Manchester Airport 57 min
The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery (16 min)
Displays tracing Potteries' history, plus extensive ceramics collection, fine art and WWII Spitfire. The Smiler (23 min)
The only roller coaster in the world to have 14 loops, this popular steel rides goes up to 85 kph. Gladstone Pottery Museum (8 min)
Displays tracing Staffordshire's pottery industry history, on show in preserved, original workshops. World of Wedgwood (18 min)
Heritage showcase for Wedgwood, with demonstrations, hands-on clay fun, factory tours and shopping. Nemesis (25 min)
Built in 1994, this famed ride in Alton Towers park features 4 inversions & a top speed of 50 mph. Peak Wildlife Park (20 min)
Zoo specialising in bird collections and with small mammals including rare warty pigs and meerkats. Alton Towers (21 min)
Adventure park with roller coasters and vertical drops, plus rides and attractions for younger kids. Wicker Man (23 min)
Themed wooden roller coaster with a 6-story Wicker Man effigy & immersive light & sound effects. Waterworld (18 min)
Tropical-themed water park offers wave pool, slides, rides and flumes, plus a weekly aqua disco. Trentham Estate (17 min)
This 725-acre estate features gardens, shopping, a monkey forest, an adventure course & more. Oblivion (23 min)
Iconic roller coaster with a 180-ft vertical drop, part of the Alton Towers resort theme park. National Trust - Biddulph Grange Garden (31 min)
National Trust site inspired by the East, with a dahlia walk and plants from round the world. Churnet Valley Railway (1992) plc (10 min)
This steam railway still runs services along a section with a restored station houses. Trentham Monkey Forest (20 min)
Woodland and meadows with 140 monkeys living in freedom, with forest path, info boards and videos. Alton Towers Waterpark (29 min)
Indoor/outdoor tropical lagoon–themed waterpark at a resort with an eatery & ice cream parlor. | 
