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Using Public Transport

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There are ten Museums within an area of about six square miles, and you will need transport to travel easily between them.

Buses

The Gorge Connect shuttle operates from Easter until the end of October on Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays. It connects many of the museums.

Gorge Connect is free to Passport holders. 

The bus is FREE to museum passport holders! Just show your valid passport to the driver as you get on the bus.

  • The Gorge Connect bus service operates weekends and Bank Holiday Mondays. 
  •  The service is the perfect way to get around the local attractions of the Ironbridge Gorge, including  many  museum sites.  
  •  Park your car at Legges Way car park or one of the museum sites and hop on the bus .
  • All the buses are low floor for easy boarding, especially helpful for wheelchair users or those with pushchairs.

The Gorge Connect serves the following locations: 

  • Coalbrookdale Museum of Iron  Gorge Connect Bus
  • Enginuity
  • Museum of the Gorge 
  • The Iron  Bridge
  • Madeley High Street
  • Legges Way car park
  • Blists Hill Victorian Town
  • Coalport China Museum
  • Telford Town Centre bus station

For further details of bus transport at all other time please Call 01952 200005 or check out their website for all bus timetables before you travel.

www.telfordtravelink.co.uk

Train

Telford Central rail station is 5 miles (8km) north of Blists Hill VICTORIAN TOWN. For Rail information call 08457 484950 or check out their website.

www.nationalrail.co.uk

The IRONBRIDGE GORGE MUSEUM TRUST, Coach Road, Coalbrookdale, Telford, TF8 7DQ is a limited company registered in England under the Companies Act 1948 Reg No. 918560 and the Charities Act 1960 Ref No. 503717-R.
The Ironbridge Gorge is a World Heritage Site.