Derby's a focal point @railway200 in 2025, and 'The Greatest Gathering' there will be one of the highlights of the year. But its railway heritage can be explored in so many other ways - including @MuseumofMaking. #LoveGreatBritain @VisitDerby.

Here's the link to the July 2025 'News in Brief' @VisitDerby media room, giving #travel writers, editors and influencers quick access to recent news and updates from the city: [Image credit: VisitDerby]

This is a bit special. "An Unlikely Fandom: The Impact of Thomas the Tank Engine" will receive its UK premiere during The Greatest Gathering in Derby this August. #LoveGreatBritain #Railway200 @greatestgather @VisitDerby @unlikelyfandom.

Recognition for Stoke-on-Trent just keeps on coming during this - its very special - centenary year. Thanks to the Hairy Traveller for this. And it also coincided with a magnificent "100 Years of Stoke" double page spread @WendyGomersall in Best magazine.#LoveGreatBritain #SoT100.

Look who's back. Dracula steps out of the shadows @PickfordsHouse @VisitDerby. #LoveGreatBritain #DraculaDerby.

Art On Your Doorstep, @NationalGallery. Fifteen printed masterpieces now on show in an outdoor exhibition in Bethesda Gardens, as part of Stoke-on-Trent's centenary celebrations. (Pictured: Wright of Derby's Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump). #SoT100 @EnjoyStaffs @VisitDerby

The live, two-hour "Opera Gala" on BBC Radio 3, on Friday evening @RegandVic with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, certainly hit the right note in helping to lift Stoke-on-Trent's 100th anniversary year profile to a new pitch. Thanks @tom_mckinney #SoT100.

Thank you, @VisitEngland. Terrific to have your support on this, the first ever Stoke-on-Trent Day, and the 100th anniversary of the day it was granted its city status. Today’s the big day! But the celebrations are set to continue to the end of the year. Watch this space! #SoT100.

Not to be missed. ! And such a great first step, in what will be an amazing year for "Wright of Derby" - including the staging of a major exhibition dedicated to Joseph Wright in The National Gallery from 7 November, to 10 May 2026. #LoveGreatBritain @VisitDerby @DerbyMuseums.

Everything is gearing-up nicely now for 5 June: the 100th anniversary of the day Stoke-on-Trent was granted city status; and the first ever Stoke-on-Trent Day. Even Waitrose Weekend has joined the party. .#LoveGreatBritain #stoke100."Hooray for Clay"!

Here's the link to the June 2025 'News in Brief' @VisitDerby, giving #travel writers, editors and influencers quick access to recent news and updates from the city:

This is a self-guided trail to sink your teeth into. Following in the footsteps of Dracula around the streets of Derby. #draculareturnstoderby.#LoveGreatBritain @VisitDerby.

Here’s VisitEngland’s latest “set-jetting” news. And in Stoke-on-Trent's centenary year, Gladstone Pottery Museum sits proudly alongside Mission Impossible, The Salt Path and Downton Abbey! #LoveGreatBritain @VisitEngland #stoke100.

Derby's transformed Market Hall will officially open at 11am on Saturday 24 May, almost 159 years to the day since its original grand opening. #LoveGreatBritain.@VisitDerby #DerbyMarketHall @TimeOutLondon.

Also thoroughly enjoyed The Hairy Traveller's introduction to the Staffordshire Oatcake on YouTube this week. #LoveGreatBritain #stoke100.

It's been amazing to see the response to this story of one of Stoke-on-Trent's "unsung heroes". John Grocott's life and work has been recognised. And it's especially fitting that it has happened in the same year that the city is marking its centenary.

Derby is. "a haven for history lovers, museum enthusiasts, and curious wanderers looking to uncover the roots of modern Britain". A City Travel Guide to Derby, England, has just landed @TravelMagazine @PlanetAppetite. #LoveGreatBritain @VisitDerby .

Loving this one. With a little over one month to go to Stoke-on-Trent's Centenary Weekend celebrations, Time Out has included discovering The Potteries' ceramic history (at No.14) in its list of "The 40 best things to do in the UK right now". #sot100.

What a great post. And a terrific read. So many 'ingredients' here to help put Stoke-on-Trent on the map, in the year marking the 100th anniversary of its city status. #LoveGreatBritain @VisitStoke @EnjoyStaffs @stokeontrent100 @NewVicTheatre.

Here's the link to the May 2025 'News in Brief'.@VisitDerby, giving #travel writers, editors and influencers quick access to recent news and updates from the city: