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The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Burslem

  

Burslem Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Burslem

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Burslem history

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Domesday Book shows Burslem as a small farming hamlet, strategically sited above a ford at Longport. The town boomed on the back of fine pottery production and canals, and became known as The Mother Town of Stoke-on-Trent. Many of the novels of Arnold Bennett evoke Victorian town, with its many potteries, mines, and working canal barges.

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Local Edition was one of the first newspapers to cover the area regularly. It covered Burslem, as well as surrounding areas including Tunstall, Middleport and Cobridge. The newspaper ceased publication in 2008.

You can visit Burslem places with Walkfo Burslem to hear history at Burslem’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Burslem has 94 places to visit in our interactive Burslem map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Burslem, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Burslem places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Burslem & the surrounding areas.

“Curated content for millions of locations across the UK, with 94 audio facts unique to Burslem places in an interactive Burslem map you can explore.”

Walkfo: Visit Burslem Places Map
94 tourist, history, culture & geography spots

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Burslem historic spots	Burslem tourist destinations	Burslem plaques	Burslem geographic features
Walkfo Burslem tourism map key: places to see & visit like National Trust sites, Blue Plaques, English Heritage locations & top tourist destinations in Burslem

  

Best Burslem places to visit

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Burslem has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Burslem’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Burslem’s information audio spots:

Eastwood Hanley F.C. Eastwood Hanley Football Club is a football club based in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, England. They are currently members of the Staffordshire County Senior League Premier Division.

Staffordshire University Staffordshire University is a public research university in Staffordshire, England. It has one main campus based in Stoke-on-Trent and three other campuses; in Stafford, Lichfield and Shrewsbury.

County Ground, Stoke-on-Trent The County Ground was a cricket ground in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. The ground was located along Station Road, near the railway station.

Bagnall Road Wood Bagnall Road Wood is a local nature reserve near Milton, on the eastern fringe of Stoke-on-Trent, England. The wooded area is located near Milton on the east fringe of the city.

Norton United F.C. Norton United F.C. was a football club based in Smallthorne, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. They were established in 1989 and joined the Staffordshire Senior League in the same year. The club’s ground was the Norton Cricket Club & Miners Welfare Institute; however’ they left that ground mid season due to contractual issues with the owners and played their remaining fixtures at Lyme Valley Stadium.

Whitfield Valley Whitfield Valley is a local nature reserve on the northern fringe of Stoke-on-Trent, England. The nature reserve is located on the north edge of the city.

City Sentral City Sentral was a planned major retail and leisure development in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. The centre was to include a M&S department store, a Cineworld cinema complex, an 80-room hotel and a new bus station. The branding of the proposed shopping centre divided residents in the city with many suggesting the deliberate misspelling of the word ‘central’ was unnecessary and open to ridicule.

Queen’s Theatre, Burslem The Queen’s Theatre (originally Queen’s Hall) is a Grade II listed building in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent. It is situated in Wedgwood Place in the town centre.

St John the Baptist’s Church, Burslem St John the Baptist’s Church is an Anglican church in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. It is a Grade II listed building.

Old Town Hall, Burslem The Old Town Hall is a Grade II* listed building in Burslem, Staffordshire. It is in the Market Place, in the centre of the town.

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