Middleport Pottery, an authentic craft centre in Stoke-on-Trent

It is no lie that Middleport Pottery is one of the hidden gems in Staffordshire County. An industrial heritage site, home to the Burleigh pottery and the last working Victorian pot bank in the United Kingdom. There are many special features here at Middleport that it's mentioned in the latest Article of the Guardian, "Where tourists seldom tread, part 5: more UK towns with hidden histories". Notably mentioned in the article as follows: "High on disorientation, I drove around like a JG Ballard cipher. Searching for old pots was like archaeology rather than sightseeing. Where were the sherds and wheels? I saw a promising old factory but it was too late to turn round. I plugged Wedgwood into the satnav and was sent to purgatory – a weird semi-private estate, the opposite of the kind of place where you want to potter. Eventually, I found a surviving authentic craft…