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Moorcroft Heritage Visitor Centre

For more information call 01782 232076

Moorcroft Pottery is hand made from start to finish in England for collectors throughout the world in almost exactly the same way that it was more than a century ago. The skilled technique of tube lining, a process not unlike decorating a cake is used to apply a raised design outline.

The tube liners fine lines on the delicate unfired pot are then infilled with colours by a highly trained painter.

A guided Factory Tour is an ideal opportunity to witness the skills required to make each unique piece of Moorcroft.  Our craftsman and women are all there to answer your questions.  The Moorcroft Museum enables the visitor to absorb over a century of design excellences from the world's best-loved art pottery.

Today, Moorcroft has it's own design studio made up of world-class designers.  All of them together ensure that Moorcroft design keeps moving forward to push the boundaries of ceramic art.

Opening times Mon - Fri 10am - 5pm, Saturday 9.30am - 4.30pm

Guided Factory Tours: Mon, Wed, Thurs  - 11am & 2pm, Friday 11am only.

Please book in advance.  Group rates available on booking.

Shope, Grade II Listed Bottle Oven.

Venue Information

Location

Sandbach Road, Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST6 2DQ
Telephone: 01782 820515 - Fax: 01782 820502
heritagevisitorcentre@moorcroft.com - www.moorcroft.com

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