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 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 470 feet east of Merrythought Village.

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 3,100 feet north of Merrythought Village.

Coalbrookdale Museum of Iron

Museum

Photo: Helen Simonsson, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Coalbrookdale Museum of Iron is 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 3,500 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, 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.

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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