Gladstone Pottery Museum – Longton, Stoke on Trent – complete Victorian pottery factory from the days when coal burning ovens made the world’s finest bone china, guided tours, see traditional skills, original workshops, the cobbled yard and huge bottle kilns, ‘Flushed with Pride’ toilet exhibit, Tile Gallery and 1890’s Doctor’s House, shop, cafe
Opening is season as since 2021 it has been home of Channel 4’s “The Great Pottery Throw Down” and filming takes place during the closed season
Accessibility - External areas of the museum are cobbled, ramped access to buildings, lift to upper floor, wheelchairs available for loan, accessible toilets
www.stokemuseums.org.uk/visit/gpm
Kingsley Bird & Falconry Centre – Kingsley, Cheadle – Limited opening for general admission but offer bird experiences including bird handling and bird flying also guided tours. It has one of the largest collections of birds of prey in the country, and offers Lantra courses approved by the Hawk Board
kingsleyfalconry.co.uk
Lower Drayton Farm - Penkridge, nr Stafford - Staffordshire’s multi-award winning farm park attraction, set on a 750-acre working farm", a 2000sqm indoor play barn – a space dedicated to action and adventure with a four storey soft play frame. Outdoors - zipwires, grass toboggans, bouncy pillows, treetop towers climbing frame, sand and water play and Farm-u-la One go-karts. Animal zones are under cover pet-friendly rabbits and Guinea Pigs, and see goats, pigs, cattle and other farmyard favourites -
Accessibility from their website - "we’ve tried to make the experience as accessible as possible so that everyone can join in the fun, with lift access to the first floor of the playbarn and accessible walkways and paths all around the site. Our quieter, low-capacity sessions take place on Friday evenings during school term time. During the school holidays, we offer quieter sessions on Sunday mornings and Friday evenings."
playatthefarm.co.uk
Middleport Pottery – Burslem, Stoke on Trent – World famous Burleigh pottery has been created here using traditional methods since 1889. Visitor Centre which comprises Victorian offices, historic collections, bottle kiln and mould store, factory tour, café, shop
- it will be familiar to many who watched The Great Pottery Throw Down television programme as it was their home up to the end of the 2020 season
Accessibility - accessible toilet, access is limited in some areas, please see the access statement on their website
re-form.org/middleportpottery/information
The Owl Experience and Bird of Prey Rescue Centre Haughton nr Stafford
The centre rescue and rehabilitate sick and injured birds and return them back to the wild - visit and see the birds or enjoy a one of their hawk and owl walks - Offering bookable experiences and packages - choose from Owl Handling Experience, Hawk Walk, Private Photography Session, Owl Keepers Day, Welcome to Falconry
www.theowlexperience.net
Peak Wildlife Park – Winkhill, Leek – large walkthroughs allow you to come face to face with exotic and endangered animals from across three continents, family picnic area, Jungle Bounce and large outdoor play area
Accessibility - "The whole of the Park is accessible by wheelchair and able-bodied pusher. The paths are wide and can accommodate wheelchairs and mobility scooters." Accessible toilets and baby changing facilities
www.peakwildlifepark.co.uk
Potteries Museum & Art Gallery – Hanley, Stoke on Trent – Art gallery includes works of art by Picasso, Durer and Degas – the museum has its very own Spitfire on display (the Spitfire’s designer Reginald Joseph Mitchell was born and educated in north Staffordshire) and now there is a Spitfire Simulator which offers an authentic-feeling Spitfire cockpit and is the next best thing to sitting in a real Spitfire. There is also a world class pottery collections, local natural history, collection of costume and textiles dating from the 15th century to the present day, and “The Staffordshire Hoard” of Anglo-Saxon gold
Accessibility - Secret Garden – a sensory oasis with plants and fungi to smell and touch, all public areas, including the café and museum are accessible by lift, ramps and stairs, baby changing facilities, accessible toilets, visitor desk and Forum Theatre are fitted with induction loops
www.stokemuseums.org.uk/visit/pmag and www.staffordshirehoard.org.uk/event/see-it-in-stoke
RSPB Coombes & Churnet Valley Nature Reserve Coombes Valley is a wonderful woodland reserve. It’s perfect for nature enthusiasts to explore and for families to have fun and play together outdoors. In spring and early summer, migrating flycatchers, redstarts and wood warblers come to breed. In winter, redwings, fieldfares and winter finches are regular visitors - woodland reserve at Bradnop, for nature enthusiasts to explore and for families to have fun and play together outdoors.
AccessibilityVisitor centre is level and step-free throughout, with tiled floor, manual double doors opening both ways, benches with back rests on trails which have unsurfaced paths, with changes in gradient and some very steep sections - access statement on their website
www.rspb.org.uk/reserves-and-events/reserves-a-z/coombes-valley
Rudyard Lake – located outside Stoke on Trent near Leek and the Peak District National Park, two and a half mile long lake, water sports, fishing, walks, wildlife, steam train ride, cycle track, visitor centre, cafe, shop
Accessibility "The old railway line down the east side of the lake is fairly level and the best option for disabled visitors, although there can often be puddles and small stones (e.g it is not tarmac)"
Take a look at our Rudyard Lake photo album on Flickr -
www.flickr.com/photos/visit-north-staffordshire...
www.rudyardlake.com
The Rudyard Lake Steam Railway this Narrow Gauge Railway runs by the lake and cycle track, has a Station Cafe
Accessibility There is wheelchair access to all the stations, plans to have a wheelchair accessible rail coach
www.rlsr.org
Shugborough Estate (NT) - Milford, nr Stafford - 900 acres estate, ancestral home to the Earls of Lichfield, includes a Grade 1 Listed Park and Mansion and the Grade 2 Park Farm and Walled Garden, estate, canal and river walks, mill, cafe, shop, main house and servants quarters -
Accessibility - "Many steps to house entrance. Stairs to all floors" though a stair climber to entrance - disabled toilets & Changing Places facility in Park Farm courtyard 
Mobility trampers available for hire from reception, Baby-changing facilities
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/shugborough-estate
