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School holidays

So the school holidays are nearly here and you're wondering what to do with the kids! Well, here are some great ideas of where to visit, and what to see and do in Stoke-on-Trent to make some treasured memories over the summer...

Let them go potty…

Let your kids' creative juices flow this half-term by creating their very own ceramic masterpiece with the many hands-on opportunities available at the World of Wedgwood, Emma Bridgewater, Royal Stafford and Gladstone Pottery Museum. From throwing a pot to hand painting your own dinner service there is something for all ages to enjoy.

Hey, hey, we are the Monkeys!

Visit Trentham Monkey Forest as it re-opens for 2018! Meet the playful Barbary macaques who are roaming free in 60 acres of beautiful English forest!

Find the Fairies

Everyone knows that fairies live at the bottom of gardens and Trentham Gardens is no different. Keep your eyes peeled as you walk around the beautiful mile-long lake, and through the woodland, maze and gardens where the Fairies at Trentham live. Each fairy is different, some are bold and will want to shake your hand, others are shy and are harder to spot high up in the trees. Can you find them all?

Explore our beautiful gardens

It's a lovely time to enjoy the outdoors in our beautiful gardens.

Whether you’re looking for a garden with peace and quiet, or fun and action you will find a great day out at Trentham Gardens with it's Barefoot Walk, Adventure Playground, hide and 'speak' maze, miniature train and catamaran. Discover the world in one garden at Biddulph Grange Garden and see the magnolias, early flowering rhododendrons and daffodils at the 12 acre hillside Dorothy Clive Garden.

Climbing the walls?

Let them take to the walls at Kilnworx Climbing Centre! Set in a converted church it’s an amazing place to learn the basics or practice advanced techniques in a relaxed and friendly environment with super friendly and supportive staff! The perfect place to wear them out when the weather isn't so great!

Peak Wildlife Park

Go face-to-face with endangered animals from across three continents in a truly unique and immersive animal experience. Whether you love lemurs, have a passion for penguins or want to wander with wallabies the park has something to offer you!

Make a splash!

Whether you want to make a splash under the water fountains, ride the rapids, shoot down the dragon slide or simply relax in a hot spa, the splash pool at Dimensions Leisure Centre is a great value-for-money place to ensure you and your kids have fun!

Explore the City’s Museums

Discover the history and heritage of The Potteries at our award-winning museums and visitor centres. From the world's largest collection of Staffordshire ceramics at the Potteries Museum & Art Gallery to the history of the toilet at Gladstone Pottery Museum! Find out what a saggar makers bottom knocker is, and discover over 250 years of British social, design and industrial history at the Wedgwood Museum. Experience Dudson's heritage from 1800 to the present day at the Dudson Museum and visit the last working Victorian pottery factory at Middleport Pottery.

Discover the Hive at intu Potteries

The Hive at intu Potteries offers a brilliant leisure development comprising seven scrumptious restaurants; Nando's, Chiquito, Gourmet Burger Kitchen, Frankie & Benny's, Pizza Express, Bon Pan Asian, Coast to Coast and a nine screen Cineworld cinema. This complements intu Potteries fantastic retail offering and year-round event programme.

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Apedale Valley Light Railway

Address:

Loomer Road, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, ST5 7LB

Telephone:
0845 094 1953

Email:

info@mrt.org.uk

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Steam Railway

Newcastle-under-Lyme

All the family will enjoy a visit to the Apedale Valley Light Railway. Using our historic steam and diesel locomotive trains, we aim to tell visitors the story of the Industrial Narrow Gauge Railway - unsung heroes of British indutrial heritage.
Dimensions Leisure Centre

Address:

Scotia Road, Stoke On Trent, Staffs, ST6 4ET

Telephone:
01782 233500

Email:

dimensions@stoke.gov.uk

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Leisure Centre

Stoke On Trent

From an amazing splash pool with water rapids, hot spas, fountains and a 65m dragon slide to swimming lessons and multiple 3G football pitches, Dimensions has something for all the family.
Ford Green Hall

Address:

Ford Green Road, Smallthorne, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST6 1NG

Telephone:
01782 537696

Email:

ford.green.hall@stoke.gov.uk

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Historic House

Smallthorne, Stoke-on-Trent

Ford Green Hall offers visitors a fascinating insight into the life of the 17th century and the hall has been brilliantly furnished as a 17th-century yeoman farmer's house and the museum includes a number of original textiles, ceramics and pieces of...
Dorothy Clive Garden

Address:

Willoughbridge, Market Drayton, Shropshire, TF9 4EU

Telephone:
01630 647237

Email:

info@dorothyclivegarden.co.uk

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Garden

Market Drayton

Covering a total of 12 acres with woodland, waterfall, spring bulbs, rhododendrons, fabulous borders, alpine scree and gravel garden. Delicious food served in the tea room with views of 3 counties.
Trent & Mersey Canal

Address:

Etruria Junction, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST1 4RB

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Canal

Stoke-on-Trent

The Trent and Mersey Canal is a 93.5-mile long “narrow canal” that runs through the East Midlands, West Midlands, and north-west of England. The canal links the River Trent near Derby with the Mersey at Runcorn.
The canal runs through...
Spode Museum Trust Heritage Centre

Address:

Elenora Street, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 1QQ

Telephone:
01782 411421

Email:

visitorcentre@spodeworks.org

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Pottery Visitor Centre

Stoke-on-Trent

Learn about the history of the factory, see displays of fine ceramics and archival films; watch demonstrations of transfer printing, hand painting and raised paste gilding; visit the world famous Blue Room; enjoy browsing around the large shopping...
Emma Bridgewater Pottery Activities

Address:

Lichfield Street, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST1 3EJ

Telephone:
01782 201328

Email:

factoryshop@emmabridgewater.co.uk

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Pottery Craft Activity

Stoke-on-Trent

The Emma Bridgewater factory sits in a lovely position alongside the Caldon Canal lies in the heart of The Potteries. The beautiful sunny Victorian factory is ideally located just on the outskirts of Stoke-on-Trent's City Centre. Awarded two of...
Gladstone Pottery Museum Pottery Activites

Address:

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

Telephone:
01782 237777

Email:

gladstone@stoke.gov.uk

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Pottery Craft Activity

Longton, Stoke-on-Trent

Visit the only complete Victorian pottery factory from the days when coal burning ovens made the world's finest bone china. Gladstone Pottery Museum offers a fascinating insight into the history of Stoke-on-Trent, famously known the world over as...
World of Wedgwood Pottery Activities

Address:

World of Wedgwood, Wedgwood Drive, Barlaston, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST12 9ER

Telephone:
01782 282986

Email:

bookings@worldofwedgwood.com

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Pottery Craft Activity

Barlaston, Stoke-on-Trent

Enjoy and immerse yourself in the wide range of creative craft experiences on offer at the World of Wedgwood.
Rode Hall and Gardens

Address:

Church Lane, Scholar Green, Stoke On Trent, Staffordshire, ST7 3QP

Telephone:
01270 873237

Email:

enquiries@rodehall.co.uk

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Historic House

Stoke On Trent

An 18th century country house set in a Repton landscape containing fine furniture and porcelain. The garden is renowned for the Snowdrops in February, Rhododendrons and Bluebells in May. Other features include a kitchen garden, Italian garden and...
Royal Stafford Ceramic Cafe

Address:

Royal Stafford, Wedgwood Place, Burslem, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, ST6 4EE

Telephone:
01782 525419

Email:

shop@royalstafford.co.uk

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Pottery Craft Activity

Burslem, Stoke on Trent

Our Ceramic Cafe is a lovely place to wind down and enjoy decorating your very own, individual piece of pottery. Our helpful and friendly staff will guide you through the process from selecting one of our many shapes on offer to how to wash your...
Middleport Pottery

Address:

Port Street, Middleport, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST6 3PE

Telephone:
01782 499766

Email:

info@middleportpottery.org

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Pottery Visitor Centre

Middleport, Stoke-on-Trent

Middleport Pottery, home of Burleigh, is an award-winning visitor destination in the heart of Burslem, the Mother Town of the Potteries. World famous Burleigh pottery has been created here using traditional methods since 1889.
The Trentham Estate

Address:

Stone Road, Trentham, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 8JG

Telephone:
01782 646646

Email:

enquiry@trentham.co.uk

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Garden

Trentham, Stoke-on-Trent

Home to Trentham Gardens, Trentham Monkey Forest, Trentham Treetop Adventures and Trentham Shopping Village - this is a destination with something to please everyone!
The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery

Address:

Bethesda Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST1 3DW

Telephone:
01782 232323

Email:

museums@stoke.gov.uk

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Museum

Stoke-on-Trent

The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery houses Designated Collections and displays fine and decorative arts, costume, local history, archaeology and natural history collections as well as the world's greatest collection of Staffordshire ceramics. It is...
LoveClay Ceramics Centre

Address:

Valentine Clays, Valentine Way, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 2FJ

Telephone:
01782 271200

Email:

info@loveclay.co.uk

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Pottery Visitor Centre

Stoke-on-Trent

The 'LOVECLAY' Ceramics Centre located at the new Valentine Clays headquarters in Fenton is a new visitor experience that promotes the importance of clay to the ceramics industry and Stoke-on-Trent. The new facility in the heart of The Potteries...
Trentham Monkey Forest

Address:

Trentham Estate South Entrance, Stone Road, Trentham, Stoke On Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 8AY

Telephone:
01782 659845

Email:

info@monkey-forest.com

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Wildlife Park

Trentham, Stoke On Trent

Trentham Monkey Forest is home to 140 free roaming Barbary macaques. The monkeys live in freedom within a beautiful Staffordshire woodland, with no cages or bars.
Moorcroft Heritage Visitor Centre

Address:

Sandbach Road, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST6 2DQ

Telephone:
01782 820515

Email:

heritagevisitorcentre@moorcroft.com

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Pottery Visitor Centre

Stoke-on-Trent

Described as the world's best kept secret, a visit to the Moorcroft Heritage Visitor Centre will reveal Moorcroft's unique handcrafted, quality, collectable art pottery. Moorcroft Heritage Visitor Centre includes a fascinating factory tour, a Grade...
intu Potteries

Address:

Market Square, Hanley, Stoke On Trent, Staffordshire, ST1 1PS

Telephone:
01782 289822

Email:

potteries.information@intu.co.uk

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Shopping Centre

Stoke On Trent

intu Potteries is in the heart of Stoke-on-Trent. You can spend a whole day swanning around our 94 stores including big brands H&M and Primark, dining in one of our seven delicious restaurants including Chiquito and Nando's and even catching a movie...
Fenton Manor Sports Complex

Address:

City Road, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 2RR

Telephone:
01782 233222

Email:

fenton.manor@stoke.gov.uk

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Leisure Centre

Stoke-on-Trent

As well as hosting international competitions and events, Fenton Manor Sports Complex offers a range of exciting activities available seven days per week.
Gladstone Pottery Museum

Address:

Uttoxeter Road, Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 1PQ

Telephone:
01782 237777

Email:

gladstone@stoke.gov.uk

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Pottery Visitor Centre

Longton, Stoke-on-Trent

Visit the only complete Victorian pottery factory from the days when coal burning ovens made the world's finest bone china. Gladstone Pottery Museum offers a fascinating insight into the history of Stoke-on-Trent, famously known the world over as...

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