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Explore and discover for free the inspiring places, spaces, history and culture that makes our city so special! A527 A50 Between Thursday 8 and Sunday 11 September 2016 1 you can have free access to events and properties that are usually closed to the public or normally charge for To A53 Cheshire Tunstall admission. Take a boat trip, go canoeing, visit a museum 2 Stoke-on-Trent or go on a tour of a pottery or mine! 3&4 8-11 September 2016 Heritage Open Days have been running for over 20 5 years and are a free national annual celebration of England’s architecture and culture. Every year on four days in September, buildings of every age, style and A500 function throw open their doors. It is a once-a-year 9-16 Hanley A52 change to discover fantastic architecture and enjoy a 6-8 17 18 wide range of tours, events and activities that bring local history and culture to life. 19 Stoke 20 Stoke-on-Trent is lucky to have a deep and varied Fenton 22 23 cultural history. The world famous North A50 Pottery industry put Stoke-on-Trent on the map from M6 North Longton the 18th Century, but gems such as Ford Green Hall A500 show that the area’s history expands beyond the J15 24 industrial revolution. This year the city will submit a A520 To bid to become UK City of Culture 2021, what a great Derby 21 opportunity for people to see what we have on offer to support our application. M6 South 25 On a national level, the programme is managed by the

Heritage Open Days National Partnership and funded ©CrownCopyright 2011. All rights reserved. by England Heritage. Stoke-on-TrentCityCouncil 10002428.

To search the online directory of events go to www.stoke.gov/heritage www.heritageopendays.org.uk or for more information about local events go to www.heritageopendays.org.uk stoke.gov.uk/heritage England’s biggest facebook.com/heritageopendays @heritageopenday

Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that the information is correct, the publishers accept no liability for the accuracy of the information provided. FREE Please check details with individual sites before visiting through their websites heritage festival or by telephone. Vintage stationary engines & Upstairs, Downstairs Museum 8 Classic Vehicle Rally 14 Tours & Edwardian Family Fun 20 Etruria Industrial Museum, Lower Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Glebe Street, Stoke, Stoke-on-Trent, Bedford Street, Stoke-on-Trent, Bethesda Street, Hanley, ST4 1HH ST1 5PA Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 3RS 10 September Vintage engines: 10 September 8 - 9 September: 10am - 3pm 10.30am - 4.30pm 11.30am & 2.30pm Recital at 12pm Classic Vehicles: 11 September Upstaris, Downstairs Tours 10.30am - 4.30pm Tours must be booked Find out the history and heritage of bells and bellringing and 10 September: 11am - 4pm the chance to have ‘hands on’ experience on the fine ring of 10 Also visit the only remaining operational steam powered Edwardian Family Fun bells. There is recital at 12.00 on the magnificent Walker organ. potters’ mill in the world working as it would in Victorian times Discover the fascinating history of our famous ceramic objects Event not suitable for children under the age of 3. from 12.30pm to 4.30pm and go ‘behind the scenes’ to become part of our Edwardian pub P £ P and kitchen displays. Not suitable for children under 10. P P On Saturday the museum will be hosting a free Edwardian family fun day. Watch dance performances of the Charleston, Trentham World War One Cineworld see demonstrations of Edwardian cookery and take part in 21 Project & Sutherland Mausoleum 9 our themed craft activities. Tours need to be booked: Trentham Church, Park Drive, Bryan Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, [email protected], 01782 232323. Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 8AB ST1 5BN P WC 10 September 8 - 11 September P 11am - 4pm Thurs - Fri: 9.30am & 10.30am Sat - Sun: 9am Booking required Tour of 1 Smithfield St Mary and All Saints Church’s heritage dates back to the Come and enjoy a short film that takes you through a century of 15 7th Century. The Trentham World War One project will offer cinema magic and socials in Hanley. See how Hanley and nights Lower Bethesda Street, Hanley, visitors various displays and films throughout the day in the Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 3DE Church and its vicinity. The Sutherland Mausoleum, the only out have changed over the years. Also an invitation to see the secrets of Cineworld - behind the screen! 11 September Grade I listed building in Stoke-on-Trent, will also be open. Event not suitable for children under the age of 1. 11am - 3pm WC Booking: [email protected] P P WC P Tour of the new Smithfield building with an exhibition about the site. Booking: [email protected], 22 Victoria Hall & Regent Theatre 01782 234682 Uttoxeter Road, Longton 10 P WC Stoke-on-Trent, ST3 1PQ Regent Theatre 10 September Piccadilly, Stoke-on-Trent, 10am-5pm ST1 1AP - 10am-12pm 16 Mitchell Arts Centre At Gladstone Pottery Museum traditional skills, original Victoria Hall Broad Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Bagnall Street, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 4HG workshops, the cobbled yard and huge bottle ovens transport ST1 3AD - 1pm-3pm visitors back in time. Throw a pot, make a bone china flower 10 September or paint a piece of pottery for a small charge 10 September 10-30am - 1pm P WC Booking essential Tours must be booked £ P Come to The Regent Theatre, enjoy our beautiful auditorium, talk to the team about upcoming shows, take part in a variety Join us for a behind the scenes look at the Mitchell Arts centre. Centre of Refurbishment of children activities and much more! Also visit the Victoria Hall, Go backstage and tread the boards at one of the city’s favourite explore backstage and tour the dressing rooms which used to theatres. Booking: 01782 409307 23 Excellence (CoRE) P WC be the old prison cells. Booking: 01782 232323 Normacot Road, Longton, WC Stoke-on-Trent, ST3 1PR 8 - 9 September 17 10am - 3pm Radio Stoke Tour 11 Emma Bridgewater Factory, Lichfield Visit the unmanned Longton memory exhibition inside the Street, Hanley, restored bottle kiln of the Enson Works. The key for the 42 Cheapside, Stoke-on-Trent, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 3EJ ST1 1JJ exhibition is available at the CoRE main entrance. Not 8 September suitable for children under 10. 10 September 10am - 1.30pm P WC 9am - 3pm P Booking essential Free, highlight, Factory Tours. Max10 people per tour Background of the workings of the station and other activities The tour is wheelchair accessible (1 per tour) so please 170 Years of the Church of the Booking: Call 01782 208080 between 9am-1pm contact us on 01782 201328 or decoratingstudio@ 24 Holy Evangelists emmabridgewater.co.uk to book a wheelchair user slot. WC Upper Belgrave Road, Normacot, £ P P Stoke-on-Trent, ST3 4GB 8 - 10 September Bethesda Chapel All Saints & Joiners Square: 10am - 4pm 12 11 September 35-37 Albion Street, Hanley, 18 Cultural Heritage Open Day 11am - 1pm & 3pm - 5pm Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 1QF All Saints Church, Leek Rd, Joiners Square, Stoke-on-Trent, At The Holy Evangelists, Normacot, a Grade II listed Staffordshire, ST1 3HH Church, we have been ‘treasuring our treasures’ now for 10 September: 12pm - 3pm Choir performance 170 years including Minton Tiles. To help appreciate our 10 September Victorian heritage there will be displays of memorabilia 10am - 3pm and a photograph history of the Church and community of Dating from 1819, Bethesda is the largest Methodist chapel Celebrate the built and cultural heritage of the church, Joiners Normacot. Full details for the event can be found here outside of London. See the building after the completion of the Square and its residents with many activities and displays to http://bit.ly/2aO9nA7 second phase of its restoration work, a choir will perform on enjoy. Full details for the event can be found here WC Saturday afternoon. http://bit.ly/2b0Km4S 25 Museum Hanley Town Hall World of Wedgwood, Wedgwood 13 19 Lord Mayor’s Parlour Drive, Barlaston, Stoke-on-Trent, Albion Street, City Centre Stoke Town Hall, Glebe Street, ST12 9ER Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 1QL Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 1HH 8 - 9 September 10 September 10 September 10am - 5pm Tours - 10.30am, 12pm, Tours -10am, 11.15am and 10 - 11September 1pm, 3pm 1.30pm 10am - 4pm Pre-booking required Booking essential World of Wedgwood is a unique visitor experience Heritage Open Days visitors will be able to see the old Visit the Lord Mayor’s Parlour and see behind the scenes in celebrating the very best of British industrial and design courtroom and look at the cells in the basement of the the historic council chambers. Children can take part in our heritage. Try your hand at the potter’s wheel and create your building. Not suitable for children under 5. treasure hunt and have their photo taken in the Lord Mayor’s own work of art to take home and spend time in the award- Booking: Tracey Harrison - [email protected], chair and hat. Booking: http://bit.ly/2b7NKcZ, 01782 winning Wedgwood Museum. 01782 232042 232366 or [email protected] P WC WC WC P £ P P P