Manchester Airport 39 min
The Dorothy Clive Garden (17 min) The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery (21 min)
Displays tracing Potteries' history, plus extensive ceramics collection, fine art and WWII Spitfire. Apedale Community Country Park (21 min)
Open parkland criss-crossed with footpaths, nature trails, open meadows and secluded glades. National Trust - Biddulph Grange Garden (28 min)
National Trust site inspired by the East, with a dahlia walk and plants from round the world. Waterworld (18 min)
Tropical-themed water park offers wave pool, slides, rides and flumes, plus a weekly aqua disco. Middleport Pottery (17 min)
Pottery, canal, and museum National Trust Little Moreton Hall (22 min)
Garden, history, and architecture Hack Green Secret Nuclear Bunker (16 min)
A nuclear bunker and defence complex offering tours and 20th-century military history exhibitions. Rode Hall & Gardens (21 min)
A Georgian red-brick manor housing pottery and paintings, with 10-acre gardens and a snowdrop walk. Trentham Monkey Forest (26 min)
Woodland and meadows with 140 monkeys living in freedom, with forest path, info boards and videos. Cholmondeley Castle Gardens (26 min)
Elegant, 19th-century castle gardens with lakeside walks, a play area, plus llamas and pygmy goats. Rode Hall (22 min)
Stately manor built in the 1700s, featuring antique furnishings, china & lush, landscaped grounds. Queens Park (11 min)
Long-standing public park featuring lots of green space, landscaped gardens, a lake & golf course. Trentham Estate (23 min)
This 725-acre estate features gardens, shopping, a monkey forest, an adventure course & more. Beeston Castle (28 min)
A ruined English Heritage castle atop a crag, with woodland wildlife trails and spectacular views. | 
