Welcome to our digital tour of Middleport Pottery. Explore at your own pace, sit and watch the archive film footage.
Use the in-app map to guide you around this amazing site that hasn’t changed in more than 100 years!
Explore the passageways between the ranges, overlay the historic view over the modern one and share it with your friends. Middleport Pottery’s famous passageways were just wide enough for a cart to get through, and for the easy movement of workers and pottery.
Keep the phone in your pocket, and be alerted to interesting facts and features around the site.
The app is loaded with amazing content, including archive footage, factory tour snippets, find out about Middleport workers past and present and view amazing image galleries which can be trigger through Bluetooth Beacons around the site.
To fully experience this app you will need to visit Middleport Pottery to unlock exclusive bonus content, letting you view extended video footage.
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Middleport Pottery Regeneration Project:
The regeneration of Middleport Pottery has been made possible with funding from English Heritage, the Regional Growth Fund, the European Regional Development Fund and the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Denby has invested significantly into the factory since acquisition and there have also been several substantial private donations.
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Middleport Pottery is the home of world-famous Burleigh, is now an exciting visitor destination in the heart of Burslem, the Mother Town of the Potteries, following a stunning £9 million restoration by The Princes Regeneration Trust.
Learn all about Middleport Pottery as you explore its new unique visitor experience. Book a factory tour to find out how Burleigh is produced using traditional craftsmanship.
See pottery produced over the years and step into the iconic bottle kiln in our free visitor centre. Afterwards, relax in our café which overlooks the Trent and Mersey Canal.
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Credits:
Built by the Team at Bronze Software Labs.
Picture research and text: Marion Blockley.