Tourist attractions Stoke-on-Trent

This truly exceptional half-timbered manor house is surrounded by shallow moats. The floors are uneven, the gabled windows have retained their original 16C window panes, and precious wood panellings embellish the interior. Building work began in 1440..

Pottery was made in Stoke well before the time of England's most revered potter, Josiah Wedgwood (1730-1795). Kilns dating from around 1300 were discovered at Sneyd Green. The Gladstone Pottery Museum is the only factory that survived, and its origin..

The 1938 Wedgwood Factory, set in parkland, was a model in its day. There are displays of the pottery-making process, a superb collection of Wedgwood ware (neo-Classical, Victorian, Art Nouveau, Art Deco and modern), portraits of Wedgwood by Stubbs..