The People who Moved the Earth
Meet outside the Visitor Centre, Etruria Industrial Museum, Etruria Vale Road, Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST1 4RB
For 250 years Etruria has been the hub of the Potteries canal system. A place where canals were designed, built and maintained. A place where people worked and lived on the cut, where raw materials arrived and were processed, and where finished goods were dispatched across the world. Hosted by the Etruria Industrial Museum (with Shirley's Bone & Flint Mill in steam) and led by Potteries Heritage Society.
Timings
- Sunday 20 September:
- 1100
Location & directions
Meet outside the Visitor Centre, Etruria Industrial Museum, Etruria Vale Road, Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST1 4RB
- Contact on day:
- Andy Perkin
- Telephone number:
- +447989141910
Booking information
- Pre-booking requirement:
- Pre-booking required
- Booking conditions:
- Pre book online
- Booking website:
- https://potteries.org.uk/people-who-moved-earth-book
- Booking opens:
- 27 Jul 2026 09:00 AM
- Booking closes:
- 18 Sep 2026 04:00 PM
Accessibility details
The tour is mainly on good paths and towpaths, but there are uneven surfaces which may be slippery and some steps.
Additional information
- Max number of people:
- 25
- Estimated duration:
- 2 hour(s) 0 minute(s)
