Darby Houses
The Darby Houses museum is one of ten Ironbridge Gorge Museums administered by the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust. It 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.Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: Historic houses, now a museum, in Coalbrookdale, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Dale House”, “Rosehill House”, and “The Darby Houses”
- Address: Darby Road, Coalbrookdale, Telford, TF8 7EW
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Coalbrookdale Museum of Iron and Enginuity.
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 700 feet southeast of Darby Houses.
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 1,000 feet south of Darby Houses.
Upper Furnace Pool
Photo: Erik Wannee, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Upper Furnace Pool is situated 350 feet east of Darby Houses.
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
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.
Darby Houses
- Categories: historic house museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: The Gorge, Telford and Wrekin, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.64116° or 52° 38′ 28″ northLongitude
-2.49393° or 2° 29′ 38″ westOpen location code
9C4VJGR4+FCOpenStreetMap ID
way 398544734OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q7368204
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In Other Languages
“Darby Houses” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “達比宅邸”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Quaker Burial Ground and Coalbrookdale & Ironbridge Community Centre.
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