Ironbridge Gorge

A circular walk of about 5 miles around the Ironbridge Gorge in Shropshire.

• Bedlam Furnace Car Park (SJ678033)
• Iron Bridge
• Church of St Luke
• The Rotunda Viewpoint
• Iron Bridge
• Jackfield
• Jackfield & Coalport Memorial Bridge
• Bedlam Furnace Car Park

Bedlam Furnace

The Iron Bridge.
This was the first arch bridge in the world to be made of cast iron and was opened on New Year's Day 1781.

The Iron Bridge

Church of St Luke from the Iron Bridge

The River Severn from the Iron Bridge.
High up on the right was the Rotunda which no longer exists. It was a circular structure like a bandstand built in the early 1790s and used as a viewpoint for the Ironbridge Gorge.

The Iron Bridge from Church of St Luke

The Iron Bridge from the Rotunda Viewpoint

The Iron Bridge from the Rotunda Viewpoint

Level Crossing Gates at Jackfield Sidings

Jackfield Tile Museum

Maw & Co. Benthall Works, now a craft centre.

Jackfield & Coalport Memorial Bridge

Jackfield & Coalport Memorial Bridge

Canal at the bottom of the Hay Inclined Plane

Bridge over the bottom of the Hay Inclined Plane

Hay Inclined Plane.
This was used to link two canals with a difference in height of 207 feet (63 metres). The boats ascended and descended the inclined plane on wheeled cradles which ran on the rails.

Silkin Way sign