The Merrythought Teddy Bear Shop & Museum
The Merrythought Teddy Bear Shop & Museum is a museum in The Gorge, Telford and Wrekin, England which is located on The Wharfage. The Merrythought Teddy Bear Shop & Museum is situated nearby to Museum of the Gorge, as well as near the scenic viewpoint The Rotunda.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Museum of the Gorge and Enginuity.
Museum of the Gorge
Museum
Photo: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Museum of the Gorge, originally the Severn Warehouse, is managed by the National Trust and is one of the ten museums to be acquired from the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust in 2026. Museum of the Gorge is situated 380 feet southeast of The Merrythought Teddy Bear Shop & Museum.
Enginuity
Museum
Enginuity is an interactive design and technology centre in Coalbrookdale, Shropshire, England. It was opened in 2002 making it the last new museum to be operated by the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust before its transfer to its present owner, the National Trust, in 2026. Enginuity is situated 3,000 feet north of The Merrythought Teddy Bear Shop & Museum.
Coalbrookdale Museum of Iron
Museum
Photo: Helen Simonsson, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Coalbrookdale Museum of Iron is managed by the National Trust and is one of ten museums acquired from the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust in 2026. The museum is based in the town of Coalbrookdale in the Ironbridge Gorge, in Shropshire, England, within a World Heritage Site, the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution. Coalbrookdale Museum of Iron is situated 3,400 feet north of The Merrythought Teddy Bear Shop & Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ironbridge and Coalbrookdale.
Ironbridge
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.
Coalbrookdale
Village
Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Coalbrookdale is a settlement in the Ironbridge Gorge and the Telford and Wrekin borough of Shropshire, England, of great significance in the history of iron ore smelting.
Benthall
Village
Photo: Stephen Dewhirst, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Benthall is a small village in the civil parish of Barrow, Shropshire, England. It is south of Telford, about a mile south of Ironbridge on the River Severn, and almost contiguous with the town of Broseley.
The Merrythought Teddy Bear Shop & Museum
- Type: Museum
- Address: The Wharfage, Ironbridge, Telford, TF8 7NJ
- Categories: tourism, shop, gift shop, and tourist attraction
- Location: The Gorge, Telford and Wrekin, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.63015° or 52° 37′ 49″ northLongitude
-2.49359° or 2° 29′ 37″ westOpen location code
9C4VJGJ4+3HOpenStreetMap ID
node 1347091812OpenStreetMap feature
shop=giftOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museum
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include The Rotunda and Coalbrookdale and Ironbridge CofE Primary School.
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