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Upper STEEP HILL STEEP HILL Wenlock Berrington Longwood Horsehay Stirchley Doseley Route 45 (on lanes/tra†c-free) The Aqueduct c.1792 Route 81 (on lanes/tra†c-free) A4169 Little Brookside Route 55 (tra†c-free) Dawley Leighton Lightmoor Round The Wrekin Cycle Trail (11 miles) Route 45 Mercian Way Saplins Freight Take Care Cycle Shop Wood STEEP HILL Madeley Court Only Halesfield Visitor Information Centre Cycle Parking Rough Park Way Windmill B4380 Tweedale Buildwas A4169 Café Cycle Hire Coalbrookdale Woodside Public House Playground River Severn Madeley A442 Shops Country Park STEEP HILL Ironbridge Toilets Building of Historical Interest Car Parking Museum 6 Sutton Power Hill Wildlife Reserve Railway Station Benthall Lloyds Coppice Blists Station Iron Bridge Leisure Centre English Heritage Edge Hill Place of Worship Banner’s Coppice Youth Hostel Forestry Comission Benthall Hall B4373 Coalport

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