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The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Bethesda Street, Hanley,
Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 3DW. Tel: 01782 232323. The world's greatest
collection of Staffordshire ceramics. A unique collection of
works of art including Picasso, Durer and Degas. See a World
War 2 Spitfire. Location: About 2 miles east of Newcastle-Under-Lyme.
The Wedgwood Museum Trust
Limited, Barlaston, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST12 9ES.
Tel: 01782 282818. The Wedgwood Museum contains the world's greatest
collection of Wedgwood ceramics, ranging from a unique collection
of Josiah Wedgwood’s original trials for the perfection
of Queen's Ware. The Museum will reopen in 2007. About 2 miles
south of Newcastle-Under-Lyme.
Foxfield Steam Railway, Caverswall Road Station, Blythe Bridge,
Stoke on Trent, ST11 9BG. Tel: 01782 396210. The Foxfield Railway
is a preserved Steam Railway in North Staffordshire. Formerly
built to carry coal, it now carries visitors on a five mile round
journey through the picturesque Staffordshire Moorland scenery.
The railway is home to some 28 Steam, Diesel and Electric locomotives
along with a wide variety of Coaches. Visitors are currently
advised to join the train at Caverswall Road Station. www.foxfieldrailway.co.uk.
About 6 miles east of Newcastle-Under-Lyme.
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