Shropshire Sightseeing, Attractions & Activities Guide

part of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, where all the staff dress in period costume, with a host of restored Victorian buildings including shops, factories and schools

stretching across 3,000 acres of ancient woodland, steeped in history, but with delightful contrasts from the picturesque dingle to the remarkable pieces by Moore and Matisse

started in 1922 with 63 acres to explore including a magnificent Magnolia Walk, bluebell woods, with peonies and roses in the summer months. A chain of 7 lakes has been surrounded with rare trees and shrubs

part of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, this is a good place to start your visit which gives an interactive overview of all the World Heritage Site

part of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, including the national collections of Caughley and Coalport china and where demonstration workshops are given

with a wide range of wild and farm animals, including sheep racing! With indoor and outdoor children's activities

part of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, illustrating how ground breaking, Victorian technology smelt iron with coke resulting in the world's first iron bridge

Telford Steam Railway is a preserved railway operated by a small and friendly team of volunteers and includes a tram way and model railway

surrounded by a beautiful landscaped deer park, this elegant country house has had its fortunes rise and fall; this is still visible in the building today

tucked away in a quiet part of Shropshire built between 1284 and 1293 by Bishop Burnell, Edward I's Lord Chancellor. The first parliaments were held here

Boscobel House and its Royal Oak tree became famous as hiding places of King Charles II after defeat at the Battle of Worcester in 1651. After Charles’s visit Boscobel remained a working farm, and today you can visit the lodge, farmyard, gardens

the iconic bridge is one of Shropshire's most famous landmark and the world's first iron bridge, recently undergone a conservation project