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Museums in Stoke-on-Trent
There's not much in the way of museums right in Stoke-on-Trent on this list, so it's worth widening the net a bit. The Children's Country House at Sudbury is a longer trip out, but it's built for families: a National Trust house given over entirely to the Museum of Childhood, with gardens and a cafe, tickets from £11 and no age limit. It's the sort of place you make a day of, not a quick stop. Runway Visitor Park is further still, out at Altrincham near Manchester Airport, but it's free to get in and lets you climb aboard a retired Concorde and a DC10, with runway views included. If you've got a toddler, Sudbury's gardens give them room to wander; older kids will get more from clambering round the planes. Both have cafes and accessible toilets, so neither is a bare afternoon out.
5 places 2 free to visit
FreeCheddleton Flint Mill
Leek
Two watermill wheels still turning to grind flint for the pottery industry, with free entry and grounds you can wander all week.
Booking requiredFree parkingFood on siteParking
from £5Etruria Industrial Museum
Stoke-on-Trent · ages 0-16
A working Victorian steam mill you can walk round most Fridays, with the engine actually turning on special weekends.
Accessible toiletCaféParkingPicnics allowed+1 more
FreeRunway Visitor Park
Altrincham
Climb aboard a retired Concorde and a DC10 parked up outside Manchester Airport, with runway views thrown in free.
Accessible toiletBlue badge parkingCaféGift shop+7 more
from £11The Children's Country House at Sudbury
Sudbury · ages 0+
National Trust kids-first country house near Sudbury - Museum of Childhood, gardens and cafe from £11 child.
Accessible toiletBike parkingBirthday partiesBlue badge parking+12 more
The Potteries Centre
Stoke-on-Trent
A shopping centre in the middle of Stoke-on-Trent with quiet hours for anyone who finds it all a bit much.
Bike parkingCaféParkingPublic transport nearby+3 more
Good to know: museums in Stoke-on-Trent
Are any of them free?
Yes, Cheddleton Flint Mill and Runway Visitor Park are free to visit.
What does a paid visit cost?
Paid entry starts from £5 at Etruria Industrial Museum. 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 museums in Leek, Stoke-on-Trent, Altrincham and Sudbury. Every place we list is in or around Stoke-on-Trent, and each listing has the full address and directions.
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