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| Park Hall Countryside Experience |
 Park Hall
Oswestry
SY11 4AS
Tel: 01691 671123
Email: rachel@parkhallfarm.co.uk
Web: www.parkhallfarm.co.uk
Twitter: parkhallfarm
Premier all weather attraction on a 130 acre Victorian farm. Animals large and small, milking, lamb feeding, pony grooming, and cart rides. Huge indoor play arena with toy tractor circuit and bouncy castles. Vintage Garage and Welsh Guards Museum. Exciting extras: Junior Driving School and quad bikes. Excellent Tearooms and picnic areas.
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| Acton Scott Historic Working Farm |
 Church Stretton
SY6 6QN
Tel: 01694 781307
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Web: www.actonscottmuseum.com
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Living History in the Shropshire Hills. Experience daily life on an upland farm the end of the 19th century |
| Blists Hill Victorian Town |
 Legges Way
Madeley
Ironbridge
TF7 5DU
Tel: 01952 884391
Email: tic@ironbridge.org.uk
Web: www.ironbridge.org.uk
Twitter: blistshill
Part of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust group and one of the most popular attractions in Shropshire - a living outdoor museum where all the staff dress in period costume. Visit a host of restored Victorian buildings, shops, factories, schools to name just a few. |
| Bridgnorth Town Hall |
 High St
Bridgnorth
WV16 4DW
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Dominating the High Street this magnificent timber framed building was built in 1652. The splendidly preserved interior containing numerous historical town artifacts which must be seen. |
| Broseley Clay Tobacco Pipe Museum |
 Duke Street
Broseley
TF8 7DQ
Tel: 01952 884391
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Web: www.ironbridge.org.uk
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Restored tobacco pipe-making works. Operated by the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust |
| Coalbrookdale Museum of Iron |
 Coalbrookdale
Ironbridge
TF8 7DQ
Tel: 01952 884391
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Web: www.ironbridge.org.uk
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Darby furnace where ground breaking technology was used to smelt iron with coke resulting in the construction of the worlds first iron bridge built across the River Severn. An Ironbridge Gorge Museum Site. |
| Coalport China Museum |
 Coalport
Ironbridge
Tel: 01952 884391
Email: tic@ironbridge.org.uk
Web: www.ironbridge.org.uk
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National Collections of Caughley and Coalport china. Demonstration workshops and shop. Part of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust Group |
| Coleham Pumping Station |
 Longden Coleham
Shrewsbury
SY3 7DN
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Web: www.shrewsburymuseums.com/coleham
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Pumping Station, built in 1900 to house two massive steam-driven beam engines to pump sewage..... fun fun fun! |
| Enginuity |
 Coalbrookdale
Ironbridge
TF8 7DQ
Tel: 01952 884391
Email: tic@ironbridge.org.uk
Web: www.ironbridge.org.uk
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Enginuity is an interactive design and technology centre that aims to inspire and capture the imagination of everyone intrigued by the secrets of how things around them are made and how they work. An Ironbridge Gorge Museum Site. |
| Hack Green Secret Nuclear Bunker |
 Nantwich
Cheshire
CW5 8AL
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Email: coldwar@hackgreen.co.uk
Web: www.hackgreen.co.uk
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In the event of nuclear war Hack Green would have been a Wartime HQ. Located just across the North Shropshire border near Whitchurch, the Nuclear Bunker is now open to the public as a museum dedicated to the Cold War. |
| Jackfield Tile Museum |
 Jackfield
Ironbridge
TF8 7DQ
Tel: 01952 433152
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Web: www.ironbridge.org.uk
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Displays of decorative tiles, geological exhibitions, workshops and shop. Part of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust Group. |
| Land of Lost Content |
 The Market Hall
Market Street
Craven Arms
SY7 9NW
Tel: 01588 676176
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Web: www.lolc.org.uk
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National Museum of British Popular Culture. A Million Memories from the 20th. Century, See All We Enjoyed & All We Endured, Everything You, your Parents, Grandparents, Sons & Daughters Owned, Used, Played with and Threw Away. |
| Llangollen Motor Museum |
Pentre Felin
Llangollen
LL20 8EE
Tel: 01978 860324
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Web: www.llangollenmotormuseum.co.uk
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Take a trip down memory lane and marvel at the collection of cars, motor cycles and memorabilia dating from 1912 to 1970. See how the village garage mechanic and his wife lived and worked. |
| Ludlow Museum |
Castle Square
Ludlow
Tel: 01584 813666
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Web: www.shropshire.gov.uk/museums.nsf
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Local geology & fossils, history of Ludlow and area from the Stone Age to the present time plus regular exhibitions. Free admission in 2002. |
| Museum of the Gorge |
 The Wharfage
Ironbridge
TF8 7DQ
Tel: 01952 884391
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Web: www.ironbridge.org.uk
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An audio-video presentation will give you a flavour of what the gorge has to offer. There also is a scale model showing how busy the river was in Victorian times when it played a vital role transporting goods from place to place. Part of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust Group |
| Mythstories Museum of Myth & Fable |
 The Morgan Library
Aston Street
Wem
SY4 5AU
Tel: 01939 235500
Email: info@mythstories.com
Web: www.mythstories.com
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A facinating small museum with display exhibitions and storytelling research material. Regular storytelling events throughout the year. Free admission |
| Northgate Museum |
 High Street
Bridgnorth
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Web: www.northgatemuseum.org.uk
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A fascinating collection of town artifacts run by Bridgnorth & District Historical Society. |
| Royal Air Force Museum Cosford |
 Cosford
Shifnal
TF11 8UP
Tel: 01902 376 200
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Web: www.rafmuseum.org.uk/cosford
Twitter: RAFMUSEUM
Cosford is one of the UK's top aircraft museums. The huge site houses over 70 aircraft and a host of exhibitions and features, including the new Cold War exhibition. |
| Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre |
 School Road
Craven Arms
SY7 9RS
Tel: 01588 676000
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Web: www.shropshirehillsdiscoverycentre.co.uk
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Information Centre & Visitor Attraction located in Craven Arms with cafe, gallery, shop, meadows and trails. Lots of information and displays for those wishing to explore South Shropshire. |
| Tenbury Museum |
 Goff’s School
Cross Street
Tenbury Wells
Tel: 01299 832143
Email: info@tenburymuseum.co.uk
Web: www.tenburymuseum.co.uk
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The Museum in Cross Street, is housed in the old Goff’s Charity School and houses many interesting items from Tenbury’s past. Parents and grandparents are always fascinated by artifacts they remember from their childhood. |
| The Cambrian Transport Museum |
Oswald Road
Oswestry
SY11 1RE
Tel: 01691 671749
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Web: www.cambrianrailwayssociety.co.uk
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Oswestry was once the headquarters of The Cambrian Railways Ltd. The old Oswestry Station is now the headquarters of The Cambrian Railways Society Ltd, and a museum showing many photographs, railway memorabilia, and artefacts. Visitors can also see Steam Engines working in the summer months. |
| The Tar Tunnel |
 Coalport
Ironbridge
Telford
TF8 7HT
Tel: 01952 884391
Email: tic@ironbridge.org.uk
Web: www.ironbridge.org.uk
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Over 200 years ago natural bitumen trickled like treacle into pools. It was turned into pitch, lamp black and rheumatics remedies. Now you can walk along this brick-lined tunnel where the bitumen still oozes through the walls. Part of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust Group |
| Welsh Guards Museum |
 Park Hall
Oswestry
SY1 14AS
Tel: 01691 671123
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Web: www.welshguardscollection.com
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The Welsh Guards Collection is a magnificent exhibition of uniforms, arms, artefacts and memorabilia, which depict 'the life in the Welsh Guards' since its formation in 1915. |
| Andrew Logan Museum of Sculpture |
Berriew
Nr Welshpool
Tel: 01686 640689
Email: anne@andrewlogan.com
Web: www.andrewlogan.com
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The fantasy world of the internationally renowned sculptor, Andrew Logan.
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