Potteries:

'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 ceramic and porcelain production.

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

Emma Bridgewater Ltd. A working factory producing handmade and hand-decorated pottery. Factory shop sells seconds and discontinued pieces. Also has a Pottery Café

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

Gladstone Pottery Museum

The story of the Potteries, all wrapped up in one unique museum.

Gladstone Pottery Museum, Uttoxeter Road, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, ST3 1PQ

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

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.

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.

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 ground floor.

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.

Tel: 01782 551947

Biddulph Grange 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

Grange Road, Biddulph, Staffordshire ST8 7SD

Tel: 01782 517999

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, 2˝ miles from the village of Woore. From the M6 motorway, exit at Junction 15, take the A53, then A51

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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!

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.

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.