The IGMT's most popular sites include Blists Hill Victorian Town, the Coalbrookdale Museum of Iron, and the Old Furnace.

"There are a lot of members of the National Trust who don't know where Ironbridge is, so I think the addition of the museums will make it a destination, hopefully." Steve Green, bar manager of The ...

The National Trust is receiving a £9 million Government grant to take on the care of the museums and buildings that mark the “birthplace of the industrial revolution”. The grant will allow the trust ...

In May 2025, a volunteer working with the Trust’s Collections team spotted a plate and medal with links to the Coalbrookdale School of Art, which operated in the Ironbridge Gorge between 1856 and 1924 ...

The National Trust is receiving a £9 million government grant to take on the care of the museums and buildings that mark the “birthplace of the industrial revolution”. The grant will allow the trust ...

The Ironbridge Gorge Brass Band Festival has been cancelled for 2026 amid the National Trust takeover of the Ironbridge ...

The move represents a major step for some of Shropshire and Telford's most important tourist attractions, which welcome thousands of visitors to the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution every year.