IRONBRIDGE Shropshire
A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE See the bridge from below by hiring a kayak from one of the village’s rental companies
Few places in Britain wear their achievements so proudly on their sleeve – or map labels – as Ironbridge and neighbouring Coalbrookdale. The eponymous span over the Severn is the centrepiece of the ‘birthplace of the Industrial Revolution’, but it’s just one of a cluster of museums and historic sites bearing witness to the technological breakthroughs that helped to transform Britain.