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To celebrate Small Business Saturday, here’s our guide to the best independent shops in, and around, Stoke-on-Trent.
CHRISTMAS MARKETS
Christmas markets are traditionally a great place to support small, independent businesses and Stoke-on-Trent is spoilt for choice this year!
This weekend (3 & 4th Dec) is the last opportunity to catch Trentham Estate’s special Christmas themed Makers Market showcasing more than 100 award-winning local food & drink, art, craft producers, and vintage artisans.
Middleport Pottery’s popular Christmas Artisan Markets take to the pretty cobbled Victorian streets and indoor function rooms at Middleport Pottery for the next two weekends (3 & 4 and 10 & 11 Dec) boasting stalls full of beautiful hand crafted items, decorations and gifts.
Josiah & Co presents a Christmas Mini Market at World of Wedgwood every weekend until Christmas (and 21-24th Dec) showcasing unique gifts, handcrafted by local independents.
Rode Hall will host its last monthly farmers market of the year this Saturday (3rd December) selling a selection of the best regional and local produce of 60 stallholders from Staffordshire, Cheshire, Derbyshire, and Lancashire.
Appetite’s pop-up shop, Creative Christmas, is now open at Newcastle Common every Thursday, Friday and Saturday until the 22 December and is full of unique gifts from lovely local makers.
For this weekend only (3 & 4 December) Smithfield are hosting a Festive Weekend at Smithfield which includes a Christmas market, choir performances and Santa’s reindeer (Sunday only).
TRENTHAM ESTATE
With 77 timber lodges housing amazing shops, including independents such as Design 44, A Major, From the Stork and Doggy Fashions, you’ll be sure to find a gift for even the trickiest loved one at the Trentham Estate.
JOSIAH & CO
Josiah & Co at World of Wedgwood is a little shop with a big ambition to put local artisans on the map. It stocks the handcrafted goods of over 40 local Staffordshire artisans right here in the heart of the Potteries.
MIDDLEPORT POTTERY
Middleport Studios is home to open-door creative businesses situated across the Port Street Range and Harper Street areas of the Middleport Pottery site. These talented creatives sell beautifully crafted items from ceramics to homemade cakes, hair accessories to local artwork.
Middleport is also home to the Burleigh Factory shop where visitors can browse the world’s largest collection of Burleigh pottery and a wide selection of fantastic seconds bargain.
BAREWALL ART GALLERY
Barewall Art Gallery, based in the centre of Burslem, specialises in quality art and ceramics connected with the Potteries and also works with a number of artists who represent the Northern School.
MOORCROFT HERITAGE VISITOR CENTRE
The Moorcroft Heritage Visitor Centre holds a stunning array of handmade Moorcroft Art Pottery at their gift shop, selling the newest ‘trial’ designs, as well as a wide range of seconds.
MOORLAND POTTERY
Moorland Pottery is renowned for producing regionally themed mugs, coasters and tea pots with popular phrases, terms and imagery that celebrates the rich history of the Potteries and its people.
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A special Christmas themed Makers Market showcasing award-winning local food & drink, art, craft producers, and vintage artisans will be at Trentham Shopping Village. On 19 & 20 November, 26 & 27 November and 3 & 4 December, enjoy festive fun and find fantastic gifts for everyone.
Shop unique gifts at our festive pop-up market showcasing the handcrafted goods of independents. Every Saturday and Sunday from 26th November - 18th December + 21st, 22nd, 23rd & 24th December
Enjoy a festive gift shopping extravaganza in the beautiful cobbled Victorian streets and indoor function rooms at Middleport Pottery. Stalls of hand crafted items, decorations and gifts will fill the beautiful function rooms in the pottery buildings.
A very festive market with lots of mistletoe, mince pies & mulled wine! Over 70 indoor & outdoor artisan food & craft stalls. Live music and school choir. Courtyard kitchen open for breakfasts, brunches & homemade cakes.
Have yourself a very Creative Christmas at Newcastle Common where you can purchase a truly unique gift, or even make it yourself! Visit our 23 High Street space to buy wonderful wares made by lovely local creatives. PLUS as part of 2022's fantastic festive offering, there will be opportunities to learn from our in-store artisans with a programme of wonderful workshops.
Head to Smithfield from 12pm-4pm to enjoy a Christmas market, LIVE choir performances and Santa's reindeer (Sunday only). Plus, hot chocolate, mulled wine and mince pies.
Home to Trentham Gardens, Trentham Shopping Village and Trentham Monkey Forest - this is a destination with something to please everyone!
Josiah & Co, 'Purveyors of Local Goods' is a little shop with a big ambition to put local artisans on the map.
Middleport Pottery, home of Burleigh, is an award-winning visitor destination in the heart of Burslem, the Mother Town of the Potteries. World famous Burleigh pottery has been created here using traditional methods since 1889.
Barewall Gallery is an art gallery based in Burslem, the Mother Town of The Potteries. We specialise in quality art and ceramics connected with the industrial Midlands and the North with an outstanding collection by artists connected to the Potteries. We also host a regular events programme including a number of quality art exhibitions and events throughout the year.
Described as the world's best kept secret, a visit to the Moorcroft Heritage Visitor Centre will reveal Moorcroft's unique handcrafted, quality, collectable art pottery.
Moorland Pottery is renowned for producing regionally themed mugs, coasters and tea pots. We specialise in 'Stokie ware' mugs and tea pots for the local area, with popular phrases, terms and imagery that celebrates the rich history of the Potteries and most importlantly its people.
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