Manchester Airport 41 min
National Trust Little Moreton Hall (23 min) Garden, history, and architecture The Dorothy Clive Garden (18 min) Hack Green Secret Nuclear Bunker (23 min) A nuclear bunker and defence complex offering tours and 20th-century military history exhibitions. Etruria Industrial Museum (20 min) 1857 potter's mill offering tours of its still-working machines, with picnic areas by the canal. National Trust - Biddulph Grange Garden (29 min) National Trust site inspired by the East, with a dahlia walk and plants from round the world. The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery (22 min) Displays tracing Potteries' history, plus extensive ceramics collection, fine art and WWII Spitfire. Rode Hall & Gardens (22 min) A Georgian red-brick manor housing pottery and paintings, with 10-acre gardens and a snowdrop walk. Trentham Monkey Forest (27 min) Woodland and meadows with 140 monkeys living in freedom, with forest path, info boards and videos. Rode Hall (23 min) Stately manor built in the 1700s, featuring antique furnishings, china & lush, landscaped grounds. World of Wedgwood (29 min) Heritage showcase for Wedgwood, with demonstrations, hands-on clay fun, factory tours and shopping. Gladstone Pottery Museum (25 min) Displays tracing Staffordshire's pottery industry history, on show in preserved, original workshops. Middleport Pottery (18 min) Pottery, canal, and museum Waterworld (19 min) Tropical-themed water park offers wave pool, slides, rides and flumes, plus a weekly aqua disco. Trentham Estate (24 min) This 725-acre estate features gardens, shopping, a monkey forest, an adventure course & more. Apedale Community Country Park (20 min) Open parkland criss-crossed with footpaths, nature trails, open meadows and secluded glades. |