Stoke-on-Trent Budget Travel Guide introduces the pottery-making city of England to people who are planning a visit there. I hope that my description here will help you get to know this city better, and find out about its tourist attractions.
About Stoke-on-Trent
Stoke-on-Trent is a city in Staffordshire, England, about half way between Birmingham and Manchester.
Often called just Stoke, it is part of The Potteries Urban Area, a district where you can find a number of towns and villages involved in the pottery-making industry. Stoke-on-Trent itself is formed by several small villages and settlements, of which the main one was Stoke-upon-Trent. It became a city in 1925, but is really six different towns lumped together, namely Stoke-upon-Trent, Hanley, Burslem, Tunstall, Longton and Fenton.
Stoke-on-Trent is the centre for fine ceramics. The industry continues to draw a steady stream of tourists - numbering some five million per year, many of whom repeat visitors. Other industries in Stoke-on-Trent has not fared so well. Many factories and steelworks in the city were hit by a drop in the economy and subsequently closed. The pottery industries, on the other hand, has been going on since the 12th century, and looks like one of the few that is still surviving, though not without challenges.
Most people reach Stoke-on-Trent by road. It is located just off the M6 motorway. You can get there from either Birmingham or Manchester in under an hour. You can also reach Stoke-on-Trent by train. There is a service from Manchester Piccadilly station. You can even take a train from London Euston station all the way to Stoke-on-Trent. The fastest train from London gets you to Stoke-on-Trent in less than two hours.
Budget Travel within Stoke-on-Trent
You can take a bus, but perhaps the most fun way to explore Stoke-on-Trent is to hire a bicycle and cycle around. Call Brown End Farm Cycle Hire (phone 01538 308313) or Manifold Valley Cycle Hire (01538 308609). The city is on the National Cycle Route No. 5. It has over 100 miles of excellent off-road bicycle paths.
City Museum and Art Gallery Museum with displays of world-class ceramics and a preserved Supermarine Spitfire, the British fighter aircraft, as its designer happened to come from Stoke-on-Trent.
Gladstone Pottery Museum Museum and tourist centre where you can see the famous bottle kilns of Stoke-on-Trent.
Little Moreton Hall A Tudor manor house about 16 km north of Stoke-on-Trent.
Potteries Museum and Art Gallery Yet another pottery museum, this one in Hanley, with the display of old and modern ceramics.
Trentham Gardens Public park with petting zoo and children's playground.
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