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Brixham, Torbay

Brixham

a Seaside Town in the county of Devon

St Peter's RC Cathedral from Lancaster Canal

Lancaster

in the county of Lancashire

Pictures of The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery

a Museum in the town of Stoke-on-Trent, in the county of Staffordshire

About The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery

This is the foremost museum for fine porcelain produced over several centuries in the famous potteries of Staffordshire. Here, housed under one roof is the world's greatest collection of ceramics produced in the Potteries. Everything is beautifully displayed in a manner taking you back in time to the earliest beginnings of ceramics in the pottery towns and there is much detail of the lives of pottery workers and the changing social atmosphere caused by the Industrial Revolution.

The exhibition is further enhanced by details of the regions archaeology and collections of Textiles, Costume, Decorative and Applied Art, Fine Art and Natural Science.

It is a pleasing museum with something to interest everyone. Visitors may wander at will, join an organized tour, and afterwards there is a pleasant cafe to relax in and a shop for souvenirs.

The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery can be found in the town of Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent.

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Opening up for birthing at Stoke on Trent, Trent and Mersey canal

Stoke-on-Trent (31 Pictures)

in the county of Staffordshire

(0.4 miles, 0.6 km)

Town known best as "the potteries" but in reality Stoke-on-Trent is a 1906 amalgamation of six towns, each of which still maintain their own individuality and character...

Mow Cop at sunset

Mow Cop (15 Pictures)

in the county of Staffordshire

(6.1 miles, 9.8 km, direction N)

The sheer scale of the height of this village with the quaint sounding name has made it famous, for it is believed that on a clear day the hill is visible to no less than five counties...

Lake Rudyard, Nr Leek, Staffordshire

Rudyard (3 Pictures)

in the county of Staffordshire

(8.0 miles, 13.0 km, direction NE)

A pretty village with a delightful cluster of cottages and houses with lovely gardens, bordered by woods at the south end of the picturesque Rudyard Reservoir...

Historic Lime Kilns at Froghall, Staffordshire

Froghall (9 Pictures)

in the county of Staffordshire

(8.8 miles, 14.2 km, direction E)

Attractively situated on the banks of the Caldon Canal in the beautiful Churnet Valley. Froghall offers visitors the opportunity to experience a diverse range of landscapes including fine watermeadows with a wealth of wildlife...

Alton Towers, Staffordshire

Alton (29 Pictures)

in the county of Staffordshire

(12.4 miles, 19.9 km, direction E)

The village has many elegant stone buildings, and there is a circular lock-up and the romantic ruins of a 12th-century castle...

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Monkey Forest, Trentham, near Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire

Monkey Forest (7 Pictures)

(4.2 miles, 6.7 km, direction S)

This is an outstanding tourist attraction for children and adults of all ages. Here, in a vast wilderness of trees 140 Barbary.....

Trentham Gardens, Summer 2006.  Following the extensive restoration of the Italian Gardens

Trentham Gardens (12 Pictures)

(4.2 miles, 6.7 km, direction S)

These pictures are of the garden and lake of Trentham Gardens, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. This was the former home of the.....

Serpentine Pool, Greenway Bank Country Park, Biddulph

Greenway Bank Country Park (3 Pictures)

(5.4 miles, 8.7 km, direction N)

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Mow Cop Castle, Staffordshire

Mow Cop Castle (12 Pictures)

(6.4 miles, 10.3 km, direction N)

Mow Cop Castle is a Grade 2 listed building and dates back to 1754 when Randle Wilbraham of nearby Rode Hall built it as a.....

Cheddleton, Staffordshire: Churnet Valley Railway sidings

Churnet Valley Railway (9 Pictures)

(6.9 miles, 11.1 km, direction NE)

The Churnet Valley Railway is a preserved standard gauge heritage railway to the east of Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire,.....


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