Our vision is that potters at all levels will engage with the Leach Pottery as part of a thriving UK community. Through working with clay, the Leach Pottery will bring enjoyment, inspiration, new skills and increased well-being to peoples' lives. The Leach Pottery, with its significant historical importance and contemporary activities, will be nationally and internationally recognised as the home of Studio Pottery.
The Leach Pottery advances and promotes pottery as an art form using craft and skills to bring beauty, enjoyment and well-being to life. We do this through inspiring, making, training and teaching, engaging people, and promoting the Leach legacy. History: we will inspire others through the ethos of Bernard Leach and the Leach Pottery's traditions.
The Leach Pottery advances and promotes pottery as an art form using craft and skills to bring beauty, enjoyment and well-being to life. We do this through inspiring, making, training and teaching, engaging people, and promoting the Leach legacy. History: we will inspire others through the ethos of Bernard Leach and the Leach Pottery's traditions.
Services
If you are visiting the Museum, you will be able to visit the Shop at the end of your route around the site. Please sign up to free membership to receive the latest updates or follow us on social media. Please note: there are no toilets available on-site for Shop-only visitors when the Museum is closed.
All visitors, including Leach Pottery Members and those with Locals' Passes, need to book their tickets in advance of visiting. Your ticket is only 8 and includes our excellent Guide Book. Your ticket is only 10 and includes our excellent Guide Book. During this hour long tour our experienced guides will give a fascinating insight into the history of the Leach Pottery.
Have you ever wanted to get hands-on with clay, well this is your chance to get stuck in with our Have-A-Go activities at the Leach Pottery. Held throughout the year, these sessions will give you the opportunity to make your own pot or clay model in the inspirational setting of Bernard Leach's pottery.
Join the Leach 100 celebrations with a variety of free school opportunities, from Dig Make Decorate Fire workshops, a National School Design Challenge and Raku bursaries. Self guided or with member of our team the old pottery sets the context for creative sessions. We work with schools on specific projects like Canopic Jars, Viking ships - linking to multiple subjects areas.
Clay For Kids are one hour creative sessions that take place every Tuesday and Wednesday during the school holidays for children aged 6-12. These fun pottery workshops are centred around themes such as coil pots, tropical fish and monsters. Learn all about Leach Pottery with one of our free family activity sheets.
Reviews (17)
Linda Jenner
Nov 06, 2021
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For anyone that likes studio pottery, this is the place to go. Bernard Leach must be the most renowned potter and it's fascinating to do the museum tour and see how things were done in his heyday. The shop has… some beautiful pottery by various potters and I have visited several times but I never come away without purchasing something.
Robert Muller
Oct 28, 2021
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Graham Chestney
Sep 23, 2021
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Jo Whalley
Jul 12, 2021
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Ashley Humphreys
Jun 11, 2021
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Alan Sheldon
May 28, 2021
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Richard Barrett
Nov 04, 2020
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Had a lovely tour of The Leach Pottery this morning. The place had a real sense of Nostalgia and an older St.Ives almost forgotten. It was nice to see modern potters still working there today. Well worth a… visit. Most visitors might drive by, but it's only a short walk up the Stennack and great value for the magnitude of the history there + an awesome shop with some nice production pieces 👍
Steve Rovira
Sep 14, 2020
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Michael Moody
Aug 24, 2020
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Sharon Andy Lawton
Jun 11, 2020
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B. Leu
Dec 16, 2019
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A lovely insight into the history of Bernard Leach and his studio, the tour is a bit pricey for what it is, but it was empty when we went and we had the time to watch the documentary narrated by Leach himself and explore the pottery.
The Shop is curated beautifully with lots of pieces from the potters themselves. The lady at the shop was very chatty and friendly.
The walk up the steep hill from St. Ives central is well worth it
The Shop is curated beautifully with lots of pieces from the potters themselves. The lady at the shop was very chatty and friendly.
The walk up the steep hill from St. Ives central is well worth it
Rebecca Halliwell
Jul 02, 2019
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Steeped in history and hardcore on the high end art culture while simultaneously being a great place to go to learn about ceramics! It’s a really great place! My family own some early Bernard Leach pieces from when the pottery first opened and my children have really enjoyed some of the clay play sessions aimed at littlies If only I had a bigger house/bank balance because we would gladly home more of the bigger pieces as well as the many smaller pieces that are easier to transport back to grim Coventry
A must visit!
A must visit!
Tim Chapman
Jun 30, 2019
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A fantastic place to visit & an easy (if up hill) walk from the centre of St Ives. If you have any interest in art or ceramics, then this is an absolute must visit place of international importance to the development in this field in the twentieth century. If you’ve never really thought about the provenance of the ceramics in your home or how they might be made, but are curious, then this is a good place to start ... and an even better place to start collecting modern ceramics.
Jan O'Neill
May 09, 2019
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Jonathan Blackwell
Apr 11, 2019
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Joanne Harvey
Apr 08, 2019
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Andrew Rasbery
Nov 15, 2017
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