Moon Pool

Moon Pool is a lake in Barrow, Shropshire, England. Moon Pool is situated nearby to the village Benthall, as well as near the locality Workhouse Coppice.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Benthall Hall and Museum of the Gorge.

Benthall Hall

Photo: Gammock, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Benthall Hall is a 16th-century English country house in Benthall in the town of Broseley, Shropshire, England, and a few miles from the historic Ironbridge Gorge.

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.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ironbridge and Much Wenlock.

Ironbridge

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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.

Much Wenlock

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Much Wenlock is a rustic 700-year-old medieval market town in Shropshire. Much Wenlock is filled with a patchwork of twisting streets, black and white half-timbered buildings, limestone cottages, speciality shops, numerous hostelries and watering holes and the remains of a magnificent 12th-century priory.

Madeley

Town

Photo: Row17, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Madeley is a historic market town and civil parish in the borough of Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire, England. The parish had a population of 18,774 at the 2021 census.

Moon Pool

Type: Lake
Category: body of water
Location: Barrow, Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.6173° or 52° 37′ 2″ north

Longitude

-2.5028° or 2° 30′ 10″ west

Open location code

9C4VJF8W+WV

OpenStreetMap ID

way 586389091

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

OpenStreetMap feature

water=lake

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