The Maelstrom Ride at Drayton Manor Theme Park
A Stag at Cannock Chase
The River Trent in Staffordshire 
Potteries Museum and Art GalleryThe great outdoors, beautiful gardens, best family theme parks, cutting edge leisure attractions and dazzling historic cultural centres await in town and country Staffordshire. Centrally situated in the heart of England Staffordshire is accessible from the M6, M1, M42 and M54. Excellent mainline rail links also connect Staffordshire to the rest of Britain.
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Attractions in Staffordshire are fantastically varied from top family attractions like Alton Towers and Drayton Manor theme park to Potteries Museums and Factory tours in the world's ceramics capital Stoke-on-Trent. Be dazzled by the spectacular medieval Lichfield Cathedral, take canal boat trips on the historic Trent & Mersey Canal or visit the National Brewery Centre in Burton-on-Trent. Great family walking, cycling and outdoor activities in South Staffordshire feature around Cannock Chase and the National Forest and discover best Staffordshire local produce in Stone and Stafford.
Staffordshire is a best family holiday destination in the West Midlands. The county contains two top theme parks in Britain, Alton Towers theme park on the southern edge of the Peak District and Drayton Manor theme park near Tamworth. Across the Staffordshire countryside which includes Cannock Chase and the Staffordshire Moorlands are a wealth of family farm parks and outdoor activities from family walking and cycling in Cannock Chase and the National Forest to challenging walking and rock climbing in the Moorlands Roaches. Outstanding family leisure attractions in Staffordshire include the Tamworth SnowDome, one of Britain's best real snow centres. Best aqua park in the UK is WaterWorld in Stoke-on-Trent city centre.
Criss-crossing Staffordshire are a network of famous rivers and canals including the great Midlands waterway the River Trent and historic canals the Trent & Mersey Canal and the Caldon Canal. Canal boat trips and narrowboat hire on the Staffordshire canals are widely available, with feature hotel canal boats in Staffordshire offering unique accommodation in the West Midlands. The canals are integral to Staffordshire's history and are ever present in many Staffordshire towns like the Staffordshire brewing centre Burton-upon-Trent, home to the National Brewery Centre, and the World Capital of Ceramics Stoke-on-Trent and The Potteries, home to the Wedgwood Visitor Centre and a host of Potteries museums and factory tours. Canal town Stone is one of Staffordshire's most popular narrowboat mooring spots.
Fantastic outdoor activities in South Staffordshire feature within Cannock Chase, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty containing the spectacular woodland of Cannock Forest. A host of family walking, mountain bike and cycling trails, museums and family forest centres are in the Cannock Chase area with plentiful accommodation in Cannock and Rugeley affording easy access into the Chase. Stafford in the heart of Staffordshire is a great town and country holiday base situated close to the Staffordshire County Showground which hosts the annual family fun Staffordshire County Show and the fun family attraction Shugborough Hall, home to the County Museum. South Staffordshire heritage and culture gem is the city of Lichfield, the birthplace of Samuel Johnson, home to the spectacular medieval Gothic Lichfield Cathedral.
In North Staffordshire discover a host of premier museums and galleries in Stoke-on-Trent including the Potteries Museum & Art Gallery displaying the breath-taking Anglo Saxon finds of the Staffordshire Hoard alongside a dazzling art collection featuring work by Picasso, Degas and Durer. Stoke-on-Trent is the best location in Britain for world class ceramics and pottery factory tours and factory shop outlets featuring famous ceramics names like Wedgwood, Burleigh and Moorcroft Pottery. Historic market town Leek in North Staffordshire contains a fantastic choice of fine antiques centres and markets with surrounding attractions including walking and climbing in the Staffordshire Moorlands and great family attractions around Rudyard Lake. Nearby Biddulph is Staffordshire's famous 'Garden Town' whilst Newcastle-under-Lyme is a picture-postcard scene of timber-framed buildings, heritage inns and historic churches.
The Maelstrom image contributed by Rizka Budiat. Cannock Chase image contributed by Tim Marshall. The Potteries Museum image contributed by Val Vannet. The River Trent image contributed by Stephen Jones.
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