Accessed appropriately via Pottery Lane, is the spacious and slightly elevated car park to the…read moreDenby Visitor Centre and associated businesses. The whole place is clean and tidy, and the landscape planting gives a natural feel to the surroundings.
The Denby Pottery shop is split into two levels, the pristine items on the upper floor in a very bright and modern looking store, with helpful staff. The bottom floor is were you find the slight seconds and as such are cheaper, but still on the expensive side. A vast range of different styles and colours, with cups, mugs, plates and serving dishes being prevalent. Monsoon is a particularly imaginative style and all the items are really well made, both pottery and utensils.
On the way to the restaurant, we were greeted with a duo in mock RAF uniforms belting out tunes like 'Its a Long Way to Tipperary' as part of the Jubilee Weekend. Young and old were tapping their feet and dancing, great stuff! The restaurant itself is light and bright,with inviting looking food on offer and friendly staff; it also has a terrace. The food and drinks are served on Denby Pottery, but for me both coffee and cake lack any real flavour. The hot meals look impressive though.
There is also a series of different stores too, one is an extremely impressive Kitchenware store, you can get virtually everything kitchen related in here, from pots and pans, to utensils, cake decorating items, etc. It also has an impressive demonstration hall, where visiting top chefs give cookery demos. Next door to this store, is a gardening store, selling a variety of plants, pots, garden furniture, posh sets of secateurs and trowels etc; a place for gifts, rather than a place to kit out your garden. All in all, an entertaining place to visit, with a variety of places to shop and dine.
