The world’s first major cast-iron bridge arcs across the Severn here, cast at nearby Coalbrookdale and raised over the gorge in 1779 by Abraham Darby III. The village of brick and stone houses climbs the wooded bank behind it, at the heart of a World Heritage gorge that also holds Blists Hill Victorian Town. You can walk across the bridge itself for free. Telford Central station is about 7km to the north-east.
