Stoke-On-Trent to Stafford
18.02 miles (29 km)
Head through Staffordshire along National Cycle Route 5 on this fine cycle ride.
You start off at the train station in Stoke-on-Trent and head south to Stone along the Trent and Mersey Canal. Highlights on this section include passing the Brittania Stadium, home to Stoke City FC and a pleasant stretch by Barlaston Park.
At Aston-by-Stone you leave the canal and head to Stafford on quiet country lanes. The final traffic free stretch takes you along a dismantled railway line before finishing near the train station in Stafford.
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Further Information and Other Local Ideas
Just to the east of Stoke there's some nice trails around Park Hall Country Park. The former quarry site is now notable as Stoke on Trent's only National Nature Reserve comprising woodland, heathland and ponds.