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City Central Library, Hanley

Sara Jaspan, Exhibitions Editor

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City Central Library, Hanley

Knowledge is Power: 6 Towns at City Central Library in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Stoke-on-Trent
Bethesda Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, ST1 3RS
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  • Monday9:00am - 6:00pm
  • Tuesday9:00am - 6:00pm
  • Wednesday9:00am - 6:00pm
  • Thursday9:00am - 6:00pm
  • Friday9:00am - 5:00pm
  • Saturday10:00am - 2:00pm

Always double check opening hours with the venue before making a special visit.

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City Central Library is Stoke-on-Trent’s largest library, home to the city archives. The building has been described as “the finest and most distinctive example of Modernist architecture in Stoke-on-Trent” and designed by the city architect J. W. Plant.

What's on near City Central Library, Hanley

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Potteries Museum & Art Gallery
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Potteries Museum & Art Gallery

Home to the most significant collection of Staffordshire ceramics in the world and the largest collection of Anglo-Saxon treasure ever found, a visit to Stoke-upon-Trent is not complete without an afternoon whiled away in The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery.

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Bethesda Methodist Chapel in Hanley is considered to be one of England’s grandest surviving town chapels – and it’s easy to see why.

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The pottery lover’s mecca, over 1.3 million Emma Bridgwater pieces are produced at the designer’s Stoke-on-Trent based factory every year – each one touched by over 30 deftly-skilled hands. Take an award-winning tour, visit the heavily discounted shop and have a go at producing your own earthenware masterpiece.

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Just a short walk from Stoke-on-Trent train station is Stoke Minster, believed to have once been an important Celtic religious site and where Christian worship has taken place since Saxon times.

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‘Mother town’ of The Potteries, Burslem dates back to at least 1085 when it appears listed in the Domesday Book. Today, the wealth and fortune generated by the boom in global demand for Staffordshire pottery can still be seen reflected in the town’s many fine red brick buildings and grand displays of civic pride.

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Middleport Pottery

Built in 1888, the beautifully-conserved grade II* listed Middleport Pottery has been producing its world-famous Burleigh pieces for over 120 years. Today it is the only working Victorian pottery left in Stoke-on-Trent and a multi award-winning visitor attraction.

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