Tourism News & Updates
Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust has been named as a finalist in the Large Visitor Attraction of the Year category of the prestigious VisitEngland Awards for Excellence 2015.
- 23rd March 2015
Great news - Blists Hill Victorian Town, one of Shropshire’s 10 Ironbridge Gorge Museums is adding two new buildings to its ever expanding site in 2015.
A Shropshire museum is holding an ‘open-day’ to showcase volunteering opportunities for steam enthusiasts. Blists Hill Victorian Town, one of the ten Ironbridge Gorge Museums, is looking to recruit new volunteers to become steam drivers at the museum
- 10th June 2014
All through the school summer holidays, there are plenty of events on at the Ironbridge Gorge Museums to keep everyone entertained.
Following the resounding success of the inaugural Tourism & Attractions Show (TAS) earlier this year, the exhibition is moving to the interactive Enginuity design and technology centre at Coalbrookdale in the Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Site, Shropshire for its second exhibition on Saturday, 8th March 2014 (10.30am-2.30pm).
- 5th September 2013
A well-known family-owned hotel in Telford, Grays Hotel, has re-branded to Ramada Telford Ironbridge. Owned by the Southwater Event Group, the present team will continue to run the hotel, leisure and conference facility – but now under an international recognised brand.
The Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust has once again been awarded two prestigious Sandford Awards for Heritage Education for Enginuity Design and Technology Centre and Jackfield Tile Museum.
- 3rd July 2013
FREE entry - Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th July at The Museum of Iron, Coalbrookdale.
- 30th June 2013
There's something for everyone this summer at the 10 Ironbridge Museums including Blists Hill Victorian Town.
- 8th June 2013
The award winning Huntsman in Little Wenlock has built up quite a reputation for its fantastic food and service. If you are looking for a fabulous Sunday Lunch then you have just found where to go.