The Museum of the Gorge is very interesting. It has excellent displays which tell the story of Coalbrookdale and the iconic Ironbridge itself. A highly informative film gives the broad overview, explaining how the area came to be so significant and what drove the main players of the age to achieve what they did.It is a good idea to start your stay with this museum, as it paves the way for everything else. It is not large, therefore suitable for children. Get them to spot the lines on one part of the walls which show the flood levels over the centuries and be ready for some surprises!
All museums very interesting. Great value if you buy a passport to all museums all ow plenty of time as much to see.
We are frequent visitors to Blists Hill and Enginuity for the kids. Its not far from where we live and makes a cheap day out as we have the annual pass.There is something in Ironbridge for everyone. Many of the car parks are also covered by one entry fee.The kids find most of the museums surprisingly interesting.There is usually something 'hands on' that they can do.Well worth a visit.
So many varied and interesting locations in such a small area, the passport ticket is a must. The Jackfield Tile Museum is stunning. Its not cheap but it must cost a fortune to provide these historical insights.
We chose the annual pass, which is excellent value for money. A couple of the museums/attractions were closed for the Winter timetable but in the two full days we had in the area we managed five of them without rushing. Dont miss the Victorian Village - so informative and despite being 55 year olds we loved Enginuity!! Park in the "Ironbridge Gorge museums" car parks where possible as you only pay once and can then drive and park at others on the same day. Thoroughly recommend.
We only stopped on our way driving home from Shrewsbury.very interesting and historic area.Enjoyed walking across the bridge and museum on the bridgeexcellent ploughmans and salads at the Tea Emporium-walked into some of the tourist gift shops and headed southcertainly return again to visit the rest of the complex
Great museum, lots to see and some things to do. Learned lots it brought all my school history lessons from years ago alive!
The passport ticket for all 10 attractions makes this good value for money despite the fact that I felt one or two of the museums were a little disappointing. We went in half term and were a little surprised that there wasn't more going on. I thought the tile museum was particularly interesting. The cafes where available were all good for a drink and snack. We found the time estimated for each of their information was higher than we needed but perhaps we didn't fully explore every site, probably everything could be done satisfactorily in one day. Getting between the sites was fine, and car parking easy to use. If you are an adult only group don't waste time going to enginuity, it really is just for the kids!
We thought the exterior of these buildings was attractive. The history was interesting but overall we thought that it was too expensive -- an there is parking to be paid on top of the entry costs.They have geared things towards education and children which is good.
We visited in January as a family. It was expensive to enter but not crowded for a Saturday. There was sufficient parking close to the entrance but this was at an additional charge. There was a wide variety of shops and demonstrations throughout the exhibit and these were generally good. We ate above the pub which is a table service restaurant. It was a small menu (not a complaint) with soup, sandwiches etc. The food was average and quite expensive (I guess not unexpected for a visitor attraction). It is worth noting that the chips (from the fish and chip shop) are not gluten free. We spent about 4 hours here and pretty much covered all there was to see in that time.