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Jackfield

Jackfield is a village in the Telford and Wrekin borough of Shropshire, England, lying on the south bank of River Severn in the Ironbridge Gorge, downstream from Ironbridge.

Jackfield
Jackfield · The Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust
The place

Jackfield is a village in the Telford and Wrekin borough of Shropshire, England, lying on the south bank of River Severn in the Ironbridge Gorge, downstream from Ironbridge. Like many of the settlements in the area, it is notable for its place in the Industrial Revolution.

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What is there

Worth seeing in and around Jackfield

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust

    The Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust was an industrial heritage organisation which ran ten museums and managed multiple historic sites within the Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Site in Shropshire, England, widely considered as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution. Its assets are now managed by the National Trust.

    2.6 km · Museum service based in Shropshire, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Blists Hill Victorian Town

    Blists Hill Victorian Town is an open-air museum built on a former industrial complex located in Madeley, Telford and Wrekin, Shropshire, England. The museum attempts to recreate the sights, sounds and smells of a Victorian Shropshire town in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

    1.2 km · Open-air museum in Telford, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Hay Inclined Plane

    The Hay Inclined Plane is a canal inclined plane in the Ironbridge Gorge in Shropshire, with a height of 207 feet. It was located at the end of the Shropshire Canal, part of a network of canals that linked the industrial region of east Shropshire with the River Severn.

    900 m · canal inclined plane in the UK · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Albert Edward Bridge

    The Albert Edward Bridge is a railway bridge spanning the River Severn at Coalbrookdale in Shropshire, England.

    2.7 km · bridge in Shropshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Enginuity

    Enginuity is an interactive design and technology centre in Coalbrookdale, Shropshire, England. It was opened in 2002 making it the last new museum to be operated by the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust before its transfer to its present owner, the National Trust, in 2026.

    1.5 km · Interactive museum in Shropshire, England · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Benthall Hall

    Benthall Hall is a 16th-century English country house in Benthall in the town of Broseley, Shropshire, England, and a few miles from the historic Ironbridge Gorge. It retains much of its fine oak interior, and an elaborate 17th-century staircase.

    2.8 km · Grade I listed historic house museum in Shropshire, England, UK · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Coalport China Museum

    The Coalport China Museum is managed by the National Trust and is one of the ten museums to be acquired from the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust in 2026. The museum is based in the village of Coalport within the Ironbridge Gorge on the northern bank of the River Severn in Shropshire, United Kingdom.

    1 km · Industry museum in Coalport, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Jackfield Tile Museum

    Jackfield Tile Museum is a museum which presents the history of the British decorative tile industry between 1840 and 1960, the period in which this factory and that of Maw & Co nearby played an important part in this industry. The museum lies in the village of Jackfield, near Broseley, on the south bank of the River Severn in the Ironbridge Gorge, in Shropshire, England.

    100 m · Museum of ceramic tile making, Shropshire, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Coalbrookdale Museum of Iron

    The Coalbrookdale Museum of Iron is managed by the National Trust and is one of ten museums acquired from the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust in 2026. The museum is based in the town of Coalbrookdale in the Ironbridge Gorge, in Shropshire, England, within a World Heritage Site, the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution.

    2.6 km · Museum in Shropshire, England, United Kingdom · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Coalport Bridge

    Coalport Bridge is a cast iron arch bridge between Coalport and Preens Eddy in Shropshire, England.

    1.8 km · historic cast iron bridge at Coalport, Shropshire, England, UK · Wikipedia

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Getting to Jackfield

Airports
Birmingham (BHX), 52 km · East Midlands (EMA), 80 km · Manchester (MAN), 82 km
Stations
Coalport East railway station, 1.7 km
  • Birmingham, West Midlands → Jackfield
    41 km · quickest by road, 1h 12m · £6–7
  • Nottingham, Leicestershire → Jackfield
    96 km · quickest by road, 2h 21m · £11–15
  • Manchester, Greater Manchester → Jackfield
    96 km · quickest by road, 2h 42m · £12–15
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Jackfield

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Jackfield. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    LundyGB

    7 ways of moving, 11 sources

    221 km
  2. 02
    Isle of WightGB

    11 ways of moving, 22 sources

    230 km
  3. 03
    Isle of ArranGB

    10 ways of moving, 31 sources

    372 km
  4. 04
    Tarbert, Loch Fyne and KintyreGB

    9 ways of moving, 15 sources

    408 km
  5. 05
    Isle of JuraGB

    10 ways of moving, 19 sources

    431 km

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Around it

Next door to Jackfield

Jackfield is 41 km from Birmingham, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

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