Manchester Airport 1 hr 11
National Trust - Shugborough Estate (20 min)
Preserved Georgian mansion and estate with costumed staff, period exhibits, garden trails and farm. Alton Towers (23 min)
Adventure park with roller coasters and vertical drops, plus rides and attractions for younger kids. Oblivion (24 min)
Iconic roller coaster with a 180-ft vertical drop, part of the Alton Towers resort theme park. Wicker Man (25 min)
Themed wooden roller coaster with a 6-story Wicker Man effigy & immersive light & sound effects. National Trust - Sudbury Hall and the Museum of Childhood (16 min)
Ornately crafted 17th-century country manor also housing toys and interactive displays on childhood. Spinball Whizzer (23 min) Gladstone Pottery Museum (25 min)
Displays tracing Staffordshire's pottery industry history, on show in preserved, original workshops. Alton Towers Waterpark (30 min)
Indoor/outdoor tropical lagoon–themed waterpark at a resort with an eatery & ice cream parlor. Nemesis (27 min)
Built in 1994, this famed ride in Alton Towers park features 4 inversions & a top speed of 50 mph. Galactica (28 min)
High-speed coaster giving riders the sensation of flying face down, with 360-degree inversions. Trentham Monkey Forest (25 min)
Woodland and meadows with 140 monkeys living in freedom, with forest path, info boards and videos. TH13TEEN (24 min)
Vertical free fall rollercoaster with a horror theme, with Ancient Crypt & Dark Forest elements. Trentham Estate (25 min)
This 725-acre estate features gardens, shopping, a monkey forest, an adventure course & more. Churnet Valley Railway (1992) plc (31 min)
This steam railway still runs services along a section with a restored station houses. The Smiler (24 min)
The only roller coaster in the world to have 14 loops, this popular steel rides goes up to 85 kph. | 
