Places worth the detour in Stoke-on-Trent
24 places worth going out of your way for lie within 20 km of Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom, across 5 kinds of detour; ruins, relics & eerie places are the largest group (7). Best known: Alton Towers. 23 of them rank as little-known. Click any card to open it on the map.
All 24, ranked 24
Ranked by how many Wikipedia editions cover them.
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2.Little Moreton Hall
Ruins & the uncanny · Hidden gem
Moated half-timbered manor house near Congleton in England, built between about 1504 and 1610.
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3.The Smiler
Fun & leisure · Hidden gem
Steel roller coaster located at Alton Towers in Staffordshire, United Kingdom
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5.Alton Castle
Built landmarks · 18th century · Hidden gem
Gothic-revival castle south of the river Churnet in the village of Alton, Staffordshire, England, UK
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6.Mow Cop Castle
Built landmarks · Hidden gem
Folly on the Cheshire and Staffordshire border, England, UK
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8.Eccleshall Castle
Built landmarks · Hidden gem
Castle in Eccleshall, Stafford, Staffordshire, England, UK
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9.Croxden Abbey
Sacred sites · 12th century · Hidden gem
Abbey in Croxden, Staffordshire, England, UK
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12.Whitmore Hall
Ruins & the uncanny · Hidden gem
Grade I listed historic house museum in Whitmore, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England, UK
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13.Dieulacres Abbey
Ruins & the uncanny · 12th century · Hidden gem
Former Cistercian monastery in Leek, Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire, England, UK
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15.Trentham Mausoleum
Built landmarks · Hidden gem
Grade I listed mausoleum in Trentham, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK
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16.Gladstone Pottery Museum
Museums & culture · 20th century · Hidden gem
Industrial museum in Staffordshire, England
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17.Chatterley Whitfield Colliery
Ruins & the uncanny · Hidden gem
Colliery in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK
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18.Ford Green Hall
Ruins & the uncanny · Hidden gem
Farmhouse and museum in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK
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19.Nicholson War Memorial
Built landmarks · 20th century · Hidden gem
Grade II listed war memorial in Leek, Staffordshire, England, UK
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21.Englesea Brook Chapel and Museum of Primitive Methodism
Museums & culture · 19th century · Hidden gem
Primitive Methodist chapel and museum, United Kingdom
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22.Nicholson Institute and Leek College of Further Education
Museums & culture · Hidden gem
Grade II* listed building in Leek, Staffordshire UK
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23.Multivallate hillfort at Bury Bank
Ruins & the uncanny · Hidden gem
Hillfort in Staffordshire, England, UK
