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Attractions near Dawley
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 Ironbridge Gorge Museums
(3 Miles)*
This is the valley that changed our world, this is where the Industrial Revolution began. |
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Iron Bridge
(3 Miles)*
This, the world's first iron bridge was cast by local ironmaster Abraham Darby and erected over the River Seven in 1779. |
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Buildwas Abbey
(3 Miles)*
Set beside the River Severn, against a backdrop of wooded gardens, are the remains of this Cistercian abbey. |
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Lilleshall Abbey
(5 Miles)*
Lilleshall Abbey was dissolved in 1538, yet today its extensive and peaceful ruins are an evocative reminder of the lives of its Augustinian canons. |
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Wenlock Priory
(6 Miles)*
Wenlock Priory with its striking clipped topiary has a pastoral setting on the edge of lovely Much Wenlock. |
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Royal Air Force Museum Cosford
(7 Miles)*
The Royal Air Force Museum Cosford houses one of the largest aviation collections in the United Kingdom. |
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Wroxeter Roman City
(7 Miles)*
Visiting the museum at Wroxeter gives a good insight into what life was like in a big Roman city. The museum tracks life from before the Romans arrived through to what happened after they left. |
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Weston Park
(8 Miles)*
Visit Weston Park, set in the spectacular Shropshire countryside, and you will marvel at the beautiful Seventeenth Century House and the splendour of the 1,000 acre Parkland in which it rests. |
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Attingham Park
(8 Miles)*
Attingham Park was built in 1785 for the 1st Lord Berwick. It has a picture gallery by John Nash, magnificent Regency interiors and collections of silver, Italian furniture and Grand Tour paintings. |
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Haughmond Abbey
(9 Miles)*
The extensive ruins of the 12th century Haughmond Augustinian Abbey can be found at Shropshire's Upton Magna. |
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Boscobel House
(9 Miles)*
This beautiful but modest timber framed house sheltered Charles II after defeat at Worcester. In 1651 he evaded capture by sheltering in an oak tree, which soon became known as the 'Royal Oak'. |
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Coleham Pumping Station
(12 Miles)*
Magnificent Renshaw beam engines in 1901 pumping house. |
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Shrewsbury Castle and The Shropshire Regimental Museum
(12 Miles)*
Shropshire Regimental Museum houses the collections of the four Shropshire Regiments - King's Shropshire light Infantry, Shropshire Yeomanry, Shropshire Royal Horse Artillery and 4th Bn King's Shropshire Light Infantry TA. |
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Shipton Hall
(12 Miles)*
Shipton Hall was built around 1587 by Richard Lutwyche to replace a much older, black and white, timbered house which was destroyed by fire earlier in the 16th century. |
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Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery (Rowley's House)
(12 Miles)*
Rocks, Romans, China and Costume, Mediaeval Shrewsbury and Shropshire Wildlife. |
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