Broseley

Broseley is a market town in Shropshire, England, with a population of 4,929 at the 2011 Census and an estimate of 5,022 in 2019. The River Severn flows to its north and east.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Blists Hill Victorian Town and Coalport China Museum.

Blists Hill Victorian Town

Museum

Photo: IronbridgeG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Blists Hill Victorian Town is an open-air museum built on a former industrial complex located in Madeley, Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire, England. The museum attempts to recreate the sights, sounds and smells of a Victorian Shropshire town in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Coalport China Museum

Museum

Photo: Scott14, Public domain.

The Coalport China Museum is managed by the National Trust and is one of the ten museums to be acquired from the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust in 2026.

Jackfield Tile Museum

Museum

Photo: Mike Bardill, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Jackfield Tile Museum is a museum which presents the history of the British decorative tile industry between 1840 and 1960, the period in which this factory and that of Maw & Co nearby played an important part in this industry.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ironbridge and Madeley.

Ironbridge

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

Ironbridge is a riverside village in the borough of Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire, England. Located on the bank of the River Severn, at the heart of the Ironbridge Gorge, it lies in the civil parish of The Gorge.

Madeley

Town

Photo: Row17, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Madeley is a historic market town and civil parish in the borough of Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire, England. The parish had a population of 18,774 at the 2021 census.

Broseley

Type: Locality
Location: Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.6112° or 52° 36′ 40″ north

Longitude

-2.4581° or 2° 27′ 29″ west

Elevation

443 feet (135 metres)

Open location code

9C4VJG6R+FQ

GeoNames ID

7301687

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