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Centenary year ends as Stoke-on-Trent moves into delivery of long-term legacy projects

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As Stoke-on-Trent’s Centenary year draws to a close, a series of legacy projects and partnerships that will carry momentum from the celebrations into 2026 and beyond have been confirmed.   While 2025 marked 100 years since Stoke-on-Trent was granted city status, the Centenary programme was designed to support long-term regeneration, cultural participation and civic pride, […]

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Kelvin on the cobbles for Centenary baton handover to Salford

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Stoke-on-Trent is preparing to hand over the Centenary baton to a second city celebrating 100 years of city status in 2026, as Kelvin the Kiln heads to Salford. The home of MediaCityUK and birthplace of LS Lowry, Emmeline Pankhurst and Christopher Eccleston will mark 100 years of city status on 21 April 2026. Stoke-on-Trent’s Centenary

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Residents invited to help choose heritage sites for restoration in Stoke-on-Trent’s Centenary year

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Residents across Stoke-on-Trent are being invited to help decide which much-loved heritage assets should be restored as part of the city’s Centenary celebrations. Re-Form Heritage, working in partnership with Stoke-on-Trent City Council, is delivering the new Centenary Restoration Fund to restore small but significant features that help shape the character of each of the six

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Cultural clash of the century as the Centenary City takes on the UK City of Culture

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Two major cultural cities are set to meet on the pitch when Port Vale host Bradford City AFC at Vale Park. Port Vale will represent our city’s Centenary when they face Bradford, the current UK City of Culture, in a match that highlights the heritage, pride and ambition of both cities. The two cities are

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All about the mace as Centenary regalia presented to the city

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A ceremonial mace to mark Stoke-on-Trent’s Centenary will be presented to the city this week. The Centenary Mace – created by MA Ceramics students at University of Staffordshire – will be presented at a city council meeting on Thursday 4 December. It follows in the long tradition of civic maces, which evolved from the battle

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Centenary Artwork produced by local school children unveiled at Whitfield Valley Centre community event

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A celebration event was held today at Whitfield Valley Centre to mark the city’s Centenary – and they unveiled a very special piece of artwork produced by the community’s school children.   For the last few months, a joint project between Stoke-on-Trent City Council, city-based businesses and local charity Chell Area Family Action Group (CAFAG)

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All aboard the Ceramic City Bus for free travel between the city’s attractions

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A free bus will take residents and visitors between Stoke-on-Trent’s top ceramics attractions this weekend. The Ceramic City Bus – funded through the government UK Shared prosperity fund – will run on Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 November with stops at Spode Museum, World of Wedgwood, Emma Bridgewater, Potteries Museum & Art Gallery and Middleport

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Now available to pre-order via Barewall Art Gallery | Launch & Signing Event – Saturday 6th December 2025

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Barewall Art Gallery in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, is delighted to announce the forthcoming launch event of ‘Tunstall Tortillas’, a new documentary photobook by Stoke-on-Trent–born award-winning photographer David Fletcher, celebrating the unique cultural and culinary heritage of the city’s oatcake shops.   Created over two years since 2023 and completed during Stoke-on-Trent’s centenary year, Tunstall Tortillas is

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Nearly 1,400 children keep reading through summer thanks to Stoke-on-Trent libraries

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More children across the city have kept up their reading and made use of the city’s public libraries over the summer holidays through the 2025 Summer Reading Challenge.   A total of 1,337 children signed up to the Story Quest challenge in Stoke-on-Trent, a 57 per cent increase from 2024, where 854 signed up.  

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The Potteries Centre Brings ‘A Wicked Halloween’ to Stoke-on-Trent

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The Potteries Centre is set to transform this October with a spook-tacular programme of Halloween activities guaranteed to delight families, shoppers, and Halloween lovers of all ages. From Friday 18th October through to Sunday 2nd November, visitors can immerse themselves in A Wicked Halloween, featuring a themed trail of seven larger-than-life photo opportunities, including a

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