Spitfire gallery — Attraction in Stoke-on-Trent

Welcome to the home of the City’s Spitfire. The RAF donated Spitfire RW388 to Stoke-on-Trent in 1972. The aeroplane is a symbol of great design and engineering. It represents the link between Stoke-on-Trent and the Spitfire’s designer, Reginald Joseph Mitchell.

Mitchell was born and educated in north Staffordshire. He designed 24 different aeroplanes during his career including flying boats, high-speed racing seaplanes, and the...

In the lower ground floor basement of the potteries museum and cafe was an unexpected surprise. A Mark 16 original spitfire donated to Stoke-on-Trent by the RAF in 1953. Enough space to walk fully around, a cut out of a Merlin engine and an upset level which gives a good history of the Supermarine company which built them and it’s founder and creator of the Spitfire. Nice, clean, self contained area with a no frills...

What an amazing and interesting place to visit. The Potteries museum can't be faulted. The Spitfire Gallery is fabulous. I have taken my 8 year old granddaughter and my 62 year old brother and both found it fascinating for their own reasons. As my father worked on Spitfires in WWII I also was intrigued by probably the most famous...