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Stoke-on-Trent is a unique city affectionately known as The Potteries. With its rich industrial heritage it has respectfully claimed the title of World Capital of Ceramics. The city boasts many visitor centres, award winning museums, authentic factory tours, over 20 pottery factory shops and the exclusive Staffordshire Hoard. Come and visit the Trentham Estate with its Italian Gardens, Shopping Village, Monkey Forest, Aerial Extreme and mile long lake. We are also the closest city to Alton Towers Theme Park. A day will not be enough!

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There is so much to do and see in and around Stoke-on-Trent. From pottery to gardens to Gladstone;

festivals to factory shopping; Wedgwood to Waterworld;

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The history and heritage of Stoke-on-Trent is well-preserved at numerous attractions across the city including Etruria Industrial Museum, and the award-winning Gladstone Pottery Museum, the most complete Victorian pottery factory in the UK, boasting interactive exhibitions and a “Flushed with Pride” tribute to toilets past, present and future! Middleport Pottery, the home of world-renowned Burleigh pottery, is a fantastic visitor attraction where visitors can go behind-the-scenes and learn about the people and events that have shaped the factory over the years. As the last working Victorian pottery in the UK, the site today continues to produce Burleigh pottery using the same traditional handcraft techniques as in the 1880s.

Factory tours are available at the World of Wedgwood, Moorcroft, Middleport Pottery and Emma Bridgewater where you can learn about the skills and craftsmanship that go into producing the world-famous pottery.

The World of Wedgwood, which opened its doors to visitors in July 2015, is a brand new unique visitor experience celebrating the very best of British industrial and design heritage. Experience Wedgwood for the day and see the craftsmen at work on a factory tour, utilising unique artisan skills and techniques honed over 250 years.

Explore the most extensive Wedgwood retail space in the world, offering an unparalleled range of products in the Wedgwood Flagship Store and walk through the Design Studio, an interactive experience demonstrating the unique Wedgwood approach to their specialist design process. The Wedgwood Design Worlds offer visually stunning and unique gallery installations that explore the essence of Wedgwood design philosophy. Relax and indulge yourself with the wide range of dining experiences on offer, from a luxury afternoon tea in the Wedgwood Tea Room to a more informal all day menu in the Dining Hall.

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Recognised as the World Capital of Ceramics, Stoke-on-Trent is home to a host of award-winning ceramic attractions, museums, and factory shops.

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The Ceramics TrailEnjoy the complete ceramics experience and discover the history and heritage of the Potteries with The Ceramics Trail. ceramicstrail.co.uk

The World of Wedgwood A unique visitor experience celebrating the very best of British industrial and design heritage. Experience Wedgwood for the day through shopping, food and visitor tours.

New for 2016 is the Hudson & Middleton Factory Experience and Visitor Centre where visitors can watch the skilled workforce through glass viewing areas. See the traditional pottery skills of handling, fettling, sponging, dipping, hand decorating, and the skilful art of gilding. Why not ‘have a go’ at creating your own masterpiece with the many hand’s-on opportunities available including painting your own pottery at Emma Bridgewater and Royal Stafford, to throwing your own pot at the World of Wedgwood and Gladstone Pottery Museum.

Elsewhere, The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery not only houses the finest collection of Staffordshire ceramics in the world, but is also now ‘home’ to the Staffordshire Hoard the largest ever ‘find’ of Anglo- Saxon gold treasure in the UK worth over £3 million.

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World-famous backstamps such as Wedgwood, Moorcroft and Portmeirion, along with world-class designers such as Sophie Conran, Vera Wang, Martha Stewart, Jamie Oliver and John Rocha, make Stoke-on-Trent the must-visit destination for pottery shopping. These designs can be bought at great prices at over 20 pottery factory shops in the city.

The only region of Britain named after its main industry, The Potteries’ very own shopping opportunity dubbed ‘The China Experience’ – these days features a remarkable array of factory shops, selling everything imaginable: from fine china dinner services, intricate figurines, table and cookware, to mugs, tiles, jugs and jewellery.

Come and buy from the World Capital of Ceramics where quality products are designed and manufactured.

For more unique pieces, pay a visit to Barewall Gallery in Burslem, which displays and sells original art, limited edition prints, art pottery and studio ceramics.

Visitors to the new World of Wedgwood will be spoilt for choice at their new flagship store. The largest Wedgwood retail space in the world, the store offers inspiring product displays, cutting edge designs from Wedgwood and their designer partners, iconic prestige products and the launch of new collections before they are widely available in the UK.

As well as being the world’s best ceramics shopping destination, Stoke-on-Trent has other great opportunities too. The Shopping Village at Trentham is home to 60 timber lodges housing amazing shops, cafés and restaurants set in a lovely friendly village atmosphere. With a mix of independent retailers and big brand names combined with the award-winning Trentham Garden Centre make this a truly unique shopping experience.

Visit intu Potteries, the region’s biggest shopping centre. Located in the City Centre, intu Potteries boasts big high street names, and is where all your retail needs will be met! Now open is the Hive, intu Potteries’ brand new leisure development which consists of a nine screen cinema, seven restaurants and a lovely pedestrian boulevard for you to enjoy a spot of sunshine as you shop.

If you’re looking for designer labels at discount prices then Freeport Talke is the place for you! With over 40 great stores offering up to 60% off, you’ll find a fantastic range of fashion and footwear, plus gifts, homeware and accessories all at amazingly low prices.

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Step into the Trentham Monkey Forest and meet the playful Barbary macaques who share their daily mischievous adventures with you as you wind along the ¾ of a mile path through their 60 acre forest. Once you’ve learnt from the monkeys, you can have a go yourself by swinging through the trees at Trentham’s Aerial Extreme or take to the indoor climbing walls at Kilnworx Climbing Centre.

A short drive from Stoke-on-Trent in the beautiful Staffordshire Moorlands is Peak Wildlife Park whose large walkthroughs allow you to come face to face with exotic and endangered animals from across three continents. Whether you love lemurs, have a passion for penguins or want to wander with the wallabies (and feed them with your hand!) Peak Wildlife Park has something for you!

Stoke-on-Trent is the closest city to The Alton Towers Resort which has an amazing selection of thrill rides and family attractions including the world’s first ever CBeebies Land, bringing some of the most-loved children’s characters to Britain’s number one theme park.

Discover Stoke-on-Trent’s green side. The canal towpaths of the Trent & Mersey and Caldon canals, along with other greenways and river routes form a fantastic network which is popular for walking and cycling and links several of the town’s green spaces, including Hanley Park, Central Forest Park, Festival Park and Westport Lake. Central Forest Park is home to Europe’s largest street style skate park – Stoke Skate Plaza.

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Barefoot walkat the Trentham Estate where your feet will be treated to a sensual delight

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Fenton Manor Sports Complex stoke.gov.uk/fentonmanor

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Walk with playful Barbary macaquesat Trentham Monkey Forest as they share their daily mischievous adventures with you right in the middle of their world.

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Trentham is the perfect place for a fun day out with the family in the great outdoors! Children love the adventure they can find at Trentham! They can explore the adventure playground, where they can tackle the assault course, zoom down the zip wire and fly high on the swings and try to conquer the Altitude Tower. If that’s not enough they can work their way through the hide and speak maze where special talking pipes help you to navigate your way around! Get back in touch with nature and get naked from the knees down as you tantalise your toes on the barefoot walk.

Follow Trentham’s scenic lakeside walk and try and spot the 15 fairies which call Trentham Gardens their home. Each fairy comes with a different personality, some are bold, others cheeky, daring and shy. Take a boat trip across the Trentham Lake on Miss Elizabeth, Trentham’s electrically powered catamaran or chuff merrily along the lakeside on the resident miniature train the Trentham Fern. Aerial Extreme

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Stoke-on-Trent – which hit the horticultural headlines thirty years ago, by hosting the 1986 National Garden Festival – is now set to take a leading role in one of the most important horticultural celebrations in recent times: the tercentenary of Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown in 2016.

The Trentham Estate – a leading estate in 18th century Britain, and named by Countryfile magazine as the UK’s “Garden of the Year” in 2015 – became one of Brown’s most celebrated successes, and is now currently involved in one of the biggest parkland projects in Britain, to rediscover Capability’s lost landscape and enhancing it with breath taking contemporary planting on a truly vast scale.

The Dorothy Clive Garden includes a variety of landscaped features such as a woodland garden and waterfall and has a large collection of rhododendrons and azaleas. There is a hillside alpine scree and pool, a 30 metre long laburnum arch, a summer flowering rose walk, vibrant seasonal borders, an edible woodland as well as a diverse collection of unusual plants, shrubs and trees including magnolias and camellias. Discover winter colour in Staffordshire’s only Winter Woodland Garden boasting over 8,000 bulbs.

The Emma Bridgewater factory has a lovely secret - a walled garden just waiting to be discovered. In summer this English country-style garden comes to life with flower beds full of blooms and tasty fruits and vegetables. It’s also home to the chickens who keep the café stocked with the freshest eggs. Take a seat and enjoy the fresh air in this little City Centre haven.

Visit period houses including Ford Green Hall - a 17th century timber-framed farmhouse complete with period garden; and Rode Hall an 18th century house set in Repton landscape with fine furniture and porcelain and regular farmers markets. The garden is transformed by magical swathes of cascading little white flowers in February when it is open for Snowdrop walks.

The new-look gardens at the Trentham Estate have matured into some of the finest in Britain and have seen the contemporary revival of the famous Italian Gardens along with the development of the Rivers of Grass and the adjacent Floral Labyrinth. Whether you’re looking for a garden with peace and quiet, or fun and action for the kids, then Trentham Gardens is the place for you!

Discover the world at Biddulph Grange Garden. This outstanding Victorian garden, which has been named in VisitEngland’s 2016 Top Twenty Best Gardens listing, shows off trees and plants brought from far flung destinations around the globe by the daring plant hunters of the time. A truly unique garden, Biddulph Grange consists of smaller hidden interlinking world themed gardens including an Italian terrace, Chinese garden, Egyptian pyramid, dahlia walk, and a Scottish glen, and was created by Darwin’s contemporary and correspondent James Bateman as an extension of his beliefs and scientific interests.

Enjoy the peace and tranquillity, the colour and the splendour, and explore Stoke-on-Trent’s mesmerising glorious gardens and wonderful parks.

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Fenton Manor Sports Complex, has established itself as the principal sport, leisure and events venue between Manchester and Birmingham and regularly hosts national competition events throughout the year including Boxing, Gymnastics, and Table Tennis.

Stoke-on-Trent is home to two professional football clubs – Premier League’s Stoke City and League 1’s Port Vale. Come and experience the thrill and excitement of a match day at first hand at the Britannia Stadium or Vale Park and see some of the biggest names in the world of football.

Stoke-on-Trent is a European City of Sport in 2016. The prestigious title means that Stoke-on-Trent will be celebrating a year of sport by hosting a number of incredible sporting events and activities across the city. These include the finish to the penultimate stage of the 2016 Aviva Women’s Tour on Saturday 18 June, the Pearl Izumi Tour Series in the City Centre on 2 June, a mass participation 10km road race and a triathlon.

Nearby, to the south of Stoke-on-Trent, the second IRONMAN 70.3 Staffordshire triathlon will take place on 12 June. Taking in stunning locations including Chasewater reservoir, Cannock Chase, and the Shugborough Estate, this is one sporting spectacle not to be missed!

Elsewhere in the city, The Trentham Estate has a great events programme throughout the year to suit everyone – from nature lovers, to the green fingered and active kids to music lovers – all set in a truly stunning setting.

Stoke-on-Trent has an exciting programme of events throughout the year, and 2016 will see a number of incredible events and exhibitions taking place at the city’s attractions and venues that will attract visitors from right across the globe.

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Stoke-on-Trent Literary Festival stokeliteraryfestival.org

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Potteries Museum & Art Gallery stokemuseums.org.uk

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For a great night out visit the Cultural Quarter in the City Centre, which comes alive in the evening, especially when there is a touring West End Show, Glyndebourne Opera or TV comedian on at the Regent Theatre or Victoria Hall. For an alternative night out visit the Kings Hall in Stoke, home to Northern Soul All-Nighters.

Appetite is an exciting three year programme that aims to get more people to experience and be inspired by the arts from Stoke-on-Trent and will continue to wow audiences throughout the city by serving up a scrumptious menu jam-packed with top quality events, performances and activities throughout 2016.

The third Stoke-on-Trent Literary Festival – Hot Air 2016, will take place at Emma Bridgewater from 9 – 11 June 2016 with a fantastic range of authors, writers, playwrights and performers celebrating Stoke-on-Trent’s contribution to the creative arts.

Contact the Stoke-on-Trent Tourist Information Centre for details of events and what’s on throughout the year on 01782 236000 or visit visitstoke.co.uk/whats-on

Live events at Trentham Gardens

Glyndebourne at The Regent Theatre

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Stoke-on-Trent offers a great base for visiting a wide range of attractions that surround the city in Staffordshire. A 20 minute drive will take you into the stunning beauty of the Peak District National Park. With breath-taking landscapes as a backdrop, walking, cycling and other outdoor pursuits can all be enjoyed here. The choices are endless - whether you want a gentle stroll, a ramble, or climb the highest peaks, maybe a family cycle along the Manifold Valley or Tissington Trail, a visit to Tittesworth reservoir or take a steam train ride back in time on the Churnet Valley Railway.

Staffordshire is packed with world class attractions and things to do. Load up on thrills with two of the UK’s best theme parks, Alton Towers Resort and Drayton Manor.

What’s great about the city is you are not far from anywhere with our great road and rail network.

Explore captivating haunted castles and atmospheric museums, or visit some of Britain’s most magnificent stately homes and blooming great gardens. Visit Lord Lichfield’s former home at Shugborough with a look into his life in the apartments. Relax with a picnic beside miles of peaceful canals, then find your way to the magnificent medieval city of Lichfield. Visit the National Memorial Arboretum, Weston Park, Cannock Chase, and to the east, the National Brewery Centre telling the history of brewing including some tasting and the National Forest with its award winning visitor centre, Conkers. Enjoy the experience of a race day at the region’s premier horse racing venue, Uttoxeter Racecourse.

There are some bustling market towns like Newcastle-under-Lyme with traditional markets, regular local farmers markets, annual food and drink festivals and the market town of Leek has antique shops and an annual walking festival.

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Churnet Valley Railway churnetvalleyrailway.co.uk

Conkers visitconkers.com

Denby Visitor Centre denbyvisitorcentre.co.uk

Drayton Manor draytonmanor.co.uk

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National Brewery Centre nationalbrewerycentre.co.uk

National Memorial Arboretum thenma.org.uk

National Forest nationalforest.org

Peak District visitpeakdistrict.com

Shugborough shugborough.org.uk

Staffordshire Hoard Trail staffordshirehoard.org.uk

Two Saints Way twosaintsway.org.uk

Uttoxeter Racecourse uttoxeter-racecourse.co.uk

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Discover Anglo-Saxon Staffordshire and the Kingdom of Mercia with the Staffordshire Hoard Trail and the Two Saints Way. The Staffordshire Hoard Trail brings together a collection of museums that tell the emerging story of the Staffordshire Hoard. The Two Saints Way is a newly created 90 mile long distance walking route that passes right through the heart of Stoke-on-Trent and travels between the cathedral cities of Chester and Lichfield, where St Werburgh and St Chad, two Saxon saints who brought Christianity to the ancient Kingdom of Mercia in the 7th Century, are laid to rest.

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Peak District National Park

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Sculpture Trail Whether you are on foot, on a bike or in the car, the Stoke-on-Trent Sculpture Trail provides a fascinating backdrop to the local landscape. Explore 40 fascinating sculptures throughout the city and learn about their background and links to the local area. You don’t have to do all 40 sculptures of the trail in one go, the trail has been split into bite size clusters allowing you to take a short walk or spend all day exploring the area. Pick up a

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The Two Saints Way A newly created 90 mile long distance walking route that passes right through the heart of Stoke-on-Trent and travels between the cathedral cities of Chester and Lichfield, where St Werburgh and St Chad, two Saxon saints who brought Christianity to the ancient Kingdom of Mercia in the 7th Century, are laid to rest.

Enjoy the complete ceramics experience and discover the history and heritage of the Potteries at our award-winning museums and visitor centres, and go on a factory tour and learn about the skills and craftsmanship that go into producing our famous pottery. Have a go at creating your own masterpiece with the many hands-on opportunities available. Shop till you drop with the many factory shops.

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The Staffordshire Hoard TrailThe Staffordshire Hoard Trail brings together The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery with Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Lichfield Cathedral, Lichfield District Council, Tamworth Borough Council and Staffordshire County Council. It tells the emerging story of the Staffordshire Hoard and the Anglo-Saxon history of the region, through a series of informative permanent and temporary displays and a programme of outreach activities aimed at residents and visitors alike.

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Lunch and AfternoonMiddleport Pottery (home of Burleigh)Middleport Pottery produces world-renowned Burleigh using many of the same handcraft techniques as in the 1880s. Step back in time as you view the mould archive, bottle kiln and historic pottery collections and then relax in the café and visit the Burleigh factory shop.

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DAY 3 Lunch and AfternoonPotteries Museum & Art GalleryDiscover the history of the Potteries and the fascinating Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Mercia exhibition which sets the Staffordshire Hoard in the context of everyday Anglo-Saxon life and death. As well as 200 pieces of the Hoard, the exhibition includes objects the Anglo-Saxons used in their daily work, and items they buried with their dead to provide for them in the afterlife.

Morning Barewall GalleryGallery selling original art, limited edition prints and collectable ceramics. Barewall also sell a unique range of quality artist designer gifts all made in Staffordshire. A perfect one stop shop to find special Stoke-on-Trent one-offs, trials and quality gifts as well as changing exhibitions throughout the year.

Moorcroft Heritage Visitor Centre Described as the world’s best kept secret, a visit will reveal Moorcroft’s unique handcrafted, quality, collectable art pottery. Factory tours, shopping, museum and bottle oven come together creating an unforgettable experience.

Morning Emma BridgewaterEnjoy a morning at the atmospheric Victorian factory of Emma Bridgewater. Relax for coffee and cake in front of the spotty aga in the beautiful café, go on a factory tour, decorate your own unique piece of pottery and shop for factory seconds and lovely gifts. In the summer discover a lovely secret - a walled English country-style garden just waiting to be enjoyed.

Lunch and AfternoonTrentham EstateHome to Trentham Gardens, Trentham Monkey Forest, Aerial Extreme and Trentham Shopping Village – this is a destination with something to please everyone! Visit Trentham Gardens with its vast perennial plantings that change throughout the seasons. Encompassing 725 acres, take a stroll around the mile long lake, through the woodland and parklands. Take a trip on the catamaran or miniature train and search for fairies on the lakeside walk. Experience distinctively different shopping at the Trentham Shopping Village. Get up close and personal with 140 free-roaming Barbary macaques at Trentham Monkey Forest or take a high rope adventure at Aerial Extreme.

Morning World of WedgwoodThe World of Wedgwood is a unique visitor experience celebrating the very best of British industrial and design heritage. Opened in July 2015, The World of Wedgwood enables visitors to experience Wedgwood for the day through shopping, food and visitor tours, hands-on experiences and trace to the story of Josiah Wedgwood, his family, and the company he founded two-and-a-half centuries ago, at the Wedgwood Museum.

AfternoonBiddulph Grange GardenAn amazing National Trust Victorian garden with year-round interest created by Darwin’s contemporary James Bateman as an extension of his beliefs, interests and collections of plants. Discover the Chinese garden, Egypt court and geological gallery.

EveningRegent Theatre & Victoria Hall At the heart of the Cultural Quarter in the City Centre, The Regent Theatre and Victoria Hall play host to some of the biggest names in music, comedy and theatre.

AfternoonGladstone Pottery MuseumThe only complete Victorian pottery factory from the days when coal burning ovens made the world’s finest bone china. See traditional skills, original workshops, the cobbled yard and huge bottle kilns that create an atmospheric time warp that has no equal.

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Come to the Potteries Museum & Art Gallery while you are here and see the world’s largest collection of Staffordshire Ceramics and the most valuable find of Anglo-Saxon treasure on display in the museum. Take a visit to our café for a well earned rest and some light refreshments.

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Immerse yourself in Wedgwood’s unique creative heritage and contemporary approach to expressive living. With events, activities, shops and dining there’s something for the whole family here in the heart of Staffordshire.

What’s on offer Wedgwood Factory Tour Wedgwood Museum Wedgwood Tea Room Wedgwood Flagship Store Museum Shop Design Studio Master Craft Studio Decorating Studio Factory Outlet The Dining Hall Wedgwood Tea Emporium Children’s Play Estate Walks

Get in touch World of Wedgwood Wedgwood Drive, Barlaston, Stoke-on-Trent, UK, ST12 9ER t +44(0)1782 282 986 e info@worldofwedgwood.com

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