6A Castle Terrace Bridgnorth
WV16 4AH
Tel: 01746 762052
Email: Office@bridgnorthcliffrailway.co.uk
Web: www.bridgnorthcliffrailway.co.uk
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Unique and historic Victorian Cliff Railway. Opened in 1892 to link High Town with Low Town and riverside quay. The oldest and steepest inland funicular railway in England
Wenlock Olympian Trail
Much Wenlock
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Web: www.wenlock-olympian-society.org.uk/
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Much Wenlock is where Dr. William Penny Brookes inspired the Modern Olympic Games. The trail starts and ends at the Much Wenlock Museum, near the town square in High Street. In the museum a magnificent collection of Wenlock Olympian Society artefacts are on display illustrating the significant role of Much Wenlock in the revival of the Modern Olympic Games.
Blists Hill Victorian Town
Legges Way Madeley Ironbridge
TF7 5DU
Tel: 01952 884391
Email: tic@ironbridge.org.uk
Web: www.ironbridge.org.uk
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Part of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust group and one of the most popular attractions in Shropshire - a living outdoor museum where all the staff dress in period costume. Visit a host of restored Victorian buildings, shops, factories, schools to name just a few.
Broseley Clay Tobacco Pipe Museum
Duke Street Broseley
TF8 7DQ
Tel: 01952 884391
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Web: www.ironbridge.org.uk
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Restored tobacco pipe-making works. Operated by the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust
Coalbrookdale Museum of Iron
Coalbrookdale Ironbridge
TF8 7DQ
Tel: 01952 884391
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Web: www.ironbridge.org.uk
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Darby furnace where ground breaking technology was used to smelt iron with coke resulting in the construction of the worlds first iron bridge built across the River Severn. An Ironbridge Gorge Museum Site.
Coleham Pumping Station
Longden Coleham Shrewsbury
SY3 7DN
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Web: www.shrewsburymuseums.com/coleham
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Pumping Station, built in 1900 to house two massive steam-driven beam engines to pump sewage..... fun fun fun!
Daniels Mill
Eardington Bridgnorth
WV16 5JL
Tel: 01746 762753
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Web: www.danielsmill.co.uk
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Daniels Mill is one of Shropshire's gems. It holds the distinction of having the largest diameter waterwheel of any working corn mill in England.
Darby Houses
Darby Rd Coalbrookdale Ironbridge
TF8 7DQ
Tel: 01952 884391
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Web: www.ironbridge.org.uk
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The restored homes of the Darby Family, located near to the Museum of Iron in Coalbrookdale. An Ironbridge Gorge Museum Site.
Enginuity
Coalbrookdale Ironbridge
TF8 7DQ
Tel: 01952 884391
Email: tic@ironbridge.org.uk
Web: www.ironbridge.org.uk
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Enginuity is an interactive design and technology centre that aims to inspire and capture the imagination of everyone intrigued by the secrets of how things around them are made and how they work. An Ironbridge Gorge Museum Site.
Hack Green Secret Nuclear Bunker
Nantwich Cheshire
CW5 8AL
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Email: coldwar@hackgreen.co.uk
Web: www.hackgreen.co.uk
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In the event of nuclear war Hack Green would have been a Wartime HQ. Located just across the North Shropshire border near Whitchurch, the Nuclear Bunker is now open to the public as a museum dedicated to the Cold War.
Land of Lost Content
The Market Hall Market Street Craven Arms
SY7 9NW
Tel: 01588 676176
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Web: www.lolc.org.uk
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National Museum of British Popular Culture. A Million Memories from the 20th. Century, See All We Enjoyed & All We Endured, Everything You, your Parents, Grandparents, Sons & Daughters Owned, Used, Played with and Threw Away.
Llangollen Railway
The Station Abbey Road Llangollen Denbighshire
LL20 8SN
Tel: 01978 860951
Email: office@llangollen-railway.co.uk
Web: www.llangollen-railway.co.uk
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Travel on a steam train through 8 miles of superb scenery. Special events for the family and enthusiast. Luxury dining train services.
Llanymynech Limeworks Heritage Area
North Road Llanymynech
SY22 6EA
Tel: 01691 839147
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Web: www.llanymynech.org.uk
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See the industrial past of the village with restored and conserved buildings including a Hoffmann Kiln, one of only a few in the country and the only one complete with chimney. Enjoy the woodland, meadow and canal-side walks around the site which is open all year round.
Bridgnorth to Kidderminster
Tel: 01299 403816
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Web: www.svr.co.uk
Twitter: svrailway
Premier Heritage Railway operating on the beautiful Severn Valley line from Bridgnorth to Kidderminster
Snailbeach Mine
Snailbeach nr Bishops Castle
Tel: 01743 790513
Email: peter@sheldrake1.fsnet.co.uk
Web: snailbeachmine.org.uk
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The Romans started mining here and the mine continued until 1955 when underground operations ceased. The surface and underground have been preserved by Shropshire County Council and the site can be be visited, with underground tours by the Shropshire Mines Trust on certain days.
Telford Steam Railway
Bridge Rd Horsehay Telford
TF4 2NF
Tel: 07816 762790
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Web: www.telfordsteamrailway.co.uk
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Telford Steam Railway is a preserved railway operated by a small and friendly team of volunteers on Sundays and bank holidays.
The Bog Visitor Centre
Near the Stiperstones, South Shropshire
Tel: 01743 792484
Email: bogcentre@hotmail.co.uk
Web: www.bogcentre.co.uk
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Visitor Centre in the Shropshire Hills, themed on a "lost" mining village. Refreshments, local crafts & produce.
Ironbridge
TF8 7JS
Tel: 01952 884391
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One of Shropshire's most famous landmarks and the world's first Iron Bridge.
The Tar Tunnel
Coalport Ironbridge Telford
TF8 7HT
Tel: 01952 884391
Email: tic@ironbridge.org.uk
Web: www.ironbridge.org.uk
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Over 200 years ago natural bitumen trickled like treacle into pools. It was turned into pitch, lamp black and rheumatics remedies. Now you can walk along this brick-lined tunnel where the bitumen still oozes through the walls. Part of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust Group
Welshpool & Llanfair Railway
The Station Llanfair Caereinion Welshpool Powys
SY21 0SF
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Email: info@wllr.org.uk
Web: www.wllr.org.uk
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The railway was built in 1902 to link the rural community with Welshpool. Today the steam train journey starts at Welshpool up the steep Golfa bank, through the Banwy Valley, into Llanfair Caereinion. Special event during the year are organized & there are also driving experience courses.
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