Maxine, Jay Jay & I are staying up in Stoke on Saturday night - between Stokie's two bashes this weekend.
We will have a few hours free on Sunday afternoon between being chucked out of our room at the Stoke Talke Travelodge and attending the Tea Dance that starts at 5pm. Has anyone any suggestions for what there is for us to see & do in that time ? I have had a quick look at the VisitStoke website and there seem to be loads of museums & visitor centres about - can anyone recommend anything in particular ? We don't particularly want to do any shopping, but we will want to eat at some point.
Anyone else staying up there that wants to get together to do the "tourist" bit mob-handed ?
last year after the midland champs - I went and visited the various china & crystal shops
but didn't have time to do the more tourist stuff - have heard very good things about the wedgewood? visitor centre which is a bit out of stoke.
Taken directly from our website:
Not Only, But Also...I love the Dance Mob idea of meeting up en mass at one of these places. I can highly recommend Trentham Monkey World as a really fun experience (then I would stop off for something to eat at the Toby Carvery (address is on our accommodation page (sorry about the triple brackets))).
If you wish to stop over with your family on the Saturday night then there's plenty to do on a Sunday in Stoke-on-Trent for kids (of all ages). For example there's Waterworld, one of the country's biggest water theme parks. Maybe you fancy a day out at Alton Towers, just 10 minutes up the road! Take a stroll around Trentham Monkey Forest where you walk inside the monkey's enclosure to see these cheeky chaps up close. You can go shopping in the Talke Outlet village, visit one of the many pottery factory shops to bag a bargain or take some time to visit Trentham Gardens with it's huge Italian gardens, extensive shops and if you're brave enough take a flight in the Trentham Eye. There's also Stapley Water Garden and Bridgemere Garden World, both multi-award winning HUGE garden centres just a short drive out of town.... and those attractions are just for starters!
Looking forward to seeing you guys this weekend
Alton Towers is 10 mins up the road... jeez i didn't realise that.
OMG OMG OMG.... We just might make the t dance after all. LOL.
I love a ride i do.
says who??
Maybe.....only if I have my fill of shopping
When the shops have shut
Sounds good to me
Also sounds a good option....are there any shops there? .....what is the baggage allowance?
Alton Towers is CLOSED until April 1st !!
That section of what to do in Stoke was written with the April 11th freestyle in mind where there's going to be a second room for the Under 18's Dance Party (by which time Alton Towers would be open). Sorry for any confusion... still, if you're here on the 11th
I recon its all round stokies house
PARTYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
The title of this thread reminds me of that Warren Zevon song "Things to do in Denver when you're dead".
shopping village in stoke is to die for by the way. Lots of lovely nice shops and lots of lovely coffee bars. We could all meet up for coffee there at some point if thats sounds good, thats if we stay for the t party of course,
Danny is great for shopping, loves it, esp when surrounded by a load of women. LOL
If you do the shops at Trentham Gardens - there's plenty of free parking and if you get bored (?) of shopping then the Monkey Forest is just two minutes away
Last edited by StokeBloke; 26th-March-2009 at 12:45 AM.
lol
Wedgwood is nice to have a look round and they show you plate paining etc.
phew got away lightly
water world is good if anyone is thinking of going let me know Joe might coem with you, you won't get me in the there.
there is nice little shops at the mokey gardens, quite differnet nice to window shop.
havn't looked at what time the 't' dance starts
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