Discovery Centre

Discovery Centre is a building in The Gorge, Telford and Wrekin, England which is located on Darby Road. Discovery Centre is situated nearby to the cemetery Quaker Burial Ground, as well as near the museum Darby Houses.

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 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. Darby Houses is situated 970 feet southeast of Discovery Centre.

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 1,700 feet southeast of Discovery Centre.

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 2,000 feet southeast of Discovery Centre.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Coalbrookdale and Horsehay.

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.

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.

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.

Discovery Centre

Type: Building
Address: Darby Road, Coalbrookdale, Telford, TF8 7EP
Location: The Gorge, Telford and Wrekin, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.64323° or 52° 38′ 36″ north

Longitude

-2.49668° or 2° 29′ 48″ west

Levels

Open location code

9C4VJGV3+78

OpenStreetMap ID

way 592096277

OpenStreetMap feature

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