I visited the Heritage Centre today on the extended No 7 mine tour. The main object of my visit was to see were my dad used to work .I can only praise the whole set up and staff .The tour was very enlightening and the guides were both knowledgeable and very informative. From my initial ,arrival every one was friendly and explained what was in store during the tour. All the staff are volunteers, including the the ladies that run the cafe, were you can get everything ,from a coffee and a slice of cake to a full blown meal at very reasonable prices, and the on site museum is also well worth a look, I am local as I said, but some people travelled some distance, and all that I spoke to were very impressed .I would highly recommend a visit, but give your self plenty of time and I'm sure you will also be impressed with their passion to preserve our mining heritage.

This is an excellent museum run entirely by volunteers. The museum itself is free to enter. Optional underground coal mine tours are availabe at weekends and BHs. The standard tour lasts just over one hour and is suitable for all the family over 5 years. We did the tour at 11am on a Saturday with just the two of us and our excellent guide Bob. Bob was a retired ex miner from the site when working so knew all about the mine, its workings and lots of other information. More challenging mine tours are also available. It is an old drift mine so you walked in down a slope and then around underground tunnels and workings which was quite safe. The Heritage museun cafe provide excellent food at very reasonable prices, including the local Staffordshire Oatcakes with choice of fillings - very good at £3-50 for two. Apedale Heritage Centre is next to the Apedale Valley Light Railway which is operational at weekends during the summer. Only a short line but locomotive in steam was interesting. Lots of walks nearby in Apedale Country Park. Overall this location provided a good variety of activities for many hours. Well worth a visit and in supporting the volunteers efforts.

On a recent family gathering we decided to visit Apedale, our ages ranged from 12 to 70 something, so a varied group. We booked the mine tour and led by Bob had a very enjoyable tour. Mining was an important part of the history of North Staffordshire so it was good to learn so much about the industry. Bob was an excellent guide being very knowledgable having spent his whole life in the mining industry. We would thoroughly recommend a visit to Apedale if you haven't already done so.

We went on a mine tour. Tight in some places but you are walking up right for most of the time This was an interesting and informative tour. The guides are ex minions and clearly love what they are doing and are dedicated to keeping the history of mining alive. We would recommend this tour.

Went on the extended mine tour with guide Steve. A really interesting tour showing how the seals were followed, the conditions that people worked in and the history behind it. All the volunteers are passionate and very knowledgeable having worked in the local mines up to when they closed. A great little museum that's local history as well as mining and a a really good cafe!! Everyone is friendly, chatty, helpful and dedicated. I'll be going back to sed the railway and country park in the very near future. A great afternoon spent!!

My mate and I, both ex miners did the extended tour underground. Roger the guide was great and took time to explain to non miners all about the workings. You might get dirty so take old clothing and sturdy footwear. I will be returning but I live 200 miles away. My mate lives locally and was offered a job 😁 Definitely worth the money great value.

Real gem of a place. We did the extended mine tour and really enjoyed it. Learnt a great deal too from Ron one of the ex miners who volunteer to guide people. Got it see how hard and challenging mining was and also got a bit dirty and did a bit of slipping on the mud too. Recommended.

Today I've done the extended tour of the Bassey seam, and I found it to be a fantastic experience. Dave was our tour guide and as an ex- miner myself I found him to be friendly, knowledgeable and very approachable. For me it was a trip down memory lane, though I didn't work in this type of mine, ie a drift mine, a lot of the infrastructure was the same, so interesting to me. For anyone considering it, either ex- miner or not, definitely do it. One thing though, you mustn't mind getting dirty a little. I'm now looking forward to doing the other extended tour.

Went on the underground mine tour yesterday. It was great. our guide Roger was an ex miner and knew his stuff. You get a real feel for how tough a job colliers had. We are looking forward to going on the extended tour in the future.

We took our children on a standard tour of a once working mine at apedale heritage centre. The tour was completely authentic as we delved deeper into the once working mine and its passage way and corridors. Guided by Aidan and Bunny we were given a full insight to what it would of been like working down the pit. Won't lie some parts of it were a little daunting but was put completely at ease by by our friendly guides. Tour lasted over hour and half which whilst you were down there completely flew. Our kids absolutely loved it and so did we would definitely recommend. 10/10.