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Maer, Staffordshire

Maer is a rural village and civil parish in the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England, to the west of the pottery manufacturing city of Stoke-on-Trent.

The place

Maer is a rural village and civil parish in the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England, to the west of the pottery manufacturing city of Stoke-on-Trent.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Maer, Staffordshire

2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Maer Hall

    Maer Hall is a large Grade II listed 17th-century country house in Maer, Staffordshire, set in a park which is listed Grade II in Historic England's Register of Parks and Gardens The large stone-built country house and estate of Maer Hall dominate the village of Maer. Its location in the district of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England, is attractively rural, but fairly close to the pottery manufacturing area around Stoke-on-Trent which attracted its most famous owner Josiah Wedgwood II. His nephew Charles Darwin often visited Maer, and married Josiah's daughter Emma.

    500 m · house in Maer, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Whitmore Hall

    Whitmore Hall is the home of the Cavenagh-Mainwaring family at Whitmore, Staffordshire. A Grade I listed building, the hall was designated a house of outstanding architectural and historical interest and is a fine example of a small Carolean style manor house.

    3.8 km · Grade I listed historic house museum in Whitmore, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Manchester (MAN), 45 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 56 km · Birmingham (BHX), 66 km
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Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Maer, Staffordshire. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inThe city is on the National Cycle Route No.5, which runs through the city on off-road paths.
  • Get aroundThe city has over 100 miles (160 km) of excellent off-road bicycle paths, old railway and mineral lines, and canal towpaths.

From Wikivoyage: Stoke-on-Trent, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    254 km
  2. 02
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    260 km
  3. 03
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 36 sources

    345 km
  4. 04
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    382 km
  5. 05
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    406 km

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Around it

Next door to Maer, Staffordshire

Maer, Staffordshire is 58 km from Birmingham, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Whitmorevillage and civil parish in Staffordshire, England, UK3.5 km
  • Ashleyvillage in Staffordshire, United Kingdom3.1 km
  • Baldwin's Gatevillage in Staffordshire, England, UK2.3 km
  • Chapel and Hill Chorltoncivil parish in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England1.8 km
  • Coombesdalevillage in Staffordshire, England, UK2.3 km