--- title: "Maer, Staffordshire – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Maer, Staffordshire, United Kingdom: Maer is a rural village and civil parish in the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England, to the west…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/maer" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/maer.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- Village in Staffordshire, England · United Kingdom # 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maer%2C_Staffordshire), 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. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maer_Hall) 2. 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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitmore_Hall) Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0. Go there ## Getting to Maer, Staffordshire **Airports:** Manchester (MAN), 45 km · Liverpool John Lennon (LPL), 56 km · Birmingham (BHX), 66 km\ - Manchester, Greater Manchester → Maer, Staffordshire Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/manchester-greater-manchester-to-maer-staffordshire) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Manchester%2C+Greater+Manchester&to=Maer%2C+Staffordshire) - Liverpool → Maer, Staffordshire Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/liverpool-to-maer-staffordshire) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Liverpool&to=Maer%2C+Staffordshire) - Birmingham, West Midlands → Maer, Staffordshire Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/birmingham-west-midlands-to-maer-staffordshire) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Birmingham%2C+West+Midlands&to=Maer%2C+Staffordshire) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Maer%2C%20Staffordshire) Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Maer, Staffordshire 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 in The city is on the National Cycle Route No.5, which runs through the city on off-road paths. - Get around The 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](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/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. [Lundy](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/lundy) GB 7 ways of moving, 11 sources 254 km 2. [Isle of Wight](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isle-of-wight) GB 11 ways of moving, 22 sources 260 km 3. [Isle of Arran](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isle-of-arran) GB 10 ways of moving, 36 sources 345 km 4. [Tarbert, Loch Fyne and Kintyre](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/tarbert-loch-fyne) GB 9 ways of moving, 15 sources 382 km 5. [Isle of Jura](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isle-of-jura) GB 10 ways of moving, 19 sources 406 km If you know how people move in Maer, Staffordshire – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Cmaer&title=Maer%2C+Staffordshire&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fmaer), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Maer, Staffordshire Maer, Staffordshire is 58 km from [Birmingham](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/birmingham), the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture. - [Whitmore](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/whitmore) village and civil parish in Staffordshire, England, UK 3.5 km - [Ashley](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/ashley) village in Staffordshire, United Kingdom 3.1 km - [Baldwin's Gate](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/baldwins-gate) village in Staffordshire, England, UK 2.3 km - [Chapel and Hill Chorlton](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/chapel-and-hill-chorlton) civil parish in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England 1.8 km - [Coombesdale](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/coombesdale) village in Staffordshire, England, UK 2.3 km [The place page for Maer, Staffordshire](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/maer) [All the notes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes) [Every note on United Kingdom](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes#c-GB) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/maer, for search crawlers and AI assistants. 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