Pot-heads rejoice! You’ll soon have the chance to view pieces from hit TV pottery competition The Great Pottery Throw Down in The Potteries itself, Stoke-on-Trent (a city that is one of Time Out’s top places to visit in the UK in 2025 and one of the country’s most underrated city-breaks).
Six ceramic bird-baths made in episode seven of series eight (the most recent series) of the hit Channel 4 series will be on display at Stoke’s historic Gladstone Pottery Museum.
The Great Pottery Throw Down’s potters were challenged to design and create bird-baths inspired by Stoke’s six towns (Tunstall, Burslem, Hanley, Stoke, Fenton and Longton) in celebration of the city’s centenary celebrations this year. The six participants drew inspiration from the area’s industrial heritage, green spaces and historic waterways – all of which have recently seen calls for the city to be made a UNESCO heritage site.
Episode seven’s winning design, crafted by Steve Brown, an animator from North Wales, will take pride of place in the new exhibition opening on March 5.
Stoke-on-Trent was made a city by King George V in 1925 and is renowned for its ceramics industry, which earned it the nickname ‘The Potteries’, and was crucial in its city status. The Gladstone Pottery Museum, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, is the only complete Victorian pottery factory in the world – and is the host venue for The Great Pottery Throw Down.
You can find out more about visiting the Gladstone Pottery Museum on the official website here.
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