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This huge 19th century chapel was once the most popular place of worship in what was to become the city of Stoke on Trent, a federation of the six towns of the Potteries.

This stout country church proclaims its Norman origins as you approach, with its collection of five round headed east windows.

The church is built on the site of a Saxon place of worship, of which little remains, there is a priests door in the south wall with a preNorman tympanum which is probably the oldest part of the church.

In Roman times Castor was part of a large complex centred around Durobrivae, a little to the southwest at Water Newton, Castor Ware is a well known Roman product.

St Matthew’s church has an amazingly rich history and preserved records to show it.

Built in 1868, St Mark’s church, the ‘Potters Cathedral’, is a significant local landmark and the home of unique artworks created by artisan potters and craftsmen.

The Miner's Church.

Why not come and wander, imagining how grand this priory once was from its walls, still laid out in local sandstone.