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Ironbridge Gorge Attractions in and around Shropshire

Attractions in the Ironbridge Gorge including the World Heritage Site Museums

Blists Hill Victorian Town
t:  01952 884391
e:  tic@ironbridge.org.uk
w:  www.ironbridge.org.uk
p:  Legges Way
Madeley
Ironbridge TF7 5DU
Blists Hill Victorian Town
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
t:  01952 884391
e: 
w:  www.ironbridge.org.uk
p:  Duke Street
Broseley TF8 7DQ
Broseley Clay Tobacco Pipe Museum
 
 
Restored tobacco pipe-making works. Operated by the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust
Buildwas Abbey
t:  01952 433274
e: 
w:  www.english-heritage.org.uk
p:  Buildwas
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Buildwas Abbey
 
English Heritage. Cistercian Abbey ruins in beautiful location by the River Severn.
Coalport China Museum
t:  01952 884391
e:  tic@ironbridge.org.uk
w:  www.ironbridge.org.uk
p:  Coalport
Ironbridge TF8 7DQ
Coalport China Museum
 
 
National Collections of Caughley and Coalport china. Demonstration workshops and shop. Part of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust Group
Darby Houses
t:  01952 884391
e: 
w:  www.ironbridge.org.uk
p:  Darby Rd
Coalbrookdale
Ironbridge TF8 7DQ
Darby Houses
 
 
The restored homes of the Darby Family, located near to the Museum of Iron in Coalbrookdale. An Ironbridge Gorge Museum Site.
Enginuity
t:  01952 884391
e:  tic@ironbridge.org.uk
w:  www.ironbridge.org.uk
p:  Coalbrookdale
Ironbridge TF8 7DQ
Enginuity
 
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.
Jackfield Tile Museum
t:  01952 884391
e: 
w:  www.ironbridge.org.uk
p:  Jackfield
Ironbridge TF8 7DQ
Jackfield Tile Museum
 
 
Displays of decorative tiles, geological exhibitions, workshops and shop. Part of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust Group.
Museum of Iron
t:  01952 884391
e: 
w:  www.ironbridge.org.uk
p:  Coalbrookdale
Ironbridge TF8 7DQ
Museum of Iron
 
 
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.
Museum of the Gorge
t:  01952 884391
e: 
w:  www.ironbridge.org.uk
p:  The Wharfage
Ironbridge TF8 7DQ
Museum of the Gorge
 
 
An audio-video presentation will give you a flavour of what the gorge has to offer. There also is a scale model showing how busy the river was in Victorian times when it played a vital role transporting goods from place to place. Part of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust Group
The Iron Bridge
t:  01952 884391
e: 
w: 
p:  Ironbridge TF8 7JS
The Iron Bridge
 
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One of Shropshire's most famous landmarks and the world's first Iron Bridge.
The Tar Tunnel
t:  01952 884391
e:  tic@ironbridge.org.uk
w:  www.ironbridge.org.uk
p:  Coalport
Ironbridge
Telford TF8 7HT
The Tar Tunnel
 
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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
Ironbridge Open Air Museum of Steel Sculpture
t:  01952 433152
e:  pam.brown@virgin.net
w:  www.go2.co.uk/steelsculpture/
p:  Moss House
Cherry Tree Hill
Coalbrookdale Ironbridge TF8 7EF
Ironbridge Open Air Museum of Steel Sculpture
 
 
 
Over 60 sculptures displayed throughout 10 acres of superbly diverse landscape just outside the historic Ironbridge Gorge
The Green Wood Centre
t:  01952 432769
e: 
w:  www.greenwoodcentre.org.uk
p:  Station Road
Coalbrookdale
Ironbridge TF8 7DR
The Green Wood Centre
 
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Enviromental craft centre offering workshops and products for sale. Cafe and woodland walks.

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