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Photo of Trentham Monkey Forest, a visitor attraction near Barlaston, Staffordshire, central England.

Trentham Monkey Forest© Mike Peel / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Places to explore near Barlaston StationBarlaston

18 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

Photo of World of Wedgwood, a visitor attraction near Barlaston, Staffordshire, central England.Highlight

World of Wedgwood

Attraction near Barlaston

Wedgwood's visitor estate at Barlaston with a factory tour, decorating studio, museum of the firm's ceramics and a tearoom.

1.4 km N

Photo of Trentham Monkey Forest, a visitor attraction near Barlaston, Staffordshire, central England.Highlight

Trentham Monkey Forest

Attraction near Barlaston

Sixty acres of Staffordshire woodland roamed freely by 140 Barbary macaques, walked on foot along a forest path on the Trentham Estate.

2.2 km W

Photo of Trentham Gardens, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Barlaston, Staffordshire, central England.Highlight

Trentham Gardens

House & garden near Barlaston

Italian gardens and lake by a lost mansion.

3.2 km NW

Photo of Gladstone Pottery Museum, a visitor attraction near Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, central England.Highlight

Gladstone Pottery Museum

Attraction near Stoke-on-Trent

The last complete Victorian pottery factory in Britain, its cobbled yard ringed by bottle kilns telling the story of the Potteries in Longton.

5.4 km NE

Photo of Emma Bridgewater Factory, a visitor attraction near Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, central England.Highlight

Emma Bridgewater Factory

Attraction near Stoke-on-Trent

Working Hanley pottery famous for its spotted and printed ware, offering factory tours, decorate-your-own sessions and a garden café.

8.3 km N

Photo of Etruria Industrial Museum, a visitor attraction near Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, central England.Highlight

Etruria Industrial Museum

Attraction near Stoke-on-Trent

Britain's last steam-powered potters' mill at the junction of two canals, its 1857 bone-and-flint grinding engine still fired on steaming days.

8.6 km N

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Photo of the Trent & Mersey Canal, a 93-mile canal running from Preston Brook to Shardlow, England.

Trent & Mersey Canal

Canal

Brindley's Grand Trunk of 1777 — Potteries bottle kilns, the Anderton Boat Lift and the long darkness of Harecastle Tunnel.

0.1 km W · Staffordshire, Cheshire & Derbyshire

Photo of Downs Banks, a country estate near Barlaston, Staffordshire, central England.

Downs Banks

Country estate near Barlaston

A National Trust place in Staffordshire.

1.9 km SE

Lymestone Brewery

Brewery near Stone

Micro-brewery in the market town of Stone brewing craft beers and running regular brewery tours from its taproom.

3.8 km S

Photo of Queen's Park, Longton, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Barlaston, Staffordshire, central England.

Queen's Park, Longton

House & garden near Barlaston

The Potteries' first public park, a Jubilee gift of 1887.

4.1 km NE

Park Hall

Country park near Stoke-on-Trent

A country park in Staffordshire.

6.9 km NE

Photo of the Caldon Canal, an 18-mile canal running from Stoke-on-Trent to Froghall Wharf, central England.

Caldon Canal

Canal

From the Potteries into the wooded Churnet valley, one of the most rural endings of any English canal.

7.9 km N · Staffordshire

Photo of Hanley Park, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, central England.

Hanley Park

House & garden near Stoke-on-Trent

A Victorian municipal park by Thomas Mawson, opened in 1897 with a lake and bandstand.

8 km N

Everything else within 10 km (5) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.