The Wrekin, Telford

Name: The Wrekin
Address: Telford, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1952 238008

#2 among attractions in Telford

Natural attraction, Top attraction, Hiking trail, Park, More...

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Facts and practical information

The Wrekin is a hill in east Shropshire, England. It is located some five miles west of Telford, on the border between the unitary authorities of Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin. Rising above the Shropshire Plain to a height of 407 metres above sea level, it is a prominent and well-known landmark, signalling the entrance to Shropshire for travellers westbound on the M54 motorway. The Wrekin is contained within the northern salient of the Shropshire Hills AONB. The hill is popular with walkers and tourists and offers good views of Shropshire. It can be seen well into Staffordshire and the Black Country, and even as far as the Beetham Tower in Manchester, Winter Hill in Lancashire and Cleeve Hill in Gloucestershire. ()

Alternative names: Elevation: 1335 ftProminence: 978 ftCoordinates: 52°40'9"N, 2°33'5"W

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Telford United Kingdom

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+44 1952 238008

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Day trips

The Wrekin – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Merrythought, Sunnycroft, Coalbrookdale Museum of Iron, Darby Houses.

3.6 miSE
Museum, Shopping
Merrythought, Ironbridge
93 min walk • Merrythought is a toy manufacturing company established in 1930 in the United Kingdom. The company specialises in soft toys, especially teddy bears. Merrythought has handmade traditional teddy bears in the World Heritage Site of Ironbridge, Shropshire, UK since 1930.
2.3 miNE
Museum, Historical place, Garden
Sunnycroft, Wellington
60 min walk • Sunnycroft is a Victorian suburban villa, located in Wellington, Shropshire.
3.2 miSE
Museum, Specialty museum, History museum
Coalbrookdale Museum of Iron, Telford
82 min walk • The Coalbrookdale Museum of Iron is one of ten Ironbridge Gorge Museums administered by the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust. The museum is based in the village of Coalbrookdale in the Ironbridge Gorge, in Shropshire, England within a World Heritage Site, the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution.
3.1 miSE
Museum, Specialty museum, History museum
Darby Houses, Telford
79 min walk • The Darby Houses museum is one of ten Ironbridge Gorge Museums administered by the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust. It is based in the village of Coalbrookdale in the Ironbridge Gorge, in Shropshire, England within a World Heritage Site, the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution.
2.5 miSE
Stone remains of a 12th-century church
Buildwas Abbey, Ironbridge
65 min walk • Buildwas Abbey was a Cistercian monastery located on the banks of the River Severn, at Buildwas, Shropshire, England - today about two miles west of Ironbridge.
3.3 miSE
Bridge
Albert Edward Bridge, Telford
86 min walk • The Albert Edward Bridge is a railway bridge spanning the River Severn at Coalbrookdale in Shropshire, England.
1.4 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Hill
The Ercall, Telford
36 min walk • The Ercall is a small hill in Shropshire, England, between The Wrekin and Wellington. It is an internationally important geological site, part of The Wrekin and The Ercall Site of Special Scientific Interest.
3.2 miSE
Educational exhibits alongside a gorge
Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, Ironbridge
83 min walk • The Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust is an industrial heritage organisation which runs ten museums and manages multiple historic sites within the Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Site in Shropshire, England, widely considered as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution.
3.3 miSE
Museum, Specialty museum
Enginuity, Ironbridge
84 min walk • Enginuity is an interactive design and technology centre in Coalbrookdale, Shropshire, England. It is the newest of the ten museums operated by the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust and was opened in 2002.
3.2 miSE
Village, Area
Coalbrookdale, Telford
83 min walk • Coalbrookdale is a village in the Ironbridge Gorge in Shropshire, England, containing a settlement of great significance in the history of iron ore smelting. It lies within the civil parish called the Gorge. This is where iron ore was first smelted by Abraham Darby using easily mined "coking coal".
3.2 miSE
Museum
Museum of the Gorge, Telford
83 min walk • The Museum of the Gorge, originally the Severn Warehouse, is one of the ten museums of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust. It portrays the history of the Ironbridge Gorge and the surrounding area of Coalbrookdale, Shropshire, England.