Blists Hill Victorian Town
Blists Hill Victorian Town is an open-air museum in Telford. Add Buildwas Abbey, 5.4 km away, to a visit; it leads 46 places within 15 km. It is written up in 6 Wikipedias.
Museum in Telford
Inside Telford
Blists Hill Victorian Town is inside Telford’s built-up area, with 15 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Month by month
Afternoons in Telford peak at 18–22°C, June to September.
Blists Hill Victorian Town
Open-air museum in Telford, United Kingdom.
In Telford, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Museum
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 6 languages
- Town
- in Telford
Useful details
- EntryA fee is charged
Around Blists Hill Victorian Town, mapped
The map centres on Blists Hill Victorian Town, in orange, with nearby places numbered.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Telford’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
The nearest towns to Blists Hill Victorian Town
Telford tops the 8 for size, at 156,890 people. Its own town leads; the rest list it too, closest first.
Telford
Broseley
Shifnal
Much Wenlock
Compare the 8 towns
| Town | Where Blists Hill Victorian Town is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Telford | It’s in town | 156,890 | 24 |
| Broseley | 1.9 km southwest of it | 5,596 | 17 |
| Shifnal | 7.1 km northeast of it | 8,973 | 10 |
| Much Wenlock | 8.3 km southwest of it | 1,766 | 5 |
| Ackleton | 9 km southeast of it | 295 | 0 |
| Worfield | 10 km southeast of it | 275 | 4 |
| Cressage | 10 km west of it | 731 | 6 |
| Bridgnorth | 11 km south of it | 12,172 | 8 |
More to see nearby
Choose from 46 places within 15 km, such as 4 museums, 2 abbeys or priories and a historic house.
Abbey or priory · English HeritageBuildwas Abbey5.4 km away2
MuseumJackfield Tile Museum1.1 km away3
MuseumCoalport China Museum1.2 km away4
Abbey or priory · English HeritageWenlock Priory7.9 km away5
Historic house · National TrustBenthall Hall3.9 km away6MuseumMuseumEnginuity3 km away7
MuseumCoalbrookdale Museum of Iron3 km away8
CastleBridgnorth Castle11 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Questions about Blists Hill Victorian Town
Where is Blists Hill Victorian Town?
Blists Hill Victorian Town is in Telford, Shropshire, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Blists Hill Victorian Town?
Open-air museum in Telford, United Kingdom.
When is the best time to visit Blists Hill Victorian Town?
June to September are the warmest months in Telford, with afternoon highs of 18–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Blists Hill Victorian Town?
Within 15 km: Buildwas Abbey (5.4 km), Jackfield Tile Museum (1.1 km), Coalport China Museum (1.2 km) and Wenlock Priory (7.9 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (8)
- Blists Hill Victorian Town: The Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Buildwas Abbey: Grahamec, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jackfield Tile Museum: Mike Bardill, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Coalport China Museum: Scott14 at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Wenlock Priory: Speedbird2064, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Benthall Hall: Gammock, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Coalbrookdale Museum of Iron: Helen Simonsson, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bridgnorth Castle: Dr Phillip McCavity at English Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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