Merrythought Village

Merrythought Village is in The Gorge, Telford and Wrekin, England. Merrythought Village is situated nearby to The Merrythought Teddy Bear Shop & Museum, as well as near Museum of the Gorge.

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 one of the ten museums of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust. It portrays the history of the Ironbridge Gorge and the surrounding area of Coalbrookdale, Shropshire, England. Museum of the Gorge is situated 470 feet east of Merrythought Village.

Enginuity

Museum

Enginuity is an interactive design and technology centre in Coalbrookdale, Shropshire, England. It is the newest of the ten museums operated by the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust and was opened in 2002. Enginuity is situated 3,100 feet north of Merrythought Village.

Coalbrookdale Museum of Iron

Museum

Photo: Helen Simonsson, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Coalbrookdale Museum of Iron is one of ten Ironbridge Gorge Museums administered by the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust. 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 3,500 feet north of Merrythought Village.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ironbridge and Coalbrookdale.

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.

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, in Shropshire, England. It is situated to the south of Telford, about a mile south of Ironbridge on the River Severn, and almost contiguous with the town of Broseley.

Merrythought Village

Type: Industry
Location: The Gorge, Telford and Wrekin, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.62993° or 52° 37′ 48″ north

Longitude

-2.49424° or 2° 29′ 39″ west

Open location code

9C4VJGH4+X8

OpenStreetMap ID

way 120059853

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=industrial

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include The Merrythought Teddy Bear Shop & Museum and Coalbrookdale and Ironbridge CofE Primary School.

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