of Woore.
From the M6 motorway, exit at
Junction 15, take the A53, then A51
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Railways: |
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Foxfield Railway Relax & experience the
nostalgia of this unique heritage railway, winding you gently on a 5 1/2 mile
round steam journey over ever changing gradients and through beautiful
picturesque North Staffordshire countryside.
Afterwards relax in the
ambiance of our tea-room for lunch or a quick snack or if you prefer our station
bar 'The One Legged Shunter' specialising in a selection of locally brewed 'real
ales'!
Foxfield Railway,
Caverswall Road, Blythe Bridge, ST119BG
Tel:
01782 396210 or 01782 643507 |
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Churnet
Valley Railway 10 mile return steam train journey
through the picturesque Churnet Valley between Cheddleton and Froghall.
Station Road, Cheddleton, Nr Leek
Tel: 01538 360522 |
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Croxden Abbey Founded in 1176 by Bertram de Verdun for
monks of the Cistercian order. Parts of the 13th century church still remain.
off B5030, Croxden, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire
Tel: 0870 333 118 |
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Etruria Industrial Museum
Is the last steam-powered potters' mill in Britain.
It includes Jesse Shirley's Bone and Flint Mill, scheduled as an ancient
monument in 1975. The museum includes a
family-friendly interactive exhibition, tearoom and shop.
The mill is 'in steam' seven
times a year when the 1903 boiler is fired and historic machinery can be seen
working. |
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Ford Green Hall is a 17th century timber-framed
farmhouse complete with period garden. Home to the
Ford family for nearly 200 years. An award-winning
museum, the hall offers visitors a fascinating insight into the life of the 17th
century. The rooms are furnished with an outstanding collection of textiles,
ceramics and furniture.
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Kinver Edge and the Rock Houses
On the border of Staffordshire and Worcestershire, west of Stourbridge
Spectacular high sandstone ridge once home to Britain's last cave dwellers
Kinver Edge - Really interesting for both its geology and history. Kinver Edge
is a curious hill ridge or escarpement created from sand when this area was a
desert over 200 million years ago.
Photo: The
middle storey rock houses at Kinver Edge.
©NTPL/Joe Cornish
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Kinver Edge -
Holy Austin Rock Houses - For centuries people dug into Kinver Edge's
soft sandstone to create their homes, the last cave dwellers only moved out in
the 1950s.
Photo: The Holy Austin Rock dwellings at Kinver Edge
looking south showing the regular houses adjacent to the caves. |
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Iron Age Hill Fort - Step back into
prehistory and visit the unusual early Iron Age Hill Fort at the top of Kinver
Edge.
Contact details
The Warden's Lodge
Comber Road
Kinver Nr Stourbridge
West Midlands DY7 6HU
01384 872553 (Holy Austin Rock Houses)
01384 872418 (Kinver Edge) |
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Letocetum Roman Baths,
Watling Street, Wall, nr Lichfield, Staffordshire WS14 0AW
Telephone: 0121 625 6820
Excavated Roman bathhouse and remains of buildings
Letocetum is in the guardianship of English Heritage. No WC |
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Moseley Old Hall,Moseley
Old Hall Lane, Fordhouses, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire WV10 7HY
Nat Trust
Telephone: 01902 782808
Elizabethan house, famous for its association with Charles IIPhoto: Partial
view across Mr.Whitgreave's Room at Moseley Old Hall. Over the fireplace is a
portrait of Thomas Whitgreave, later known as "The Preserver" for his part in
sheltering King Charles II. |
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Shugborough Estate,
Milford, nr Stafford, Staffordshire ST17 0XB
Telephone: 01889 881388
Rare survival of a complete estate, with all major buildings including mansion
house, servants' quarters, model farm and walled garden. Patrick Lichfield's
arboretum now open, with stunning views of the house from across the river
Shugborough is wholly financed, administered and maintained by Staffordshire
County Council. Access to the house and gardens is free to NT members and to
experience the whole estate a greatly reduced price all-sites ticket is
available. Admission charges apply when special events are held. Please tel. or
visit www.shugborough.org.uk
Telephone: 01782 517999 |
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Uttoxeter Race Course
Award winning National Hunt Racecourse with regular
fixtures. Home of the Midlands Grand National. Ample free parking on site.
Address: Wood Lane, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, ST14 8BD
Telephone: 01889 562561
Fax: 01889 562786 |
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Branston Water Park
A 40-acre lake surrounded by woodland, wetland and meadows that supports a wide
range of wildlife with one mile surfaced path around the lake. There is a small
visitor centre, children's play area and toilets on site (including a disabled
toilet). Ample parking with disabled bays. Local groups include model boating
and angling regularly use this site.
Address: Lichfield Road, Branston, Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, DE13 7AB
Telephone: 01283 508573
Fax: 01283 508571
E-mail:
parks.countryside@eaststaffsbc.gov.uk |
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Branston Water Park,
Burton upon Trent A 16ha lake formed from the flooding of a disused gravel pit,
surrounded by woodland, wetland and meadow. The site is managed for recreation
and conservation by East Staffordshire Borough Council. It supports a wide range
of wildlife habitats including: the adjacent Trent & Mersey canal; hedges;
woodland; a lake; and one of the largest reedbeds in Staffordshire. Look out for
the great range of birds, animal and insects which inhabit these varied
habitats. A visitor centre is open at weekends. |
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Blithfield Reservoir Abbots
Bromley is approximately 4 miles from Rugeley. The
reservoir is divided roughly in half by a causeway. One side is a nature reserve
and allows fishing, the other allows sailing and fishing. Sailing Sat, Sun, Wed
and Thur. No powerboats are allowed. Education centre for up to 40 students.
Tel: 01283 840284 |
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Downs Banks,South of Stoke-on-Trent
and north of Stone in Staffordshire
A little wilderness of woodlands and heath in the heart of the Midlands
Contact details
Moseley Old Hall estate office
Fordhouses
Wolverhampton
West Midlands WV10 7HY
01902 782808 (General enquiries) |
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Jannel Cruisers
2-8 berth hire boats for that different holiday. Chandlery and gift shop, gas,
diesel, painting, sign writing and repairs.
Shobnall Marina, Shobnall Road, Burton upon Trent, DE14 2AU
Tel: 01283 542718 |
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Jeff's Wood
A 17ha woodland on the
northern boundary of the Forest at Bretby. It has excellent views all round from
a prominent location.
The woodland consists
entirely of broadleaves, many chosen for their landscape impact, such as sweet
chestnut, wild cherry, small leaved lime and field maple. The 30m strip
along the road boundary is being managed as a lowland hay meadow. Parkland
trees along the roadside reflect the mixed urban and rural character of the
site. These include plane, horse chestnut and oak
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Rosliston Forestry Centre
Our young woodland site
with meadows, ponds, fishing lake and play areas offers the opportunity to enjoy
a range of pastimes and activities, many of them free of charge!
From quiet places to enjoy the
countryside and its bird and wildlife, through a range of outdoor activities and
family fun facilities to a packed programme of events, there is something for
everyone 154 Acres of walks and cycle trails; play areas, craft shops and
family fun. |
