Why Shropshire's Ironbridge Gorge should be on your to-do list this half term
During the Industrial Revolution the area was the centre of the world, exporting ironwork, tiles and clayWHERE does Sydney, London and New York have to thank for their iconic architecture? Answer: Telford.
A family of four annual pass to all ten museums costs just £70 — a snip compared to most theme park prices. And all are within six miles of each other, with plenty of parking and public transport available. Then we worked up a sweat at the Museum of Iron discovering how to smelt metal, before cooling down in the pool at Telford Hotel and Golf Resort, our base for our three-day tour. Day two was the one we’d been looking forward to: Blists Hill. An entire Victorian village full of shops and volunteers living as if it were the early 1800s.
The rest of the day was spent gobbling fish and chips , scoffing Victorian sweets and having a knees-up in a traditional pub. Blists Hill is an incredible way to see how the Victorians worked and lived, and has come in really handy for Lily’s Year Two homework.We had just enough time to pop down the road to Coalport China Museum where the kids learned all about pottery by making their own clay models.
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