Museum · Stoke-on-Trent · Staffordshire

Middleport Pottery

Middleport Pottery is an architectural structure in City of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. Officially, it is a Grade II* listed building. There are 37 more places to see within 15 km, beginning with Mow Cop Castle (8 km).

Photo: Middleport Pottery, Andrew Woodvine (awo… (CC BY 3.0)

Where

In Stoke-on-Trent

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 28%

#2,392 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 17–20°C

In brief

Museum in Stoke-on-Trent

Inside Stoke-on-Trent

Middleport Pottery is inside Stoke-on-Trent’s built-up area, with 15 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Grade II* listed building

On the official list of protected heritage; Stoke-on-Trent has 214 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Warm weather in Stoke-on-Trent runs June to September, with highs of 17–20°C.

Jan7° / 1°73 mm

Feb7° / 1°64 mm

Mar10° / 3°59 mm

Apr13° / 4°57 mm

May16° / 7°66 mm

Jun19° / 10°71 mm

Jul20° / 12°79 mm

Aug20° / 12°80 mm

Sep17° / 10°75 mm

Oct13° / 7°91 mm

Nov10° / 4°81 mm

Dec7° / 2°90 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Stoke-on-Trent, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Stoke-on-Trent. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Stoke-on-Trent’s full climate →

About

Middleport Pottery

3 Wikipedia editions have an article on it.

Stoke-on-Trent’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Museum
Listed: Grade II* listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 3 languages
Town: in Stoke-on-Trent
Official site: middleportpottery.org

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

Plan your visit

Practical details

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

Getting to Middleport Pottery

Middleport Pottery is in orange, with the places near it numbered as below.

Towns near it

Bases for a visit

By population, Stoke-on-Trent leads the 8 with 260,560. Closest first, each of these towns names it on its page.

1 · It’s in town

Stoke-on-Trent

260,560 people · 28 places to visit

2 · 300 m southwest of it

Newcastle-under-Lyme

76,511 people · 21 places to visit

3 · 4 km northwest of it

Talke and Talke Pits

3,436 people · 9 places to visit

4 · 4.3 km northwest of it

Kidsgrove

15,598 people · 12 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Middleport Pottery is	People	Places to visit
Stoke-on-Trent	It’s in town	260,560	28
Newcastle-under-Lyme	300 m southwest of it	76,511	21
Talke and Talke Pits	4 km northwest of it	3,436	9
Kidsgrove	4.3 km northwest of it	15,598	12
Bignall End	4.5 km west of it	3,184	7
Keele	4.9 km southwest of it	2,607	12
Halmer End and Alsagers Bank	5 km west of it	1,158	10
Miles Green	6.1 km west of it	865	6

Make a day of it

More near Middleport Pottery

The 37 places within 15 km include 4 museums, 2 castles and a historic house.

Castle · National TrustMow Cop Castle8 km away 2

Historic house · National TrustLittle Moreton Hall10 km away 3

MuseumWestport Lake900 m away 4

Water parkWaterworld1.7 km away 5

CastleHeighley Castle9.1 km away 6

MuseumMoseley Railway Trust3.9 km away 7

MuseumEtruria Industrial Museum2.7 km away 8

MuseumPotteries Museum and Art Gallery2.9 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Planning a visit to Middleport Pottery

Where is Middleport Pottery?

Middleport Pottery is in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Middleport Pottery?

Architectural structure in City of Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Middleport Pottery?

June to September are the warmest months in Stoke-on-Trent, with afternoon highs of 17–20°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Middleport Pottery a listed building?

Yes: Grade II* listed building.

What else is there to see near Middleport Pottery?

Within 15 km: Mow Cop Castle (8 km), Little Moreton Hall (10 km), Westport Lake (900 m) and Waterworld (1.7 km).

Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (9)

Middleport Pottery: Andrew Woodvine (awo…, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Mow Cop Castle: Nmwatson, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Little Moreton Hall: Christine-Ann Martin, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Westport Lake: Andrew Woodvine (awo…, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Waterworld: Frombowen, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Heighley Castle: Peter Styles, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Moseley Railway Trust: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Etruria Industrial Museum: Ashley Dace, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Potteries Museum and Art Gallery: Leereyno at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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