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Stoke-on-Trent

  • Burleigh pottery display

    Day 3. Stoke-on-Trent Ceramics Trail

    It was slightly overcast as we checked out of the Trentham Travelodge which had been an excellent base for touring The Potteries.  We drove into nearby Hanley for breakfast which we enjoyed in the Reginald Mitchell pub named after the inventor of the Spitfire.  The building was once a meat market and its glass roof…

  • Afternoon Tea at the World of Wedgewood, Stoke-on-Trent

    Day 2. World of Wedgwood & Biddulph Grange Gardens

    After a good night’s sleep, we set off after breakfast for a visit to the World of Wedgwood in nearby Barlaston.  The Wedgwood group of companies is owned by Fiskars, the Finnish gardening and homeward group so it was interesting to visit as I have visited their showroom in Helsinki. The Wedgwood estate stretches for…

  • Flowers in Trentham Gardens

    Day 1. The Potteries, Trentham Monkey Forest & Gardens

    Stoke-on-Trent doesn’t always spring to mind for a short break in the U.K. but reading about its industrial heritage as the world capital of ceramics tempted us to spend a few days exploring the city.  Stoke is located midway between Manchester and Birmingham and has direct rail services to London taking only 90 minutes.  In…

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