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A living history museum and reconstructed Victorian town.
Blists Hill Victorian Town is an open-air museum built on a former industrial complex located in Madeley, Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire, England. The museum attempts to recreate the sights, sounds and smells of a Victorian Shropshire town in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It is managed by the National Trust and is one of ten museums acquired from the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust in 2026.
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A long, dark tunnel used to extract bitumen (or tar). It used to be open to the public, but is now unsafe to enter. The entrance however can still be seen by visitors.
A privately-owned museum documenting the history of ceramic tiles.
The original home of Coalport china, now a museum.
The world's first iron bridge, built in 1779. There is a small visitor's centre on one side.
A small museum, but containing a large diorama model of the gorge at the height of its industry. A visit here first helps to put all of the museums into context.
One of the Ironbridge Museums. A Victorian clay tobacco pipe works.