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Exploring Ironbridge Gorge Exploring the Ironbridge Gorge Severn Gorge Countryside Trust welcomes you to explore the network of waymarked paths and trails. You can use this leaflet together with the Ordnance Managing the Living Landscape Survey Explorer 242 map. of the Ironbridge Gorg e Exploring We have a continuous programme of upgrading the paths and if you Ironbridge encounter any difficulties while walking on our land, then please let us know by phoning the office on 01952 Gorge 433 880. A number of routes are fully described in a series of high-quality The Lime Trail of books and leaflets available from the Benthall Edge Visitor Information Centre, Museums or the Trust Office, at a small cost, or free to download from these websites www.severngorge.org.uk www.discovertelford.co.uk Darby Road, Coalbrookdale, Telford, TF8 7EP Tel: 01952 433880 • Email: [email protected] www. severngorge.org.uk REG. CHARITY NO. 1004508 Designed by MA Creative www.macreative.co.uk • Illustrated maps © SGCT, by Jeremy Pyke Geology and landscape Shropshire has perhaps the richest geology of any county in Britain, and the Ironbridge Gorge is no exception. While it is better known as the ‘Birthplace of Industry’, this would not have happened without a quirk of nature that exposed all of the necessary rocks and minerals in one, accessible place. At the end of the last Ice Age, weaknesses in the limestone provided an escape route for water trapped beneath an ice sheet. Under very high pressure, the water carved out the steep-sided gorge we see today, and in the process, exposed limestone, ironstone, sandstone, coal and clay. This process changed the course of the River Severn forever; previously, it had flowed north, now it flows south to Bristol and is the longest river in the UK. Severn Gorge Countryside Trust Timber for fuel and The Trust manages most of the historic landscape within the Ironbridge charcoal Gorge Word Heritage Site including 52 sites, 60 historic structures, 230 IRONBRIDGE GORGE hectares of woodland, 25 hectares of wild flower meadow, 26 kms of paths, 8 kms of bridleways, 260 hectares (700 acres) in all on a 999 year lease. The landholding includes a number of important sites for national nature conservation and internationally important species of wildlife. The Trust has a small team of professional staff who work with around 20 self-employed BENTHALL EDGE GLACIAL ICE contractors carrying out a range of tasks from engineering to tree surgery, Limestone for LINCOLN HILL footpath maintenance and hay making. We also employ specialist iron flux to remove ecological consultants. The Trust is guided by a Board of 12 Trustees. impurities Limestone Want to get involved? Severn Gorge Countryside Trust volunteering project involves local CLAY including coal and people who help the Trust by carrying out a wide variety of countryside ironstone work from hedgelaying to boardwalk building under the guidance of GLACIAL MELTWATER under pressure carves out Trust staff. Contact us for a programme or download it from our website: the gorge, exposing minerals, creating the River www.severngorge.org.uk Severn used to cool the industrial processes Exploring World Heritage Site Ironbridge Gorge The Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Site was one of the first UK World Heritage Site sites inscribed onto the UNESCO World Heritage list in 1986. The site Severn Gorge Countryside Trust covers 550 hectares of beautiful (SGCT) aims to promote, protect, countryside following the River and conserve the living landscape Severn, the UK’s longest river, and of the Ironbridge Gorge World most of the landscape is managed by Severn Gorge Countryside Trust, an Heritage Site. independent Charity established in 1991. There are also ten wonderful Museums to visit managed by the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, who If you want to get some fresh air, also manage many historic structures and other smaller sites. Telford & see amazing views, get fit or stay fit Wrekin Council manages much of the rest of the land. SGCT sits on the then much of the land in the Gorge World Heritage Site Steering Group which manages the processes of the is on steep slopes but well served by World Heritage Site as a partnership of key organisations. steps, with boardwalks and tracks on the flatter tops of the valleys. All Why not try the Iron Trail, Lime Trail, Sabbath Walks Trail, or walk to Blists of our landholdings are open to the Hill Victorian Town on a safe route through beautiful woodland. Or walk public to freely explore and enjoy, from the Upper Furnace Pool by the Museum of Iron on Darby Road and a network of waymarked paths following the Lydebrook stream up through Loamhole Dingle and back and trails have been established via the historic Ropewalk and wildflower meadow. All of the Trails are through the woods and meadows of shown on this map and individual free leaflets are available from the Ironbridge, Coalbrookdale, Jackfield, main Iron Bridge Station Yard Car Park, the Tourist Information Centre or Coalport, Madeley, Barrow Parish online via our website. and Broseley. You are welcome to explore the historic landscape of the Severn Gorge along the network of paths and trails that thread their way through the Trust’s landholdings. While many of these follow public footpaths and bridleways, many are new paths that have been established and waymarked by SGCT. JIGGERS ROUNDABOUT Planning your visit – How long it Park & Ride To M54 Juction 4 (Birmingham & 2 takes to walk from key car parks to 44 Telford Town Centre) A Y AQUEDUCT BROOKSIDE A W S museums and communities N E E U Q CASTLEFIELDS Q To M54 Juction 6 ROUNDABOUT U E E N S W AY A4169 (Shrewsbury & Wellington) Y - PA S S A4169 I D G E B N B R I R O Loamhole Dingle HALESFIELD Madeley Court B R CHERRY TREE HILL Hotel O C Rough K Rosehill House T TWEEDALE E Oilhouse Park O SID Dale House OD N WO Coppice VENUE W A Coalbrookdale Museum of Iron E A ID S Y D WOODSIDE O ROUNDABOUT To Shifnal Castle O M54 Junc. 4 A COALBROOKDALE W 4 (Via A442) 4 Enginuity Green PA 2 Dale R K W AY MADELEY MADELEY Coppice ROUNDABOUT Ironworks WOODSIDE CENTRE C H U R C H Captain's R O A Police Coppice D LEESLEEESEE FARM To Much Wenlock ROUNDROOUO ABOUT D A & Shrewsbury O R N St Michael's IO MADELEY To Bridgnorth T Church A T Y S D & Kidderminster A OAD A R O E CH L W B S E y R I E L U E D B I S I L A Lincoln H E L Green Wood A R D A Wa D G W D P A AS Centre Hill G ge E ROA LL O D B43 I d R L 80 H i r Y LN E Rotunda b L Valley Hotell CO n IN ro E L I D H A Rowingng Club Dale End O D M G E Power Station I V E R S E V E BO R R N WER IRONBRIDGE SUTTON THE WH AR FA HILL Museum of The Gorge GE Lloyds Coppice Iron Bridge WATE Bedlam Furnaces Blists Hill Benthall Edge RLOO The Tollhouse STREET Victorian Town Museum D Jackeld Bridge A LAD O Y W R OOD T BLISTS HILL R I R V O E R P S E V E L Iron Bridge R N A O Car Park JACKFIELD C Golf Club S i l k i n W a To Broseley y Jackeld Tile Museum Hay Inclined Plane Car park Viewpoint Maws Craft Centre Tar Tunnel Memorial Bridge Haywood Museum Picnic Area (FOOTBRIDGE) Distance from Visitor Information Centre Rights of way key car parks CO 8 minutes walk/ 15 minutes walk/ A COALPORT LP Bus stop Woodlands 0.5 kilometre 1 kilometre OR Sutton Wood Coalport T H 0 ¼½ Mile IGH Public toilets World Heritage China Museum ST R REE Site boundary 0 0.5 Kilometre1 I V E T Severn R S E V Valley E R N Way JACKFIELD Exploring Ironbridge Gorge JACKFIELD is a fascinating area made up of a series of very ancient location of walking trails, landscape neighbourhoods with wonderful names like The Tuckies, Salthouses and The Werps, reflecting its long working past from fishing, pottery, iron features, museums and settlements making and clay industries of brick, roof tiling and decorative tiles. This is a landscape rich in wildlife and history, being one of the key seats COALBROOKDALE of the industrial revolution. It is now a beautiful valley of woodlands and COALBROOKDALE which lies in a beautiful wooded valley is where wildflower meadows either side of the River Severn, the UK’s longest Abraham Darby I revolutionised the smelting of iron using coke from river, which flows from the Welsh hills to Bristol. coal in 1709, which means the area can claim to being one key seat of the industrial revolution which changed the world. All of the land shown on the maps managed by Severn Gorge Countryside Trust is open access, free to walk where you like on a series of trails, rights of way and permissive paths. There is also a network of bridleways for COALPORT horse-riding or cycling. You can use the Trails to learn more about why the COALPORT was very much the inspiration of the ironmaster William landscape was key to the iron and ceramics production due to its wealth of Reynolds. The key to its success, as the seat of the china industry, lay in ironstone, lime, coal, clay and timber or just relax and enjoy the birdsong.
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