Upper Furnace Pool
Upper Furnace Pool is in The Gorge, Telford and Wrekin, England. Upper Furnace Pool is situated nearby to the community center Coalbrookdale & Ironbridge Community Centre, as well as near the museum Darby Houses.Photo: Erik Wannee, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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. Darby Houses is situated 350 feet west of Upper Furnace Pool.
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 580 feet south of Upper Furnace Pool.
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 970 feet south of Upper Furnace Pool.
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.
Upper Furnace Pool
- Type: Body of water
- Description: small man-made lake at Coalbrookdale, built to provide water power for the ironworks
- Category: artificial lake
- Location: The Gorge, Telford and Wrekin, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.64108° or 52° 38′ 28″ northLongitude
-2.49237° or 2° 29′ 33″ westOpen location code
9C4VJGR5+C3OpenStreetMap ID
way 56034118OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterWikidata ID
Q116925728
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Coalbrookdale & Ironbridge Community Centre and Quaker Burial Ground.
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