Wheel Pit

Wheel Pit is a watermill in The Gorge, Telford and Wrekin, England. Wheel Pit is situated nearby to the building The Old Furnace at Coalbrookdale Ironworks, as well as near Upper Furnace Pool.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Darby Houses and Coalbrookdale Museum of Iron.

Darby Houses

Museum

Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Darby Houses museum is managed by the National Trust and is one of ten museums acquired from the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust in 2026. It is based in Coalbrookdale in Ironbridge Gorge in Shropshire, England within a World Heritage Site, the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution.

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 420 feet southeast of Wheel Pit.

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 790 feet south of Wheel Pit.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Coalbrookdale and Ironbridge.

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.

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.

Horsehay

Suburb

Horsehay is a suburban village on the western outskirts of Dawley in the Telford and Wrekin borough of Shropshire, England. Horsehay lies in the Dawley Hamlets parish, and on the northern edge of the Ironbridge Gorge area.

Wheel Pit

Type: Watermill
Description: building in The Gorge, Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire, England, UK
Categories: building, historic site, and industry
Location: The Gorge, Telford and Wrekin, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.64057° or 52° 38′ 26″ north

Longitude

-2.49308° or 2° 29′ 35″ west

Open location code

9C4VJGR4+6Q

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1564728548

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=watermill

Wikidata ID

Q26305817

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