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Blists Hill Victorian Town
Blists Hill Victorian Town
Legges Way
Madeley
Telford
TF7 5DU
Shropshire
England
Collection details
Archives
Costume and Textiles
Land Transport
Medicine
Science and Technology
Social History
Facilities
Parking: yes
Food: yes
Shop: yes
Baby changing facilities: yes
Library: yes
Study area: yes
Wheelchair access: yes
Visual disability facilities: yes
Hearing disability facilities: yes
Contact details
Visitor Information Centre (Tel)
:
01952 884 391
Visitor Information Centre (Fax)
:
01952 884 391
Visitor Information Centre
:
tic@ironbridge.org.uk
Website
:
www.ironbridge.org.uk/our_attractions/blists_hill_victorian_town/
Open
Open daily 10.00 - 17.00
Bank Holiday Sun & Mons 10.00 - 18.00
Closed
24 & 25 December and 01 January
Admission charges
Adults £10.50, 60 Plus £9.50 & Children £7.50
Passport ticket for all of the Ironbridge Gorge Museums - Adult £14.95, 60 Plus £12.95, Children £9.95 and Family £48.00 (2A & 3C)
Discounts
Museums Association
International Council of Museums
Description
Blists Hill Victorian Town is one of the largest Open Air Museums in Britain. A small Victorian town has been created above 30 acres of woodland walks on the banks of the Shropshire Canal. The top of town has a bank, grocer’s shop, chemist, printing shop, bakers and sweetshop, while the back streets are busy with small offices, works and factories including a working foundry and iron rolling mill. Cottage gardens and smallholdings thrive and refreshment is always available at the New Inn Victorian pub and the Forest Glen Pavilion tea rooms. Victorian souvenirs on sale include cast-iron, copper-ware and plaster mouldings made on site, as well as traditional sweets, chemist recipes and freshly baked buns. Costumed staff give a warm welcome and a serious insight into how life was lived in Victorian times. During the Summer Season the town comes alive with even more characters that portray various aspects of Victorian life. Durng 2008 witness a new street of period shops, a mine railway and artisans' quarter being built. On certain days join talks and 'behind the scenes' tours of this multi-million pound development.
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Trails
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Available resources
Intaglio Printmaking (KS1-3)
Workshop or activity session (Resource)
Victorian School Session (KS1-2)
Workshop or activity session (Resource)
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