Middleport Pottery Free Heritage Trails!
Middleport Pottery, Port Street, Middleport, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST6 3PE
Step back in time to explore and learn all about Middleport Pottery. Visit the mould store which houses Europe’s largest collection of ceramic moulds. View the beautiful showroom which showcases Burleigh ware produced over the years. Walk around the original Victorian offices and learn about the people and events which have shaped Burleigh Pottery. You will also see the historic steam engine which once powered the whole factory and step inside our grade II listed bottle Oven. Take a look at this iconic reminder of the city’s great industrial heritage.
“How we lived at Harper Street” is part of the Heritage Tour. The end terrace house typifies pottery workers’ houses built in Stoke-on-Trent in the late 1800s. Known as the “Lodge Keepers House”, it retains much of its original layout and depicts how it would have looked during the 1950s.
Heritage Trails can take place from 1000 - 1500 during our Heritage Open Days event. This is a self-guided trail, but our friendly volunteers are on hand to answer any questions you may have.
Timings & Tours
- Sunday 15 September:
- 10:00am till 3:00pm
Location & directions
Middleport Pottery, Port Street, Middleport, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST6 3PE
- Contact on day:
- Victoria Astridge
- Telephone number:
- +441782499766
Booking information
- Pre-booking requirement:
- Pre-booking preferred
- Booking conditions:
- Although pre-booking is not essential it is preferred via the link below
- Booking contact name:
- Middleport Pottery
- Booking telephone number:
- +441782499766
- Booking website:
- https://reformheritage2.beaconforms.com/form/23731068
- Booking opens:
- 07 Aug 2024 12:00 AM
- Booking closes:
- 15 Sep 2024 12:00 AM
Accessibility details
Victorian Offices: Step Lift available. Please ask at reception for assistance when you arrive. Bottle Oven: Level Access - entry via cobbled walkways. Uneven flooring. Narrow access into the Bottle Oven, 58 cms. Placing House: Level Access - entry via cobbled walkways Bath House: Flagged steps. No wheelchair access. Entry via cobbled and loose stone walkways. Steam Engine: Level Access - entry via cobbled and loose stone walkways Mould Store: Level Access - entry via cobbled walkways
Additional information
- Max no of people per tour:
- 250
- Est. tour duration:
- 1 hour(s) 30 minute(s)
