Blists Hill Victorian Town

Blists Hill Victorian Town
Legges Way
Madeley
Telford
Shropshire
TF7 5DU
England

logo: Designated as an Outstanding Collection

Website

www.ironbridge.org.uk/our_attractions/blists_hill_victorian_town/

E-mail

Visitor Information Centre

tic@ironbridge.org.uk

Telephone

Visitor Information Centre

01952 884 391

Fax

Visitor Information Centre

01952 884 391

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Horse & Cart outside the New Inn Public House
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Blists Hill Victorian Town is one of the largest Open Air Museums in Britain. A small Victorian town has been created above 30 acres of woodland walks on the banks of the Shropshire Canal.

The top of town has a bank, grocer's shop, chemist, printing shop, bakers and sweetshop, while the back streets are busy with small offices, works and factories including a working foundry and iron rolling mill. Cottage gardens and smallholdings thrive and refreshment is always available at the New Inn Victorian pub and the Forest Glen Pavilion tea rooms.

Victorian souvenirs on sale include cast-iron, copper-ware and plaster mouldings made on site, as well as traditional sweets, chemist recipes and freshly baked buns. Costumed staff give a warm welcome and a serious insight into how life was lived in Victorian times. During the Summer Season the town comes alive with even more characters that portray various aspects of Victorian life.

2009 saw the completion of a massive £12m redevelopment project. You will find a range of new exciting shops and exhibits along Canal Street including a Fried Fish Dealer, Post Office and new Drapers shop. A new visitor centre with a exciting audio visual display and a mine railway complete the new additions to the site.

The entire collection of this museum is a Designated Collection of national importance.

Venue Type:

Museum, Industrial heritage site, Garden, parklands or rural site

Opening hours

Open daily 10.00 - 17.00
Bank Holiday Sun & Mons 10.00 - 18.00

Closed: 24 & 25 December and 01 January

Admission charges

Adults £14.60, 60 Plus £11.55 & Children £9.35
Passport ticket for all of the Ironbridge Gorge Museums - Adult £21.95, 60 Plus £17.60, Children £14.25 and Family £59.95 (2A & 3C)

Discounts

  • Museums Association
  • International Council of Museums
  • English Heritage
General services and facilities
  • Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
  • Foreign language leaflet or brochure available
  • Pre-booking service for groups
  • Parking for coaches
  • Refreshments
  • Restaurant
  • Shop
Children and families
  • Events and resources for children and families
  • Baby changing facilities
Disability access
  • Events/teaching/resources for people with disabilities
  • Induction loops in exhibition spaces
  • Large print information and/or interpretation
  • Touch exhibits
  • Parking for disabled available
  • Toilets for disabled
  • Wheelchair access to some public areas
  • Wheelchairs available for loan
Schools services and facilities
  • Direct teaching services for schools
  • Member of staff available with responsibility for education
  • Primary school education service available
  • Printed/audio-visual information available for schools
  • Secondary school education service available
  • Education facilities available
Research and adult learning
  • Academic publications and resources available
  • Adult lectures and courses held
  • Loan service
  • Teaching/resources available for HE/FE students
  • Library with public access
Commercial and hire services
  • Facilities for private functions and events
  • Meeting room available

Blists Hill Victorian Town
Legges Way
Madeley
Telford
Shropshire
TF7 5DU
England

logo: Designated as an Outstanding Collection

Website

www.ironbridge.org.uk/our_attractions/blists_hill_victorian_town/

E-mail

Visitor Information Centre

tic@ironbridge.org.uk

Telephone

Visitor Information Centre

01952 884 391

Fax

Visitor Information Centre

01952 884 391

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

The entire collection of this museum is a Designated Collection of national importance.

Collection details

Social History, Science and Technology, Medicine, Land Transport, Costume and Textiles, Archives

Key artists and exhibits

  • Designated Collection

Collections services

  • General guide to collections available
  • Object identification and/or written enquiry service
  • Public access available to collections information
  • Object study facilities available (enquire in advance)

Blists Hill Victorian Town
Legges Way
Madeley
Telford
Shropshire
TF7 5DU
England

logo: Designated as an Outstanding Collection

Website

www.ironbridge.org.uk/our_attractions/blists_hill_victorian_town/

E-mail

Visitor Information Centre

tic@ironbridge.org.uk

Telephone

Visitor Information Centre

01952 884 391

Fax

Visitor Information Centre

01952 884 391

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Events details are listed below. You may need to scroll down or click on headers to see them all. For events that don't have a specific date see the 'Resources' tab above.

1940's Music Hall Evening at Blists Hill Victorian Town

22 September 2010

oin Blists Hill Victorian Town’s resident performers, Sundial Theatre, for a musical evening Wednesday 22 September in the Forest Glen at 7.30pm. The evening will feature a miscellany of songs and sketches related to food and drink. Fancy dress is more than welcome; ‘country characters’ are especially welcome! Our Music Hall Evenings are always popular so, to avoid disappointment, book your tickets in advance.

Suitable for

  • Family friendly

When

7:30-10pm

Where

Blists Hill Victorian Town

Admission

Tickets are £11 per person and include a delicious ploughman’s supper (a vegetarian option is available). Tickets will be on sale from Blists Hill Visitor Centre.

Blists Hill Harvest Festival

26 September 2010

The townsfolk at Blists Hill Victorian Town will be celebrating the annual harvest in traditional fashion on Sunday 26 September. An open-air harvest festival service will take place in the Pleasure Gardens whilst a shorter service will be held inside the Museums’ Mission Church.

Suitable for

  • Family friendly

When

10am-5pm

Where

Blists Hill Victorian Town

Admission

Normal Museum admission charges apply.

Ghostly Gaslight at Blists Hill Victorian Town

30 October 2010

Anyone with a penchant for creepy crawlies, ghosts and ghouls and a spooky atmosphere should head for Blists Hill Victorian Town on the evening of Saturday 30 October where they’ll be sure to experience an exciting night out. As dusk falls and the street lamps cast eerie shadows at every corner, weird apparitions will replace the friendly Victorians who are usually seen in the town’s shops, cottages and work places, and visitors are advised to listen out for things that go bump in the night!

Suitable for

  • Family friendly

When

6-9pm

Where

Blists Hill Victorian Town

Admission

Special event tickets are: Adult £9 & Child £5. Tickets are available in advance only from Blists Hill Entrance or Ironbridge VIC. Numbers are strictly limited so book early to avoid disappointment.

Fireworks Night at Blists Hill Victorian Town

6 November 2010

Blists Hill Victorian Town will open its doors on the evening of Saturday 06 November for a spectacular Family Fireworks Extravaganza. Visitors will be able to enter Blists Hill at 6pm on the evening of the fireworks event to see the streets illuminated by gaslight as they would have been in the 19th century. The town’s shops, cottages and workshops will be open for visitors to enter and talk to the ‘resident’ Victorians, dressed in the costume of the day, who will answer questions about life in the late 1800s.

Suitable for

  • Family friendly

When

6-9pm

Where

Blists Hill Victorian Town

Admission

Special event tickets are: Adult £9 & Child £5. Tickets are available in advance only from Blists Hill Entrance or Ironbridge VIC. Numbers are strictly limited so book early to avoid disappointment.

A Victorian Christmas at Blists Hill Victorian Town

11 — 12 December 2010

During the special weekends visitors can step back in time to watch the ladies of the town busily preparing seasonal goodies, listen to the townsfolk reciting festive stories or take note as they reveal the secrets of their old family recipes. Buy unusual gifts in the Victorian shops and small gift market, join in with carol singers and chat with the townsfolk about the preparations for a Victorian Christmas in their traditionally decorated homes and work places.
Children can meet Father Christmas in his Grotto (additional charge includes a gift).
You can also experience a Victorian Christmas at Blists Hill Victorian Town on Saturday 18 & Sunday 19 December.

Suitable for

  • Family friendly
  • Especially for children
  • All ages

When

10am-4pm

Where

Blists Hill Victorian Town

Admission

Adults: &pounds;14.60
60 Plus: &pounds;11.55
Child: &pounds;9.35
Museum Passport Tickets are not valid for admission to the Victorian Christmas Weekends.

A Victorian Christmas at Blists Hill Victorian Town

18 — 19 December 2010

During the special weekends visitors can step back in time to watch the ladies of the town busily preparing seasonal goodies, listen to the townsfolk reciting festive stories or take note as they reveal the secrets of their old family recipes. Buy unusual gifts in the Victorian shops and small gift market, join in with carol singers and chat with the townsfolk about the preparations for a Victorian Christmas in their traditionally decorated homes and work places.
Children can meet Father Christmas in his Grotto (additional charge includes a gift).
You can also experience a Victorian Christmas at Blists Hill Victorian Town on Saturday 11 & Sunday 12 December.

Suitable for

  • Family friendly
  • Especially for children
  • All ages

When

10am-4pm

Where

Blists Hill Victorian Town

Admission

Adults: &pounds;14.60
60 Plus: &pounds;11.55
Child: &pounds;9.35
Museum Passport Tickets are not valid for admission to the Victorian Christmas Weekends.

Blists Hill Victorian Town
Legges Way
Madeley
Telford
Shropshire
TF7 5DU
England

logo: Designated as an Outstanding Collection

Website

www.ironbridge.org.uk/our_attractions/blists_hill_victorian_town/

E-mail

Visitor Information Centre

tic@ironbridge.org.uk

Telephone

Visitor Information Centre

01952 884 391

Fax

Visitor Information Centre

01952 884 391

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
Resources listed here may include websites, bookable tours and workshops, books, loan boxes and more. You may need to scroll down or click on headers to see them all.
Face to face resources

Victorian School Session (KS1-2)

Booking a school sesion gives your KS1-2 class the opportunity to be taught for half a day in an authentic Victorian school. Either
- teach your class yourself with our detailed support pack Easter - October or
- let an experienced member of our staff do the teaching October- April.
Your class will experience lessons in the 3Rs as well as an object lesson, writing on slate and drill. Costumes for all children and two members of staff are provided. Maximum 35 children Split groups possible Duration 2hrs

How to obtain

Contact Education officer 01952 601017
email education@ironbridge.org.uk
Education discount available Self taught entry + £70 Museum taught £7 per child (includes entry)
Free preliminary visits available

Blists Hill Victorian Town
Legges Way
Madeley
Telford
Shropshire
TF7 5DU
England

logo: Designated as an Outstanding Collection

Website

www.ironbridge.org.uk/our_attractions/blists_hill_victorian_town/

E-mail

Visitor Information Centre

tic@ironbridge.org.uk

Telephone

Visitor Information Centre

01952 884 391

Fax

Visitor Information Centre

01952 884 391

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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