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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
Blists Hill Victorian TownLegges Way
Madeley
Ironbridge TF7 5DU
Tel: 01952 884391
Email: tic@ironbridge.org.uk
Web: www.ironbridge.org.uk
Twitter: blistshill
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
Broseley Clay Tobacco Pipe MuseumDuke Street
Broseley TF8 7DQ
Tel: 01952 884391
Email:
Web: www.ironbridge.org.uk
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Restored tobacco pipe-making works. Operated by the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust
 
 
Buildwas Abbey
Buildwas AbbeyBuildwas
Ironbridge TF87 BW
Tel: 01952 433274
Email:
Web: www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.16663
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English Heritage. Cistercian Abbey ruins in beautiful location by the River Severn.
 
Coalbrookdale Museum of Iron
Coalbrookdale Museum of IronCoalbrookdale
Ironbridge TF8 7DQ
Tel: 01952 884391
Email:
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.
 
 
Coalport China Museum
Coalport China MuseumCoalport
Ironbridge TF8 7DQ
Tel: 01952 884391
Email: tic@ironbridge.org.uk
Web: www.ironbridge.org.uk
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National Collections of Caughley and Coalport china. Demonstration workshops and shop. Part of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust Group
 
 
Darby Houses
Darby HousesDarby Rd
Coalbrookdale
Ironbridge TF8 7DQ
Tel: 01952 884391
Email:
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
EnginuityCoalbrookdale
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.
 
Jackfield Tile Museum
Jackfield Tile MuseumJackfield
Ironbridge TF8 7DQ
Tel: 01952 884391
Email:
Web: www.ironbridge.org.uk
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Displays of decorative tiles, geological exhibitions, workshops and shop. Part of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust Group.
 
 
Museum of the Gorge
Museum of the GorgeThe Wharfage
Ironbridge TF8 7DQ
Tel: 01952 884391
Email:
Web: www.ironbridge.org.uk
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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
The Iron BridgeIronbridge TF8 7JS
Tel: 01952 884391
Email:
Web:
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One of Shropshire's most famous landmarks and the world's first Iron Bridge.
 
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The Tar Tunnel
The Tar TunnelCoalport
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
 
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Ironbridge Open Air Museum of Steel Sculpture
Ironbridge Open Air Museum of Steel SculptureMoss House
Cherry Tree Hill
Coalbrookdale Ironbridge TF8 7EF
Tel: 01952 433152
Email: pam.brown@virgin.net
Web: www.go2.co.uk/steelsculpture/
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Over 60 sculptures displayed throughout 10 acres of superbly diverse landscape just outside the historic Ironbridge Gorge
 
 
 
The Green Wood Centre
The Green Wood CentreStation Road
Coalbrookdale
Ironbridge TF8 7DR
Tel: 01952 432769
Email:
Web: www.greenwoodcentre.org.uk
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Enviromental craft centre offering workshops and products for sale. Cafe and woodland walks.
 
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