Bedlam Furnaces

Bedlam Furnaces is a ruins in The Gorge, Telford and Wrekin, England. Bedlam Furnaces is situated nearby to Jackfield Free Bridge, as well as near the ruins Original Free Bridge.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Jackfield Tile Museum and Museum of the Gorge.

Jackfield Tile Museum

Museum

Photo: Mike Bardill, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Jackfield Tile Museum is a museum which presents the history of the British decorative tile industry between 1840 and 1960, the period in which this factory and that of Maw & Co nearby played an important part in this industry. Jackfield Tile Museum is situated 3,000 feet southeast of Bedlam Furnaces.

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. Museum of the Gorge is situated 3,500 feet west of Bedlam Furnaces.

Church of St Mary the Virgin

Church

Photo: Tony Hisgett, CC BY 2.0.

Church of St Mary the Virgin is situated 3,200 feet southeast of Bedlam Furnaces.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ironbridge and Jackfield.

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.

Jackfield

Village

Photo: Cheryl Wallace, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Jackfield is a village in the Telford and Wrekin borough of Shropshire, England, lying on the south bank of River Severn in the Ironbridge Gorge, downstream from Ironbridge.

Broseley

Town

Photo: Mike White, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Broseley is a market town in Shropshire, England, with a population of 4,929 at the 2011 Census and an estimate of 5,022 in 2019. The River Severn flows to its north and east.

Bedlam Furnaces

Type: Ruins
Categories: building, archaeological site, and historic site
Location: The Gorge, Telford and Wrekin, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.62708° or 52° 37′ 38″ north

Longitude

-2.47677° or 2° 28′ 36″ west

Open location code

9C4VJGGF+R7

OpenStreetMap ID

way 612011793

OpenStreetMap feature

building=ruins

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

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