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Stoke-on-Trent is a city with a rich industrial heritage. It is famous for its pottery industry and is affectionately known as The Potteries. The city was formed by the federation of 6 towns in 1910 and Hanley is the city centre. Stoke-on-Trent boasts many visitor centres, award-winning museums, factory tours and shops. The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery contains a collection of fine ceramics, a WWII Spitfire plane and is one of the homes of the Staffordshire Hoard, the most important collection of Anglo-Saxon gold yet found. The Gladstone Pottery Museum is in a former Victorian factory where you can try your hand at throwing a pot, making a bone china flower or painting pottery. Trentham Estate has Italian Gardens, a shopping village, a monkey forest that visitors can walk through, as well as a mile-long lake. Waterworld Tropical Aqua Park is also a popular attraction. Stoke-on-Trent is the closest city to Alton Towers Theme Park and Resort.