Benthall Edge Picnic Site
Benthall Edge Picnic Site is a picnic site in The Gorge, Telford and Wrekin, England. Benthall Edge Picnic Site is situated nearby to the museum The Iron Bridge Tollhouse, as well as near St. Luke’s Church.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 1,400 feet northwest of Benthall Edge Picnic Site.
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 1 mile north of Benthall Edge Picnic Site.
Broseley Pipeworks
Museum
Photo: Sarah Charlesworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Broseley Pipeworks is one of ten Ironbridge Gorge Museums which were administered by the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust until 2026, when they were transferred to the care of the National Trust. Broseley Pipeworks is situated 3,700 feet south of Benthall Edge Picnic Site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ironbridge and Benthall.
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.
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.
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 Edge Picnic Site
- Type: Picnic site
- Category: tourism
- Location: The Gorge, Telford and Wrekin, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.62713° or 52° 37′ 38″ northLongitude
-2.48706° or 2° 29′ 13″ westOpen location code
9C4VJGG7+V5OpenStreetMap ID
node 4012552233OpenStreetMap feature
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