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Pottery Painting & Craft Studios in Manchester
Painting a blank pot is only half the story here. Space Studio Manchester, a kilometre or so from the centre in Ancoats, gives you over 40 pots to choose from in a session under two hours. Seven Limes Pottery, also close in, starts from £1.90 and gets you hand-building or wheel-throwing actual tableware rather than just painting a plain mug. Out at Community Clay Studio Manchester CIC in Stretford, family sessions let kids get properly hands on with a wheel or clay by hand in a working studio. For toddlers and young kids, Moss Pottery Studio in Altrincham covers ages 0-12 with hand-building, painting or the wheel. Older kids and teens might prefer Paint Away Events, whose private parties suit ages 11+, working on canvas, candles or wine glasses. If you want cheap and cheerful, Brookside Pottery in Stockport starts from £3. And if it's a childfree afternoon you're after, New dawn pottery in Manchester is strictly 18+, no under-18s allowed.
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Places for pottery painting & craft studios
from £1507 Spot Pottery
Salford
Wheel throwing and handbuilding courses for adults, plus private parties, but this one's honest that it's not set up for kids' pottery painting.
Accessible toiletBooking requiredFree parkingParty rooms+1 more
from £9.95Bean & Brush Art Cafe
Sale · ages 6+
Sit down and paint a pot to keep, with proper café food and cake while you work.
Birthday partiesBooking requiredCaféHalal options+2 more
from £3Brookside Pottery
Stockport
Pick a pot, paint it over a couple of hours, and either take it home the same day or come back for it once it's glazed.
Birthday partiesBooking requiredFree parking
Community Clay Studio Manchester CIC
Manchester
Family ceramics sessions where kids get hands on with a pottery wheel or hand-building clay, in a proper working studio in Stretford.
Bike parkingWheelchair accessible
Doodle Pots (Paint a Pot & crafts)
Mossley, Manchester
Paint a pot, make a bear or mix up a batch of slime at a craft studio with its own café for the wait.
Birthday partiesCaféGroup bookingsFood on site+1 more
from £8Fired Paint a Pot Cafe
Bury
Pick a blank piece of pottery from over 100 designs on the shelves and paint it yourself over a coffee.
Booking requiredCaféIndoor seatingFood on site
from £5Kil'n Time Pottery Studio
Manchester
Pick a blank piece from over 120 options and paint it yourself with proper paints and stencils, ready to collect a week or so later.
Birthday parties
Knutcraft Pottery Painting Cafe
Knutsford
Pick a blank ceramic animal, dinosaur or mug and paint it yourself before it goes off to be glazed and fired.
CaféGift shopIndoor seating
from £45Lemon Studio
Altrincham
Hand-build porcelain decorations and imprinted clay vases at a pottery party you book and decorate as your own.
Booking required
Moss Pottery Studio
Altrincham · ages 0-12
Hand-build, paint pre-made ceramics or try the wheel in a two-hour taster session for kids and families.
Booking required
New dawn pottery
Manchester · adults only (18+)
An adults-only pottery studio in Manchester, strictly no under-18s, so this is one for a childfree afternoon rather than a family outing.
Booking required
Paint Away Events
Manchester · ages 11+
Guided painting sessions on canvas, candles or wine glasses, led step by step by an artist, with private parties for older kids.
Free parkingIndoor seatingFood on site
Paint Splat
Manchester · ages 3+
An hour with splatter guns and brushes at a splat station, ending with a canvas to take home.
Birthday partiesFree parkingGroup bookingsPram storage+3 more
from £1.90Seven Limes Pottery
Manchester
Hand-building or wheel-throwing classes where you make actual tableware, not just paint a plain mug.
Birthday partiesBooking requiredGroup bookingsPublic transport nearby
from £40SHELLEY WOOD STUDIO
Ashton-under-Lyne
A two-hour clay taster where you hand-build a bowl or vase, no wheel skills needed.
Birthday partiesBooking required
from £20Space Studio Manchester
Manchester
Pick a pot from over 40 options and paint it, with sessions running under two hours in an Ancoats studio.
Booking requiredIndoor seatingWheelchair accessible
from £36Sunita Asal Art
Manchester
Sip & Paint sessions where you work from a set scene, like a moonlit lake or a window with flowers, on a proper canvas.
TT Craft Studio
Manchester
Tufting workshops where you make your own fluffy rug or soft décor piece to take home.
Birthday partiesBooking requiredGroup bookings
Good to know: pottery painting & craft studios in Manchester
What does a paid visit cost?
Paid entry starts from £1.90 at Seven Limes Pottery. Prices, ages and facilities are listed on every place page, taken from each venue's own published price list.
Whereabouts are they?
You'll find pottery painting & craft studios in Salford, Sale, Stockport, Manchester, Mossley and 4 more. Every place we list is in or around Manchester, and each listing has the full address and directions.
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