Trent and Mersey Canal
Stone Railway Station Plaque
Welcome to StoneHistoric canal town Stone nestles alongside the Trent & Mersey Canal midway between Stafford and Stoke-on-Trent in the Staffordshire countryside. Stone is a famous centre for food and drink in Staffordshire offering acclaimed local produce markets and the monthly popular Stone Farmers' Market. The annual Stone Food & Drink Festival is one of Staffordshire's best food festivals featuring high profile celebrity chefs and food experts. Community website Stone Staffordshire can help you explore the Stone community further, with Transition events, dance classes,plays and live music.
Attractions near Stone include two of Staffordshire's most famous attractions - the Wedgwood Visitor Centre and Museum and beautiful Trentham Gardens, shopping village and Monkey Forest. Stone Marina on the Trent & Mersey Canal offers ample mooring space for narrowboats. Historic Stone coaching inn hotels, farmhouse B&Bs and stylish historic guest houses in Stone are all plentiful. Stone specialist shopping is also renowned as one of the best in Staffordshire featuring a great choice of antique shops and art and craft shopping. Trains from Stone station are direct to Stoke-on-Trent and Stafford. This Staffordshire canal town also sits conveniently close to the M6 motorway.
Famous canal town and acclaimed market town Stone nestles midway between Stafford and Stoke-on-Trent. Stone is the perfect beautiful rural Staffordshire location for visiting top attractions south of Stoke city centre including the Wedgwood Visitor Centre & Museum and the Trentham Estate with gardens, shopping village and Monkey Forest. Trains from Stone station run direct to Stoke-on-Trent, Stafford, Rugeley and Lichfield making this Staffordshire market town an excellent touring holiday base situated also conveniently close to the M6 motorway.
Stone nestles alongside the historic Trent and Mersey Canal. The town is a popular mooring spot for narrowboats. The marina in Stone offers 180 berths and boasts an on-site farm shop and bistro. The Trent & Mersey Canal is navigable from Stone to popular nearby canalside attractions including the Wedgwood Visitor Centre and Stoke-on-Trent city centre museums. Stone has a rich history linked to the canal. Josiah Wedgwood famously met the engineer James Brindley at the Crown Inn, now the Crown Hotel in Stone, in 1766. The result of this meeting was the pioneering Trent & Mersey Canal finished five years later. Stone went on to became the headquarters of the Trent & Mersey canal.
Stone is Staffordshire's famous food and drink capital. An exceptional local produce centre in Staffordshire, Stone Farmers Markets take place on the first Saturday of each month and attract hundreds of visitors. The town hosts the annual acclaimed Stone Food & Drink Festival in early October which usually features high profile chefs and famous food experts. The outstanding variety of restaurants in Stone includes traditional inns and world cuisine restaurants. Stone specialist shops are amongst the best in Staffordshire feature a wide choice of Stone antique shops, funky fashion boutiques and arts and crafts shops.
Beautiful 18th century coaching inn hotels in Stone sit alongside traditional Stone pub B&Bs offering fine cask real ales and hearty pub food. Quality historic B&Bs in Stone as well as charming Stone farmhouse B&Bs in the Staffordshire countryside around Stone are widely available. Stone narrowboat holidays on the Trent & Mersey Canal are also popular. Find Stone Canal boat hire and B&Bs listed here on iknow West Midlands.
Trent and Mersey Canal image contributed by Colin Smith. Welcome to Stone image contributed by John M. Stone Station image contributed by Jamie Moore. All images are copyrighted but licensed for further reuse under the Creative Commons License.
