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Discover Staffordshire
With its blend of thrilling theme parks and attractions, beautiful open spaces, and eye-opening history and heritage, Staffordshire is a great choice for a family holiday or city break.
Get the adrenaline pumping at Alton Towers Resort and Drayton Manor Resort, explore the dramatic scenery of the Staffordshire Peak District and Cannock Chase National Landscape, and discover incredible craftsmanship at World of Wedgwood, where you can even have a go at the potter’s wheel yourself!
Make a splash at Waterworld, zoom down the slopes at the Snowdome, admire medieval masterpiece Lichfield Cathedral, and hear tales of dragons, princesses and Saxon warriors at Tamworth Castle.
Staffordshire highlights
- A popular destination for walkers, cyclists and nature lovers, Staffordshire is the only UK county with a National Park (the Peak District), a National Landscape (Cannock Chase), and The National Forest.
- It has more miles of canal than any other UK Shire county, and 2000 miles of waterways in all, including the River Trent, Trent & Mersey Canal, and Tittesworth Reservoir
- Stoke-on-Trent is the World Capital of Ceramics, and is home to world-famous pottery brands like Wedgwood, Emma Bridgewater, Burleigh and Spode. It’s also home to Channel 4’s The Great Pottery Throwdown
- Burton upon Trent in East Staffordshire is the centre of the brewing industry, where and manufacturers such as Bass and India Pale Ale became world-famous, and Marmite was invented!
