Ironbridge Travel Guide

 balhannah Says:  The Iron Bridge crosses the River Severn at the Ironbridge Gorge, by the village of Ironbridge, in Shropshire, England. I thought it was a lovely looking Arched Bridge, complemented by the old Town of Ironbridge. A Bridge was needed, as the local's only way of crossing the... 

 balhannah Says:  Blists Hill Victorian Town sounded quite good to me, so off we went to find it.We had some trouble, which was a shame, as it meant we didn't have enough time to have a real good look around.The Village is full of shops, cottages and workplaces, there are animals plus horse... 

 munchie_cat Says:  A great way to spend a few hours.The tile museum had tiles in abundance! Unfortunately the manufacturing part of the museum was closed as we visited on a Sunday. There are several examples of the uses of tiles and reconstructed examples.Also within a very short walking... 

 munchie_cat Says:  A great day out, although we spent 4 hrs here including a lovely lunch. (there are 3 places to get food here)You can get in to the spirit of things and exchange some of your money for 'old' money to spend in the vistorian shops although they do take 'new' money too.Lots of... 

 Tom_Fields Says:  This is the town's namesake. Architect Thomas Pritchard designed it. Begun in 1779, it was completed in 1781. This was the first bridge of its kind. The iron was made using Abraham Darby's new coke smelting technique, which soon made conventional iron-smelting obsolete. In... 

 Andrew_W_K Says:  There is a lot of debate about whether Ironbridge is truly the scene of the birth of the Industrial Revolution as mechanisation and new technologies were springing up everywhere at the time. What isn't in doubt though is that Ironbridge was the place where the first iron... 

 Andrew_W_K Says:  I think that Ironbridge have done a fantastic job with their museums and none more so that the former Coalport china factory now a museum.The museum itself is dedicated to Coalport's china making history and includes some very immpressive pieces dating back to the late 18th... 

 DEBBBEDB Says:  On the way back from looking at the aqueduct in Wales, we made a short detour to Ironbridge to look at the bridge there, which I had read about. My dad and I looked at the bridge from underneath, and my mom went up on top of the bridge to take pictures from there.The area is... 

 grandmaR Says:  Walk around and get pictures of the bridge from all angles. It is a National Historic Landmark. After you've taken pictures from a distance, then go and look at it close up from underneath to appreciate how it might have been constructed.There are no eye witness accounts are... 

 grandmaR Says:  We did not get to visit this museum as we got to Ironbridge right about 5 pm. The website says that the secrets of how and why the bridge was built "are revealed in an exhibition housed in the original Tollhouse on the south side of the Bridge."The Iron Bridge itself is a... 

 grandmaR Says:  This bridge was built with cast iron after a nearby smelter made it an economically feasible material to use. I would not have thought iron was a good material to use in a wet location because of the possibility of rusting, and in fact vehicle traffic is now prohibited on... 

 trvlrtom Says:  OK, if you are in Ironbridge you came to see this, and it is impossible to miss. Take time to walk across it to the little museum (free!), and walk beneath the bridge on the walkway to see the intricate ironwork design. It is pretty fascinating to see what this, an initial... 

 Djinn76 Says:  I have originally chosen to stay at the Best Western hotel because of this restaurant. This was supposed to be the best one of the area. Indeed it yearly receives two rosettes for quite some time. I completely ignored that system but apparently that is something set up in UK... 

 graeme83 Says:  Completed in 1837, the church is interestingly built the reverse of the majority of churches - the sanctuary being at the west end and the tower at the east end. This is due to the fact that it was discovered that the land at the west end would not bear the weight of a... 

 grandmaR Says:  This statue was facing the road, and I have figured out that it is the War Memorial. These names are listed as being on it. World War One Adams J Hurdley J.Armstrong J. Jarvis W.Aston F. Moore A. Baugh W. Nickless T.Beddoe W.J. Oakley W Bradley G. Onions WBranford F. Owen...