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Leighton Attractions
A selection of attractions in and around Leighton:
Buildwas Abbey, Ironbridge  (2.4 Miles)
Set beside the River Severn, against a backdrop of wooded gardens, stand the remains of this Cistercian abbey, with its beautiful chapter house, decorative stonework,...
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Enginuity, Ironbridge  (3.6 Miles)
This museum and visitor centre is located close to Telford and offers tourists and local people the chance to see how the Iron Age Gorge...
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Battlefield Church, Shrewsbury  (3.7 Miles)
Battlefield Church, or Saint Mary Magdalene was built on the famous battle ground of the Battle of Shrewsbury which took place in 1406. The...
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Wenlock Priory, Much Wenlock  (3.9 Miles)
Wenlock Priory today consists of picturesque ruins of a large priory of Cluniac monks and enjoys a pastoral setting on the edge of lovely...
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Much Wenlock Museum, Much Wenlock  (3.9 Miles)
Much Wenlock Museum is dedicated to the people and institutions that make up this area and brings together a good-sized collection of pieces that date...
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Ironbridge Gorge, Ironbridge  (5.1 Miles)
The green and wooded appearance of the Ironbridge Gorge of today belies the once intensive activity of its industrial heyday. The River Severn, now flowing...
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The Iron Bridge, Ironbridge  (5.1 Miles)
The world’s first iron-built bridge was constructed in 1779 by Abraham Darby III, across that part of the Severn Gorge which now takes its name...
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Tobacco Pipework Factory, Broseley  (5.6 Miles)
This tobacco pipework museum is dedicated to a history of industry in this area of the world that has long since gone. At one...
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Wroxeter Roman City, Shrewsbury  (5.7 Miles)
Visit the museum at Wroxeter to learn what life was like in a big Roman city. Find out what was there before the Romans arrived,...
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Jackfield Tile Museum, Telford  (6 Miles)
You are invited to wander through the original gas lit trade floor of the factory and see machinery and infrastructure that was in place to...
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Blists Hill Victorian Town, Telford  (6.3 Miles)
This interesting exhibition comprises one of the largest open air museums in the entire United Kingdom. Created in over thirty acres of woodland and...
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Coalport China Museum, Ironbridge  (7.6 Miles)
This china works would have once been one of the most busy and bustling in the country and has a reputation for having produced some...
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Hoo Farm Animal Kingdom, Telford  (11.9 Miles)
A real children’s paradise with animals and fun, bottle-feeding lambs, milking, egg collecting, animal handling, plus the famous sheep steeplechase. Junior quad bikes, pony rides,...
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Royal Air Force Museum, Shifnal  (12.3 Miles)
These wartime hangars have been heated to provide a pleasant atmosphere in which to browse an extensive collection of Second World War aircraft, as well...
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Haughmond Abbey, Shrewsbury  (12.4 Miles)
Haughmond Abbey is a substantial Augustinian ruin, including spectacular stone carvings and a roofed chapter house. An introductory exhibition explains the history of the abbey,...
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Coleham Pumping Station, Shrewsbury  (13.1 Miles)
Coleham Pumping Station is an important piece of industrial heritage in this region. The vast pumps have stood for much of the 20th Century....
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Shrewsbury Abbey, Shrewsbury  (13.2 Miles)
As well as Shrewsbury Abbey being a practicing, Anglican church, it’s also filled with historical facts and evidence from the past. In the 1980s, the...
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Shropshire Archives, Shrewsbury  (13.7 Miles)
Shropshire Archives is the most extensive collection of public records relating to the historic events that have occurred in Shropshire over the last few centuries....
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St. Chad’s Church, Shrewsbury  (13.8 Miles)
St. Chad’s Church, overlooking the Quarry Park, is one of the largest circular naves (open space in the centre of a church) in the country....
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Shrewsbury Museum, Shrewsbury  (13.9 Miles)
Shrewsbury Museum was reopened in January 2001. The museum is housed in a traditional timber-framed Tudor building, and a stone Tudor dwelling. Inside the museum,...
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(All distances are direct and may be longer by road)
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