Gladstone Pottery Museum in Stoke-on-Trent offers visitors a glimpse into the industrial past of the Potteries. Housed in a former working pottery, the museum preserves the last complete Victorian pottery factory in Britain. The site operated as a pottery from 1787 until 1960, producing various ceramic wares throughout its long history.

The museum’s atmospheric buildings have become notorious for paranormal activity. Staff and visitors have reported numerous ghostly encounters over the years. One of the most frequently sighted spirits is that of a young boy, believed to be a former child worker from the factory’s past. Witnesses describe seeing him darting between the old kilns and hearing his footsteps echoing through empty rooms.

In the doctor’s house exhibit, the apparition of a woman in Victorian dress has been observed standing at the window, gazing out onto the courtyard below. Some speculate she may be the wife of a former factory owner or manager.

The old bottle kiln area is particularly active, with reports of unexplained cold spots, the sound of pottery being moved when no one is present, and the distinct smell of tobacco smoke wafting through the air. One security guard claimed to have seen a full-bodied apparition of a man in old-fashioned work clothes disappear into thin air near the kilns.

Visitors to the museum’s bathroom exhibit have reported an unsettling presence and the sensation of being watched. Some have even felt a ghostly hand brush against them while examining the displays.