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Photo of Bridgnorth, a village in Shropshire, central England.

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Bridgnorth

Local highlight

Two-tier town joined by a cliff railway.

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England’s oldest and steepest inland funicular still hauls passengers up the sandstone cliff at Bridgnorth, climbing since 1892 between the riverside Low Town and the older High Town on the ridge above. Up top stand the leaning remains of a Norman keep, left at a drunken tilt after Civil War besiegers undermined it in 1646. The Dudmaston estate lies a few miles down the Severn.

More places to visit near Bridgnorth

Photo of Coalport China Museum, a visitor attraction near Ironbridge, Shropshire, central England.Highlight

Coalport China Museum

Attraction near Ironbridge

Riverside museum in the old Coalport works telling the story of Shropshire's fine porcelain, one of ten Ironbridge Gorge museums.

9.6 km N

Photo of Jackfield Tile Museum, a visitor attraction near Ironbridge, Shropshire, central England.Highlight

Jackfield Tile Museum

Attraction near Ironbridge

Museum of decorative tiles in the former Craven Dunnill works by the Severn, part of the Ironbridge Gorge collection.

10.3 km N

Photo of the Shropshire Hills, a National Landscape in Shropshire, central England.Highlight

Shropshire Hills

National Landscape near Little Stretton

Heather ridges and rocky tops rising over the Welsh border, from the Long Mynd's plateau to the Wrekin's landmark cone

10.5 km W

Photo of Blists Hill Victorian Town, a visitor attraction near Ironbridge, Shropshire, central England.Highlight

Blists Hill Victorian Town

Attraction near Ironbridge

Recreated Victorian town in the Ironbridge Gorge where costumed shopkeepers, a foundry and a fairground bring the industrial age alive.

10.8 km N

Photo of The Iron Bridge, a landmark near Ironbridge, Shropshire, central England.Iconic

The Iron Bridge

Landmark near Ironbridge

The world's first major cast-iron bridge, cast at Coalbrookdale and thrown over the Severn in 1779, heart of a World Heritage gorge.

11.2 km NW

Photo of Ironbridge, a village in Shropshire, central England.Highlight

Ironbridge

Village

Riverside village strung along the Severn beneath the world's first iron bridge, heart of a World Heritage gorge.

11.2 km NW · Shropshire