Stoke-on-Trent campsites

Centrally located, the city of Stoke-on-Trent sits in Staffordshire, tucked along tranquil canalways and home to so much glorious pottery that the Bethesda Chapel is known as the Cathedral of the Potteries. So try the delicious Staffordshire oatcakes and walk it off in pretty surroundings - Stoke is a great place for your break.

Exploring the city's museums and art galleries is a great day out and there are plenty to choose from. You're sure to go potty for the city's famous and historic pottery industry - it really is one of Stoke's biggest claims to fame. See the giant kilns and beautifully finished pieces at the Gladstone Pottery Museum and then wander the creative ceramic at the Potteries Museum and Art Gallery. You can browse the best in the Barewall gallery, and the last remaining steam driven potters' mill is at the Etruria Industrial Museum.

It's not all about the finished product as you can also 'clay-m' your spot on a tour of the pottery production process from Middleport Pottery, the Emma Bridgewater Factory and Moorcroft Pottery.

Feeling more like exhilarating adventure than chilled browsing? Leave gravity behind with a go on the climbing wall at Awesome Walls Stoke, England's biggest dedicated bouldering centre - which has options for both adults and kids. Stoke also makes an excellent base for Alton Towers aweinspiring rides - too far to hear the screaming but definitely close enough to be there when they open queueing for the highest rollercoasters.

Stroll through the town's pretty parks where you can relax away from the buzz of the city. Even further from the hurly burly is the Caldon Canal, a lovely place to explore at a leisurely pace - either on foot or by boat. 

If you've got a car, it's just a few churns of the engine to the Trentham Estate where you'll be captivated by its pretty gardens and the family will be instantly on board when they see Trentham Monkey Forest. You can have brekkie with the primates, dawdle on woodland walks and see these cheeky monkeys living freely.

Biddulph Grange Garden is a National Trust garden perfect for nature lovers and why not steam off on a top day out with the Churnet Valley Railway or the local Apple Valley Light Railway with its nostalgic chugging through a country park.