Clairmont
Guest House
Bed & Breakfast
 |
|
|
|
|
|
Nearby Attractions |
First time visitors are always amazed at just how much there is to see and do in Shropshire. Browse the list of attractions below for ideas of places to visit around Wellington & Telford. |
|
| Things to see & do in the Telford
area |
|
|  Hoo Farm Animal Kingdom
Telford TF6 6DJ
Tel: 01952 677917
Email: info@hoofarm.com
Web: www.hoofarm.com
Hoo Farm Animal Kingdom is a real child's paradise where there is always something exciting happening!
|
| |
| |
|  Sunnycroft Villa
Holyhead Road
Wellington
Telford TF1 2DR
Tel: 01952 242884
Email:
Web: www.nationaltrust.org.uk
Late Victorian gentleman`s villa which has survived largely unaltered. The grounds are a mini estate with pigsties, stables, kitchen garden, orchards, conservatory, flower garden and superb Wellingtonia avenue.
|
| |
| |
|  Telford Steam Railway
Bridge Rd
Horsehay
Telford TF4 2NF
Tel: 07765 858348
Email:
Web: www.telfordsteamrailway.co.uk
Telford Steam Railway is a preserved railway operated by a small and friendly team of volunteers on Sundays and bank holidays.
|
| |
| |
|  The Tar Tunnel
Coalport
Ironbridge
Telford TF8 7HT
Tel: 01952 884391
Email: tic@ironbridge.org.uk
Web: www.ironbridge.org.uk
Over 200 years ago natural bitumen trickled like treacle into pools. It was turned into pitch, lamp black and rheumatics remedies. Now you can walk along this brick-lined tunnel where the bitumen still oozes through the walls. Part of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust Group
|
| |
| |
|  The Wrekin
Near Telford
Tel:
Email:
Web:
The Wrekin is 1,334 ft hill located near to Telford and dominating the central Shropshire landscape. The phrase "all-around-the-Wrekin" is often used by locals to describe a long-winded route, as in "He went all-around-the Wrekin to get here". Various walks to the summit and spectacular views once you get there!!
|
| |
| |
|  Wonderland Telford
Telford Town Park
Telford TF3 4AY
Tel: 01952 591 633
Email: info@wonderlandtelford.com
Web: www.wonderlandtelford.com
Where nursery rhymes and fairy tales come to life. Discover favourite characters and their houses. Visit the dinosaurs in Dinosaur valley, the Dragon's crazy castle or indoor soft play area. Also features the magical Winter Wonderland during the run-up to Christmas.
|
| |
| |
|  Maws Gallery
B7 Tweedale, Cuckoo Oak, Madeley, Telford TF7 4JR
Tel: 01952 588855
Email:
Web: www.maws-gallery.co.uk
Frames and professional framing.
|
| |
| |
|  The Place - Oakengates Theatre
Limes Walk
Oakengates
Telford TF2 6EP
Tel: 01952 382382
Email:
Web: www.oakengates.ws
Main entertainment and theatre venue.
|
| |
| |
|
| Things to see & do nearby - within
approx 15 miles of Telford |
|
|  Mill Farm Riding Centre
Hughley
Shrewsbury
SY5 6NT SY5 6NT
Tel: 01746 785645
Email: mfrc1@tiscali.co.uk
Web: www.millfarmridingcentre.co.uk
Lessons for every ability in our large outdoor all-weather school, individual and group lessons. DIY and full livery are available, as well as horses for loan. For those wishing to bring their horse on holiday we offer B&B for you, stabling and pasture for your horse. With Mill Farm as your base, enjoy varied and safe rides in this spectacular corner of Shropshire. Special rides including Beach Rides, Childrens Acivities, hacks, and pub rides.
|
| |
| |
|  Blists Hill Victorian Town
Legges Way
Madeley
Ironbridge TF7 5DU
Tel: 01952 884391
Email: tic@ironbridge.org.uk
Web: www.ironbridge.org.uk
Part of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust group and one of the most popular attractions in Shropshire - a living outdoor museum where all the staff dress in period costume. Visit a host of restored Victorian buildings, shops, factories, schools to name just a few.
|
| |
| |
|  Boscobel House and the Royal Oak
Brewood
Bishops Wood ST19 9AR
Tel: 01902 850244
Email:
Web: www.english-heritage.org.uk
English Heritage - King Charles II hid in the house and the nearby Royal Oak to avoid capture by Cromwell's troops.
|
| |
| |
|  Broseley Clay Tobacco Pipe Museum
Duke Street
Broseley TF8 7DQ
Tel: 01952 884391
Email:
Web: www.ironbridge.org.uk
Restored tobacco pipe-making works. Operated by the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust
|
| |
| |
|  Buildwas Abbey
Buildwas
Ironbridge TF87 BW
Tel: 01952 433274
Email:
Web: www.english-heritage.org.uk
English Heritage. Cistercian Abbey ruins in beautiful location by the River Severn.
|
| |
| |
|  Coalport China Museum
Coalport
Ironbridge TF8 7DQ
Tel: 01952 884391
Email: tic@ironbridge.org.uk
Web: www.ironbridge.org.uk
National Collections of Caughley and Coalport china. Demonstration workshops and shop. Part of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust Group
|
| |
| |
|  Darby Houses
Darby Rd
Coalbrookdale
Ironbridge TF8 7DQ
Tel: 01952 884391
Email:
Web: www.ironbridge.org.uk
The restored homes of the Darby Family, located near to the Museum of Iron in Coalbrookdale. An Ironbridge Gorge Museum Site.
|
| |
| |
|  Enginuity
Coalbrookdale
Ironbridge TF8 7DQ
Tel: 01952 884391
Email: tic@ironbridge.org.uk
Web: www.ironbridge.org.uk
Enginuity is an interactive design and technology centre that aims to inspire and capture the imagination of everyone intrigued by the secrets of how things around them are made and how they work. An Ironbridge Gorge Museum Site.
|
| |
| |
|  Haughmond Abbey
Upton Magna
Shrewsbury SY4 4RV
Tel: 01743 709661
Email:
Web: www.english-heritage.org.uk
English Heritage - Extensive remains of 12th century Augustinian Abbey
|
| |
| |
| Hoo Farm Animal Kingdom
Telford TF6 6DJ
Tel: 01952 677917
Email: info@hoofarm.com
Web: www.hoofarm.com
Hoo Farm Animal Kingdom is a real child's paradise where there is always something exciting happening! |
| |
| |
|  Jackfield Tile Museum
Jackfield
Ironbridge TF8 7DQ
Tel: 01952 884391
Email:
Web: www.ironbridge.org.uk
Displays of decorative tiles, geological exhibitions, workshops and shop. Part of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust Group.
|
| |
| |
|  Lilleshall Abbey
Near Newport
Tel: 0121 625 6820
Email:
Web: www.english-heritage.org.uk
Extensive ruins of abbey of Augustinian canons, including remains of the 12th and 13th-century church and the cloister buildings.
|
| |
| |
|  Moreton Corbet Castle
Near Shrewsbury
Tel:
Email:
Web: www.english-heritage.org.uk
Picturesque remains of an 11th Century castle and an Elizabethan mansion house - English Heritage
|
| |
| |
|  Museum of Iron
Coalbrookdale
Ironbridge TF8 7DQ
Tel: 01952 884391
Email:
Web: www.ironbridge.org.uk
Darby furnace where ground breaking technology was used to smelt iron with coke resulting in the construction of the worlds first iron bridge built across the River Severn. An Ironbridge Gorge Museum Site.
|
| |
| |
|  Museum of the Gorge
The Wharfage
Ironbridge TF8 7DQ
Tel: 01952 884391
Email:
Web: www.ironbridge.org.uk
An audio-video presentation will give you a flavour of what the gorge has to offer. There also is a scale model showing how busy the river was in Victorian times when it played a vital role transporting goods from place to place. Part of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust Group
|
| |
| |
|  Royal Air Force Museum Cosford
Cosford
Shifnal TF11 8UP
Tel: 01902 376 200
Email: cosford@rafmuseum.org
Web: www.rafmuseum.org.uk
Cosford is one of the UK's top aircraft museums. The huge site houses over 70 aircraft and a host of exhibitions and features, including the new Cold War exhibition.
|
| |
| |
|  Severn Valley Railway
Bridgnorth to Kidderminster
Tel: 01299 409816
Email: info@svr.co.uk
Web: www.svr.co.uk
Premier Heritage Railway operating on the beautiful Severn Valley line from Bridgnorth to Kidderminster
|
| |
| |
|  The Engine House
Station Road
Highley
Shropshire
Nr Bridgnorth WV16 6NP
Tel: 01746 862387
Email: enginehouse@svr.co.uk
Web: www.svr.co.uk
Impressive new visitor centre with exhibitions about the Severn Valley Railway
|
| |
| |
|  The Iron Bridge
Ironbridge TF8 7JS
Tel: 01952 884391
Email:
Web:
One of Shropshire's most famous landmarks and the world's first Iron Bridge.
|
| |
| |
|  White Ladies Priory
Near Shifnal
Tel:
Email:
Web: www.english-heritage.org.uk
English Heritage - The ruins of a late 12th -century church of the small priory of Augustinian canonesses. Located halfway between the A41 and A5 north of Albrighton
|
| |
| |
|  Wroxeter Roman City
Wroxeter
Shrewsbury SY5 6PH
Tel: 01743 761330
Email:
Web: www.english-heritage.org.uk
English Heritage. Roman name "Viroconium", the excavated remains of the second largest Roman city in Britain. Impressive ruins include 2nd century baths and remains of a huge gateway. According to Graham Phillips in his book 'King Arthur - The True Story', King Arthur moved into the abandoned Viroconium after the Romans left and re-named it Camelot!
|
| |
| |
|  Ironbridge Open Air Museum of Steel Sculpture
Moss House
Cherry Tree Hill
Coalbrookdale Ironbridge TF8 7EF
Tel: 01952 433152
Email: pam.brown@virgin.net
Web: www.go2.co.uk/steelsculpture/
Over 60 sculptures displayed throughout 10 acres of superbly diverse landscape just outside the historic Ironbridge Gorge
|
| |
| |
|  The Green Wood Centre
Station Road
Coalbrookdale
Ironbridge TF8 7DR
Tel: 01952 432769
Email:
Web: www.greenwoodcentre.org.uk
Enviromental craft centre offering workshops and products for sale. Cafe and woodland walks.
|
| |
| |
|  The Wyke of Shifnal
Shifnal TF11 9PP
Tel: 01952 460560
Email: sales@wyke-equine.co.uk
Web: www.wyke-equine.co.uk
The Wyke is an Equestrian complex comprising of a busy thriving retail shop selling every imaginable item for both horse and rider and a training establishment with a sensitive approach to riding training based on classical equitation.
|
| |
| |
|
| Shropshire Attractions from Virtual
Shropshire syndication |
|
|
|
