at the southern end of the Iron Bridge. Iron the of end southern the at Tollhouse February 2007 February obtained from the Tourist Information Centre in the in Centre Information Tourist the from obtained Bus timetables and further tourist information can be can information tourist further and timetables Bus town centre and Telford Central Railway Station. Railway Central Telford and centre town serves the Ironbridge Gorge area as well as Telford as well as area Gorge Ironbridge the serves please contact Traveline: contact please beginning of April to the end of October, the bus the October, of end the to April of beginning bus times and public transport public and times bus For more Information on other on Information more For every weekend and Bank Holiday Monday from the from Monday Holiday Bank and weekend every ! 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Wales N. & Newport to Oswestry to A518 Shawbury in the Gorge. the in to Stafford to A49 A41 A53 of the main car parks car main the of A442 to Whitchurch to cycle rides from each from rides cycle a variety of walks and walks of variety a and Bank Holiday Mondays from April to October. to April from Mondays Holiday Bank and This leaflet describes leaflet This Gorge Connect bus service during weekends during service bus Connect Gorge WH1 the are within walking distance of each other or are served by served are or other each of distance walking within are foot or bicycle? or foot There is something for everyone to enjoy. Most museums Most enjoy. to everyone for something is There World Heritage Site by Site Heritage World you wish. wish. you Ironbridge Gorge Ironbridge most cost effective way to see as many of them as them of many as see to way effective cost most and explore the explore and Gorge museums. The Museum Passport ticket is the is ticket Passport Museum The museums. Gorge Why not park your car your park not Why While in the Gorge try to visit some of the Ironbridge the of some visit to try Gorge the in While Walk & Cycle the Gorge the Cycle & Walk The Ironbridge Gorge Museums Gorge Ironbridge The Walk the Gorge KEY TO MAPS Footpaths World Heritage Coalbrookdale Site boundary Museums Museum CHERRY TREE HILL CC Craft Centre Rosehill House Car park E SID Dale House OD Viewpoint WO + Coalbrookdale Museum of Iron Cycle parking WOODSIDE ROUNDABOUT M54 Junc. 4 Gorge Connect COALBROOKDALE (Via A442) + Enginuity Toilets Dale route WH1 with Bus Stop Coppice MADELEY Ironworks ROUNDABOUT C H GORGE U MADELEY + R Legges Woodland CONNECT C RETAIL Car park for ROUTE H AREA Captain's WH1 R GORGE CONNECT Way O A ROUTE WH1 Police Coppice D museum GORGE CONNECT LEES FARM ROUTE WH1 Museum Clusters ROUNDABOUT D patrons only A O R N St Michael's IO MADELEY T Church A T Y S D A A ROAD E H B O S EC W U R I E E D B D S IL L A Lincoln A E D A R O G 6 Ironbridge Back lanes W A AS D P Hill R G R L Y E O ge Way AD B43 IL E L 80 d L H i r E LN Valley Hotel Rotunda O b D C n A A steep climb around the town IN ro L I M H Rowing Club Dale End O D G The Wharfage EB From the square go up the long flight of steps in the rear Power Station I V E R S E V E O R R N WER T IRONBRIDGE SUTTON Museum of The Gorge HE W HA The Square corner, through St Luke’s Church and out in to the lanes of RF AG HILL Benthall Edge E + Ironbridge. Work your way around to the left, then go uphill Iron BridgeWATE Bedlam Furnaces RLOO Lloyds Coppice Blists Hill The Tollhouse Station Yard STREET Victorian Town Museum D through one of the alleyways and turn right along Hodge Jackfield Bridge A LADY O W R O OD T BLISTS HILL R I V R Bower. Then back downhill round to the church before Ironbridge E R O S E P V L Blists Hill E R Museums N A O returning down Severn Bank. JACKFIELD C Museums GORGE CONNECT S Golf Club i ROUTE WH1 l Distance 2 km • Time 1 hour k i n W a y Jackfield Tile Museum Hay Inclined Plane Walks from Station Yard Walks from Legges Way Maws Craft CC Tar Tunnel Centre Memorial Bridge Haywood (FOOTBRIDGE) APPROXIMATE SCALE 0 1/4 1/2 Mile C OA COALPORT 0 0.5 Kilometre 1 L PO RT Lloyds Coppice Broseley Pipe Coalport + H 7 Severn Valley Way 1 IGH China Museum ST Works R I REE V E T Se R S vern Valley Way E V Woodland and Industrial heritage E R A flat route following the track of the old Severn N Across the road and left onto the Silkin Way to the tunnel Valley Railway entrance. Do not enter but turn across the car park and road into From the Iron Bridge walk back through the car park and Lloyds Coppice. Look for the remains of Madeley Wood Hall and along the track –signed Severn Valley Way and Route 45. a Pumping Engine. Walks from The Square Keep right through Jackfield, look for old railway sidings, a Distance 4 km • Time 2 hours section on the road and the Tile Museum. The route here is subject to landslip and the road is quite a roller coaster. 2 The Silkin Way 4 Ironbridge Riverside Past Maws Craft Centre turn left down to the river and the A walk along the old railway track to the River Severn Ironbridge houses and lanes Boat Inn, then turn left back up the side of the craft centre Turn right along The Wharfage and then quickly right up Walk across the road and left down hill on to The Silkin Way, and back to Ironbridge. Severn Bank. Working your way up and around the hillside 1 through the tunnel and down to the Riverbank. Take a look at Distance 5 km • Time 1 ⁄2 hours you will get a real feel for the buildings and views of historic the China Museum complex on the way back. Ironbridge. Descend to The Wharfage by Lincoln Hill, then left Distance 6 km • Time 2 hours 8 Benthall Woods to the Iron Bridge itself. A hillside walk, can be muddy Distance 2 km • Time 1 hour 3 Hay Inclined Plane Walk west away from the car park parallel to the river along Industrial History tour 5 The Golden Ball the old railway track. Turn left up into the woods and continue right up to the crest. You will see the work that the Across the road and left to Blists Hill Victorian Town. Again Ironbridge houses and Bedlam Furnaces Severn Gorge Countryside Trust is doing to maintain the down hill to start then around the back of the Blists Hill Museum From the car park turn left along High St, into Waterloo St., site to the Hay Inclined Plane. This was used for lifting small woods. At the top turn left and return on the high level. then turn left up the steps at the side of the car park. Go right There is much evidence of the mining that went on in this barges from the canal at the bottom up to the higher level. on Madeley Road to the Goldon Ball pub. Turn right down Return down the side of the Inclined Plane and then right back whole area for hundreds of years. Return downhill by a through Madeley Wood and to the remains of the Bedlam along the Silkin Way. convenient path and turn right back to the bridge. 1 Furnaces. Turn right back along the riverbank. Distance 1.5 Distance 6 km • Time 2 hours Distance 4 km • Time 1 ⁄2 hrs 3 km • Time ⁄4 hours Walks from Dale End Walks from The Wharfage Loamhole Walk the Gorge Dale End Park Dingle 9 APPROXIMATE SCALE A flat riverside walk 12 River bank & Dale End Park 0 1/ 1/ Mile J 4 2 I G From the rear of the car park turn right and A flat walk through the park G E 0 0.5 Kilometre 1 R S walk along the riverside to the Edward Albert Take the path to the side of the public toilets B A N A4169 Bridge, turn and walk back through the park. at the back of the car park, then walk K DA R 1 B Vane Distance 1.2 km • Time ⁄2 hour through the park.