Stoke-on-Trent
Properties and events in Stoke-on-Trent
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ARNOLD BENNETT - Dudson Museum "Just Across the Road"
The Arnold Bennett Society at the former Dudson Pottery, which is just across the road from Arnold Bennett's birthplace. A day of displays, discussion, presentations and screenings featuring Bennett's writings on Stoke, its folk and its industry.
AudaTours Stoke-on-Trent Audio Tour: Fired Earth
A self-guided audio tour of Stoke-on-Trent, exploring the potters, kilnsmen, decorators and miners who fired the Six Towns.
Chatterley Whitfield and Colliery Tours
A Victorian Time Capsule - As seen on the Lloyds TV advert, Hidden Britain by Drone, Abandoned Engineering. A chance to visit Chatterley Whitfield Colliery, which closed in 1977 and became a museum. New Heritage Centre, NO UNDERGROUND TOURS
Exploring William Baker's Fenton
A guided walk around the Potteries town of Fenton focussing on the community buildings created by industrialists William Baker and William Meath Baker, which included everything from factories to houses, the library, church and town hall.
From Clay to Community: Discovering Everyday Histories
Step into the everyday histories of the people who made Dudson, from the opening of the factory on Hope Street in 1810 to the thriving community hub we see today. Let's go on a journey of discovery together.
Gladstone Pottery Museum
Visit the only complete Victorian pottery factory from the days when coal burning ovens made the world's finest bone China.
In the Footsteps of Palaeontologist John Ward
Follow in the footsteps of John Ward (1837-1906), an amateur geologist, palaeontologist and ichthyologist, known for collecting fossils from the coal mines of Staffordshire.
Lost and Found: Josiah Clowes and the Norton Colliery Canal
Join Potteries Heritage Society on the trail of a pioneering canal engineer and a forgotten branch canal.
Our Lady and St Peter’s Catholic Church
An historic Catholic Church with a beautiful interior and parts of the building dating back to 1857.
Salt, Pepper and Vinegar bottle ovens
See the three calcining bottle ovens known locally as 'Salt, Pepper and Vinegar' at close quarters and learn about how the manufactured products were used in the local pottery industry.
St Bartholomew's Church Norton-le-Moors
St Bartholomew's Church Norton-le-Moors is a Grade II listed. building, with outstanding views towards the Staffordshire Moorlands. Visitors to the belfry and the Church will be able to learn more about its fascinating history.
Stoke Minster
Explore the belfry, see tombs of world famous potters of Spode and Wedgwood, get up close to exquisite stained glass windows, Guided tours and launch of new self guided walks, both inside and in the grounds.
The People who Moved the Earth
Find out about the engineers, navvies and canal carriers of The Potteries waterways with a tour around Etruria Junction and the Etruria Industrial Museum site.
Trentham Parish Church Open Doors
Trentham Parish Church opens all its doors to welcome visitors