Discover the city’s bottle ovens with a range of events organised by the Potteries Bottle Oven Owners Club in celebration of Potteries Bottle Oven Day, the annual commemoration of the last firing of a bottle oven in Stoke-on-Trent in 1978.
10:00am - 4:00pm at Middleport Pottery, Port Street, Middleport
FREE entry to the Middleport Pottery Bottle Oven
Canal Trip, Tour and Walk - includes history talk on the Dane narrowboat and guided tour of Etruria Industrial Museum - starts 10:30am - Tickets £30. Book your place:
https://reformheritage2.beaconforms.com/form/73178c5d
10:00am - 4:00pm at Etruria Industrial Museum, Etruria Vale Road, Etruria
Calcining Kiln and Mill opening specially for Potteries Bottle Oven Day. Entry £6
Light refreshments available in the tearoom. For information: https://etruriamuseum.org.uk
Bankside Bottle Ovens: A FREE guided walk exploring the oven sites along the Trent & Mersey and Caldon Canals, led by Potteries Heritage Society. Leaving from Etruria Museum at 2:30pm. Reserve your free place:
https://www.potteries.org.uk/bankside-bottle-ovens-reserve