intu Potteries

Intu Potteries is quite a nice shopping center, it is located in Stoke City center, it is only about 10 minutes away by the number 25 bus from the Stoke On-​Trent rail station.
Potteries, is owned by Intu who are quite a large group in the UK, and even own shopping centers in the likes of Manchester, Watford and Derby just to name a few of their 15 locations. They even own two of the biggest shopping centers in the UK — The Trafford Center and The Metrocenter.
Now back to the review, and more important Intu Potteries.
It is quite a nice shopping center set over multiple floors, with a small eating facility in line with the car park, called «The Hive»
They is a lot of stores here, over 120 if I remember correctly, and most of the stores seemed quite large, for example some of the stores such as Pandora and Lush were much bigger, and nicer than branches in bigger cities, such as Manchester. They stood out more, I liked that.
They were lifts scattered all over the place, this was a little confusing as some only went to certain locations.
The shopping center wasn’t signposted very well, hence it was hard to find out where certain things were, such as the toilets, making me look very strange, asking strangers where the toilets were. I noticed they were some on the top floor, with the car park and near the «Next» store, they is no stores there and it is on the top floor, so it is well hidden and really a treck to get there, they might be other toilets but they were hard to find.
It is quite a big shopping center in general, as it does have a few floors with stores, most of the stores tend to be bigger than the average branch you might be used to.
The lifts are also a little frustrating as the layout and which floor is which is a little confusing, and they should be one lift that goes to everything, which makes it hard, especially for first time visitors like myself, I tried to get to the ground floor and ended up in the large market, which is on the very bottom of this mall.
The lifts its-​self are fully glass, so you can see out of them. This is nice, but also with the construction they are very small, so it can often be a squeeze to get into the lift, and also you may have to wait quite a long time to get one, especially in busy times, as not only are they very small, but they move as slow as Yaya Toure.
They is a decent selection of shops and coffee shops including Starbucks, EE, Pandora, JD Sports, Clarks, Game, HMV, Nando’s, and The Body Shop and Lush, which have a reputation for fighting animal testing with cosmetic products. Nando’s and Pizza Express are also here, they is even a small Stoke City Football Club store, and a Vision Express, just to name a few of the big brands here!
This is a nice shopping mall, and great for a town like Stoke so really does warrant a solid 3 star rating!

It’s not bad but for a smaller city, but missing most of the bigger brands you’d expect to see in somewhere like Westfield or Trafford centre, such as h & m, and berksha. There’s a few cafes to eat, which are ok, nothing standoutish. I think the recent addition of The Hive — which has lots of new restaurants and a cinema — will be the start of the potteries getting better.
All in all, it’s ok for a weekend shop, but if you’re looking to splash the cash, head to one of the bigger cities.

Managed to get a lot of Xmas shopping done at the Potteries over the weekend. I went early but it was worth it because as I was leaving at around midday it was just starting to fill up. Parking was easy, great choices for food and plenty of shops to suit what I was after: D Recommended.

Great shopping centre. Has pretty much everything you need. Just don’t expect the big brands that you’d find in Trafford Centre or Arndale! The Indoor area is always kept clean and tidy most times.

Good for shopping and plenty of coffee shops

I love the potteries shopping centre, it has an excellent rance of stores as well as a large parking area. Stores include whsmith hmv and various clothing and shoe stores.
There is a small food court on the uppermost level and a Market. This shopping centre is always busy which may be due to the proximity to the local university. Everything that you would expect in a reasonable sized shopping centre

This is actually quite a good shopping centre for a place as small as Stoke-​on-​Trent. It houses all the main high street favourites which are easy to find and is very big.
Saturdays can get particularly busy but not as near as bad as some shopping complexes. It’s easy to navigate around and has a great little old style market area in the basement level which to this date I’ve seen no other mall do, this is a nice little touch even though I have rarely ventured in there for goods.
Shame they removed the food court, why did they do that anyway? Worth a visit if you live in the Staffordshire area.

The shopping centre is quite well laid out but it could do with lots of improvement. There could be better shops and more diversity of shops and since the shutting down of the food court there are only coffee shops to eat in. Other than that the place is bright, well laid out and has lots of benches to sit at.

this shopping centre is not half as good as it used to be. alot of the shops have closed down, so there are alot of empty shops and they have closed down the food forecourt and replaced it with expensive coffee shops. also parking at the centre is really expensive.

The Potteries Shopping Centre is one of the main shopping arcades in Stoke-​on-​Trent. Although it is nowhere near as large as ones in some of the larger cities such as the Trafford Centre, it still has a good range of shops.
The layout of the building is ok but not brilliant. I have lived in Stoke-​on-​Trent all my life and have visited the shopping centre hundreds of times but still have to think twice sometimes when I want to get to a particular shop.
The old food court has recently been closed to make room for more shops which was a definite bonus as it was very overpriced and getting a bit scruffy.
The car park has also been changed to one which uses small plastic tokens instead of the old system of paper tickets. You press a button on entry to the car park which raises the barrier and ejects a token. You then pay at one of the large yellow machines before you leave meaning no more fines for letting your ticket expire!

The potteries is expensive for carparking but there is everything you need from clothing and food and a few places to get coffee. Cheap clothes for example a really really big primark. The centre has three levels and it is easy to acess with escolators.
They have a really big debhnams and lots of little shops outside the centre. Is a nice place the staff are friendly and the night for late night shoping is usually very busy. They have toilets on the top floor they are clean but ALOT of dirty people leave them in a mess. they have a few information points on each floor and the people are nice. You can get a potteries gift card and spend it in the centre. The centre hasnt really got many fast quick food places, the kfc etc is outside but only a few mins walk.
It is bigger than newcastle town and is usually very lively, also to keep the kids entertained just out the centre (outside primark) there is a little kids ride that they can sit on and it turns then around, like the ones you get at the fair.
Really nice

fantastic shops ranging from clothes to gadget shops there is staff at the info desks if you need help getting to a certain shop.
They have several lifts which are brill for disabled people and there is also a on roof carpark

shopping centre with 3 floors of established shops, and an indoor market on the below ground floor which has its own café which is very popular with shoppers and market traders due to the quality of its food, especially the cakes!
Upstairs there is a wide variety of shops including and men and ladies wear, childrens shop, shoes, jewellers, newsagents, technology shops and evena disney shop
Christmas see’s the arrival of santas grotto which is popular with people all over the county, although at this this time of year you have to be a brave soul to face a day’s shopping in the potteries as it gets so busy and warm you do find yourself stagerring around to find a bench!
The food court has unfortuately been taken over by one large starbucks so the previous welath of choice is now gonehowever just means more reason to visit the market café and eat cake!

The shopping centre is set on three floors, all three floors are accessable by lift and escalator.
The bottom floor has the market on where you can some really nice food, like the oatcakes, cakes veg etc.
On the first floor you have the likes of h samauls, disney store, and a lot of phone stores.
On floor two you will find HMV, W H Smiths, Game and Next etc.
On the top floor you have the play group and the toilets.
The accessability is great for disabled.
They have a big multi-​storey car park which has lifts so disabled and pushchairs have no problem.

Good variety of shops, although can be a bit overwhelming on a busy day. The escalators aren’t exactly the most reliable, so often stairs are your best bet.
The information points are handy, and the maps are accurate. Changeover in some of the shops can be quite quick.
Access to one of the shops (primark) is a little annoying as you find yourself going down to go back up, and as such can be a little off putting.
Toilet facilites are good, but the change in the food court is nothing short of devastatingwas expecting a burger king– found a starbucks.

lots of shops within a 3 floor shopping centre, each level is accessible to anyone with a lift stairs and escalators.
There is a car park attached that is a pay for ticket car park, it isnt too bad in price but there are lots of car parks local that you could probably find cheaper.
There are lots of little market stalls dotted around the potteries centre some of which you can get good stuff from, like round the holiday period you can get good value calendars
most of the shops offer a wide variety and there staff are mainly helpful and polite.
Primark has brought much more people to the potteries, and more money to the other stores

a good place to shop hundreds of shops to go to. Staff are helpful and friendly, there ae several eating outlets

everything you need under one roof!
i know you’ve all heard that one before but in this case its true.
as soon as you walk in you can access the floor planner and find which ever shop your trying to locate and it will give you directions to the exact shop you need & what level its on.
you could actually shop til you drop in there.
clothes, music, stationary, gadgets, books, shoes … to name but a few.
and when you tired you can find a coffee shop or café to have some refreshment before you start again.

The shopping centre has had a bit of a facelift in recent years. with a new range of shops and places to eat. However, now that they no longer have the foodcourt which housed such places as Burger King, finding somewhere to eat is a little bit tricky. The foodcourt has been replaced with a Starbucks, where it will cost you an arm and a leg to get a sandwich, there is also a Costa Coffee, again very pricey, Druckers — again expensive, if you want anything like McDonalds you have to walk outside the potteries and down the high street, which is a bit of a pain as there isn’t really anything else down there other than possibly M&S if your interested.
The shops have got a bit better though now with somthing for everything from Primark to design stores.

An average shopping centre catering for different styles, price ranges and purposes. It offers a number of both designer shops to the bottom floor with the bargain finding market place.
Prices are usually cheap in most shops however the designer shops are obviously a little bit more pricey — expected. There are a variety of shops available from clothing to household to electronics.
Set on three different floors with different accessibility so all needs are met for you will find an afternoons worth of activity. There are places where you can sit and eat all be it a bit expensive for what they are and where they are situated but do offer quality food.
All staff are friendly and efficient as well as helpful in the shops you visit. There are stalls in the main areas of the centres which hold hair straightening sessions, makeovers etc.
Be warned there are pesky sellers that have stalls set up on the different floors but you can avoid them fairly well.
The car park is a multistorey and can be accessed by lift so pushchairs and wheelchairs can easily get from one to the other without hassle. It is a pay for ticket car park which can be redeemed by the machines near the lifts where it will tell you how much you owe on your token.