The Leach Pottery Tour Groups Programme 2026

We look forward to welcoming groups to our newly built Learning & Production Studios in March 2026 while the Leach Pottery Museum undergoes restoration across 2026. Visits range from talks and throwing demonstrations to creative opportunities to make pots or have a go on the wheel.

Please note that pricing is based on the nature of the visit booked, not per participant.

Please email Ellen Love at ellen.love@leachpottery.com to book your visit or find out more.

Visits which include visits to the Museum will be considered for booking from January 2027 onwards. Prices for 2027 will be detailed shortly.

Leach Story: Group Talk & Conversation

Discover

Find out about the history of the Leach Pottery as it is shared through an illustrated presentation, pot handling and throwing wheel demonstration.

Participants will learn about:

· The founding principles and ethos of the Leach Pottery

· The story of, and reasons behind, the beginnings of the pottery

· The key potters who have played a role in the development of the pottery across the last 100 years

· The process of making a pot, from ground to firing

· The current approach and workings of the pottery and wider impact

The Leach Story is a way of engaging with the history and ethos of the Leach Pottery in a way which would normally be done through a Museum tour and will take place in the Learning & Production Studio at the Leach Pottery.

For groups who come to the Pottery with a particular focus in mind, talks can be adapted to specific interests on request at point of booking.

£95 for groups up to 32 students

Tea Bowl Workshop & Leach Story

Discover

Leach Story: Through a throwing demonstration, talk and handling collection, participants discover the story of how the Leach Pottery revitalised the tradition of handmade pottery and the ethos and approach of the potters at the pottery across the years. For full details of what this talk includes please see the Leach Story: Group Talk & Conversation detailed above.

Make

Taking inspiration from the pots made by the Leach Pottery, participants will make their own hand-built tea bowls, yunomis, and learn about the journey clay makes from ground to kiln and the aesthetic blend of Japanese and Cornish heritage which underpins the Leach’s history.

Ceramics will be fired and posted back to the group within eight weeks of their visit.

£300 for groups up to 32 participants

£200 for groups up to 16 participants

Additional Costs £45 for bisque and glaze firing for groups up to 16 participants

£60 for bisque and glaze firing for groups up to 32 participants

£30 Postage and packing (up to 20kg)

Pots which need to be posted back to each individual maker can be done so at an additional cost. We regret this is not offered to international groups.

Please email Ellen Love at ellen.love@leachpottery.com to book your visit or find out more.

Throwing Workshop & Leach Story

Discover

Leach Story: Through a throwing demonstration, talk and handling collection, participants discover the story of how the Leach Pottery revitalised the tradition of handmade pottery and the ethos and approach of the potters at the pottery across the years. For full details of what this talk includes please see the Leach Story: Group Talk & Conversation detailed above.

Make

Participants will experience throwing on a potter’s wheel and, taking inspiration from the ceramics made by the Leach Pottery, will make their own hand-built tea bowls.

Pinch pots will be fired and posted back to the group within eight weeks of their visit but this is not feasible for beginners’ thrown pots.

Ceramics will be fired and posted back to the group within eight weeks of their visit.

£200 for smaller groups up to 10 participants

Additional Costs

£40 for bisque and glaze firing for smaller groups up to 10 participants £25 Postage and packing (up to 20kg)

Pots which need to be posted back to each individual maker can be done so at an additional cost. We regret this is not offered to international groups.