Manchester Airport 1 hr 1
Weston Park (31 min)
Opulent 17th-century mansion with fine art, Capability Brown landscaping, restaurant and cafe. Play @ Lower Drayton Farm (16 min)
Quaint farm retreat offering airy guestrooms, some with en suite baths, plus free hot breakfast. Amerton Farm (15 min) Trentham Estate (22 min)
This 725-acre estate features gardens, shopping, a monkey forest, an adventure course & more. Amerton Railway (15 min) Cannock Chase Forest - Forestry England (22 min)
Cannock Chase Forest visitor centre for bike and woodland trails and treetop rope course details. Gladstone Pottery Museum (30 min)
Displays tracing Staffordshire's pottery industry history, on show in preserved, original workshops. Trentham Monkey Forest (22 min)
Woodland and meadows with 140 monkeys living in freedom, with forest path, info boards and videos. National Trust - Shugborough Estate (17 min)
Preserved Georgian mansion and estate with costumed staff, period exhibits, garden trails and farm. Moseley Old Hall (30 min)
Elizabethan farmhouse, where King Charles II hid in 1651, with a typical knot garden and a cafe. Shire Hall Gallery (2 min)
Free entry to a council-run art gallery in a grand Georgian hall with a historic courtroom and cafe. World of Wedgwood (24 min)
Heritage showcase for Wedgwood, with demonstrations, hands-on clay fun, factory tours and shopping. The Ancient High House (4 min)
Tudor museum with period furniture, Edwardian shop and civil war room, plus a Yeomanry collection. Stafford Castle (11 min)
Castle ruins with Norman earthworks and visitor centre displays tracing 900-year history. Victoria Park (5 min)
Open green space featuring a river with ducks & walkways, plus gardens, a bird aviary & a play area. | 
