The Brampton Museum

A small local museum housed in what was once a substantial Victorian property, Brampton Museum gives you a genuine sense of how ordinary folk lived in this corner of Staffordshire. The rooms are crammed with objects from the area's working past - pottery fragments (you're not far from the Potteries after all), domestic bits and pieces, old photographs that actually tell you something about the people who lived here. It's the sort of place where you'll spend an hour, maybe ninety minutes if you're genuinely interested in local history, then move on. Kids won't get bored if they're the type to engage with stories, but there's no interactive nonsense or hands-on exhibits to keep them occupied if they're not.

Since there's little information readily available online about opening times or admission charges, ring ahead before you visit - nothing worse than driving out expecting to find a museum locked up. Brampton sits close enough to Stoke-on-Trent that you could couple it with a pottery visit if you're keen on that sort of thing. If you're based at Luzlow Caravan Site or the five-star Glamping at Holly Grove Farm nearby, it's a straightforward local jaunt that breaks up a park holiday nicely.

It won't change your life, but it's honest work - the kind of local museum that actually matters to people who live in the area, and that's something to respect. Worth an hour if you're passing through or staying close by.