Last night we had the pleasure of collaborating with @feasteduk to host our third Ambassador Experience Event 🍴

What an amazing evening it was! We were joined by 15 Ambassadors for the 4-course dining experience in FEASTED’s Blue Room at Spode Works in the heart of Stoke, enjoying great company, superb food and storytelling. We couldn’t have asked for more.

Thank you to @cris.cohen and his brilliant team for the fantastic hospitality and to all of our guests for joining us and making the evening so enjoyable.

As Cris himself said this was a real celebration of place in an incredible heritage site at the heart of Stoke-on-Trent.

We have lots more events planned for 2024, where we’ll be showcasing attractions, experiences and activities across Staffordshire so watch this space.

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5 beautiful shots of Cannock Chase, which has become renamed as a National Landscape earlier this week 🌳

The Chase, which spans over 67km 2 was designated an Area of Outstanding Natrual Beauty (AONB) in 1958. It is rich in heritage and home to a range of sensitive species, making it an internationally important site for wildlife. It is one of 46 AONBs in England and Wales to be renamed 🍃🌸

Photos ©️Sam Carpenter photography

@cannockchaseforest @cannockchasedc @visitcannockchase @enjoy_staffordshire @natlandassoc

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Autumn 🍂 in stunning #Staffordshire

🍁 Great Haywood, Essex Bridge
🍁 Stafford Park
🍁 Dimmingsdale, Staffordshire Moorlands
🍁 Shugborough
🍁 Sherbrook Valley, nr Stafford

Thanks to @cloudbusiness9 (image 1) and colleagues at Staffordshire County Council (Emma Powell, Clair Brindley, Claire Smith, Ruth Simmons and Alexandra Gribbin) for these fabulous images, taken during the past few months 🍂

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🎄Over the next few weeks, Staffordshire will be sparkling ✨

🎄 Christmas light switch on dates:

Thursday 16th November
Trentham Shopping Village – 6.30-8.30pm

Friday 17th November
Uttoxeter – 5-6pm
Leek – activities all afternoon, countdown to lights 6.30pm

Saturday 18th November
Stafford – activities all afternoon, 5pm light switch on
Cheadle – 2 to 6pm

Thursday 23rd November
Stone – 5-7pm

Friday 24th November
Wombourne – 5.30pm

Saturday 25th November
Biddulph – 4.30pm onwards
Cannock – 2 to 6pm

Sunday 26th November
Newcastle – 12 to 7.30pm
Lichfield – 10am to 6pm
Burton – 1 to 5.30pm
Tamworth – 2pm onwards, 5pm light switch on
Brewood – 2.30pm onwards

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As we approach Armistice Day and Remembrance Sunday this weekend, we remember all those who gave their lives during WWI and later conflicts.

Last week, the Royal British Legion`s Field of Remembrance was officially opened at the National Memorial Arboretum. Over 10,000 Tributes have been planted carrying a personal message to someone who lost their life in Service to our country.

We are incredibly proud to have the National Memorial Arboretum here in #Staffordshire.

Each year around 250 events take place on site, from small intimate services of Remembrance to set piece events like Armistice Day and Remembrance Sunday.

The Field of Remembrance is open until 27th November.

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There’s definitely a food and drink theme here…

We’ve had a busy few months visiting #Staffordshire Ambassadors 🤝

Some of our recent visits have included Titanic Brewery, Emma Bridgewater, Ornua Foods, Halfpenny Green Wine Estate and Cottage Delight.

Visit our website and get in touch about our Ambassador visits and joining our network.

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Bonfire night is fast approaching 🎆

Here’s a taster of what’s happening in #Staffordshire this weekend.

🎇 @altontowers - Enjoy a sensational fireworks show - one of the best in the UK - and experience the mind-blowing rides.

🎇 @westonparkofficial - Experience Bonfire and Fireworks Night, with its giant bonfire and two amazing displays as well as the thrills of a traditional fun fair and the flavours of the delicious street vendors.

🎇 Staffordshire County Showground - Roman Candles, Gold Crackling Spiders, Ariel Shells and many more will light up the night sky at the County Showground’s Firework Extravaganza.

🎇 @tutburycastle - The Bonfire Night Vikings and Firework Spectacular are back at the Castle with a ferocious combat followed by a Viking ‘funeral’.

🎇 @national_forest_adventure_farm - New for 2023. Marvel at fireworks on the farm, enjoy live music, soft play and fairground fun.

* Some dates still available - booking needed.

For more information visit @enjoy_staffordshire

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There have been a number of ghostly goings-on in the county throughout the years👻 Here are just a few:

🏰Tamworth Castle
There have been lots of ghost sightings at the Castle, the most famous of which is on the haunted stairs. The ghost is described as a nun and can be heard running up and down the stairs. She was famously captured by a photographer during a vigil in 1949 and the photograph can be seen above the stairs when visitors approach the Lady’s chamber.

🌲Cannock Chase
Staffordshire’s Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is home to dozens of myths and spine-tingling local legends. Keep an eye out for hovering UFOs, black cats and a ghostly girl.

🏠Ancient High House, Stafford
There have been many notorious sightings at this stunning Tudor building in the centre of Stafford, including that of William Mason, the owner of shops in the building in the 1800s, a young Victorian girl and an old lady in a rocking chair.

🍃Chained Oak, Dimmingsdale
The legend of the cursed fallen branches of an old oak tree in Dimmingsdale, provide the inspiration for Alton Towers’ Hex ride. It’s said that a beggar woman was spurned by the Earl of Shrewsbury so cast a curse that would last for years to come.

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