Tar Tunnel

The Tar Tunnel is an abandoned tunnel located on the north bank of the River Severn in the Ironbridge Gorge at Coalport, England. It is managed by the National Trust and is one of ten museums acquired from the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust in 2026.

Photo: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Museum
Description: tunnel containing a natural bitumen spring at Coalport, England
Address: Coalport High Street, Coalport, Telford, TF8 7HT

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Coalport China Museum and Jackfield Tile Museum.

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. Coalport China Museum is situated 620 feet southeast of Tar Tunnel.

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. Jackfield Tile Museum is situated 2,900 feet northwest of Tar Tunnel.

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. Blists Hill Victorian Town is situated 3,600 feet north of Tar Tunnel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include The Tuckies and Coalport.

The Tuckies

Hamlet

The Tuckies is a hamlet in the eastern part of Jackfield, lying on the south bank of the River Severn, in the Ironbridge Gorge, and opposite the village of Coalport.

Coalport

Village

Photo: Geoff Pick, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Coalport is a village in Shropshire, England. It is located on the River Severn in the Ironbridge Gorge, a mile downstream of Ironbridge. It lies predominantly on the north bank of the river; on the other side is Jackfield.

Jackfield

Village

Photo: Cheryl Wallace, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Jackfield is a village in the Telford and Wrekin borough of Shropshire, England, lying on the south bank of River Severn in the Ironbridge Gorge, downstream from Ironbridge.

Tar Tunnel

Categories: tunnel, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: The Gorge, Telford and Wrekin, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.6201° or 52° 37′ 12″ north

Longitude

-2.45292° or 2° 27′ 11″ west

Open location code

9C4VJGCW+2R

OpenStreetMap ID

node 279265231

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

Wikidata ID

Q7685001

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In Other Languages

“Tar Tunnel” goes by many names.

Chinese: “焦油隧道”

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