Staffordshire

Staffordshire is renowned for the craftsmanship of its world famous potteries at Stoke on Trent. It has some beautiful countryside, particularly where the Peak District National Park crosses into the north east of the county and also the breathtaking Cannock Chase, with its thirty thousand acres of forest and heathland further south. The hills in the north are a continuation of the moors of Derbyshire, rising in places to 1,500 feet above the River Trent. They are broken by several picturesque wooded valleys, such as Manifold, Milldale and Dovedale. Amongst many of it's glorious attractions is the world renowned Alton Towers where familes, schools and groups travel from all over the world.