Artistic Direction - Festival 2008
Location Burslem Town Centre
The festival is taking place in Burslem Town Centre, Queen street, the Burslem School of Art and at Ceramica in Market Place. Only Queen Street is closed to traffic from 6am to 6pm on the day of the festival.
Travel by Bus | Travel by Train | Travel by Car | Travel by Bike
Travel by Bus
Burslem Festival are committed to protecting the environment and have provided links to latest bus timetables below, supporting public transport use across the city. (Timetables open in new windows)
Staffordshire and South Cheshire Bus Routes Lookup
Travel by Train
From Stoke on Trent Train Station:
Stoke-on-Trent railway station is situated three miles from Burslem Town Centre and is served by mainline services from London, Manchester, Birmingham, Nottingham, Derby and Crewe. Both Virgin Trains and Central Trains operate from Stoke on Trent train station. Call 08457 484950 to check times. Only 1 hour and 58 minutes from London.
From Longport Train Station:
Local rail services also call at Longport station (on the Crewe to Derby line), which is one mile from Burslem Town Centre.
Download Rail Timetable [pdf, 94kb, Opens in new window]Travel by Car
Burslem is situated off the A500 in Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire.
Parking is available in all Stoke on Trent City Car Parks. Free parking is available in the surrounding streets of Burslem.
By Road From M6 North:
Leave the M6 at junction 16. Join A500 (signposted Stoke-on-Trent) continue for 5 miles until junction with A527 (signposted Tunstall), continue for half a mile and turn right at roundabout onto B5051 Newcastle Street. Follow this road for just over half a mile to the next mini-roundabout. Continue straight on and you have arrived at Burslem Town Centre.
By Road From M6 South:
Leave M6 at junction 15 onto A500 (signposted Stoke-on-Trent), continue for 5 miles until junction with A527 (signposted Tunstall), continue for half a mile and turn right at roundabout onto B5051 Newcastle Street. Follow this road for just over half a mile to the next mini-roundabout. Continue straight on and you have arrived at Burslem Town Centre.
By Road From A50 East:
From M1/Derby follow A50 until the junction with the A500. Turn right onto A500, northbound towards Stoke, continue on A500 until junction with A527 (signposted Tunstall), continue for half a mile and turn right at roundabout onto B5051 Newcastle Street. Follow this road for just over half a mile to the next mini-roundabout. Continue straight on and you have arrived at Burslem Town Centre.
By Road From A53 East:
If you are approaching Stoke-on-Trent on the A53 from Leek, stay on the A53 until you reach its junction with the A50 at Cobridge. Turn right onto the A50 Waterloo Road (signposted Burslem). Follow this road for 1 mile into Burslem Town Centre.
By Road From A53 West:
If approaching via Newcastle-under-Lyme, continue on A53 until the junction with A500, turn left onto A500, northbound (signposted Tunstall) until junction with A527 (signposted Tunstall), continue for half a mile and turn right at roundabout onto B5051 Newcastle Street. Follow this road for just over half a mile to the next mini-roundabout. Continue straight on and you have arrived at Burslem Town Centre.
