Museums · West Midlands
British Ironworks Centre & Shropshire Sculpture Park
British Ironworks Centre & Shropshire Sculpture Park — forge, park, and showroom in Shropshire, England.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1.5 h–3 h
- Best time of year
- Year-round
- Family-friendly
- Wheelchair accessible
About
British Ironworks Centre & Shropshire Sculpture Park is a museum in the United Kingdom. Wikidata describes it as: "forge, park, and showroom in Shropshire, England". Coordinates: 52.5039°, -2.5939°.
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Protected designations
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Shropshire Hills
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
The British Ironworks Centre & Shropshire Sculpture Park is a forge, silversmiths and sculpture park with a large showroom near Oswestry in Shropshire, England. The centre is famous for its safari park of sculptures, mostly in metal, and its gorilla made entirely of spoons. The centre is located on the A5 road 3.1 miles (5 km) south east of Oswestry town. On site, the centre has a shop, café, forge, silversmiths, clock repairer, sculpture park and falconry.
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Background
History
In 2013, the centre was asked to create four iron pavilions to celebrate the anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's coronation. The order came from Buckingham Palace, and the pavilions would be used as entrances to the celebrations being held in its gardens. The centre have also handcrafted steel forget-me-nots for a charity fundraiser for a Shropshire hospice, the Severn. One thousand of the steel flowers were unveiled in April 2016, and a hasty re-order was required when the first batch of 1,000 sold out within hours.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 52.5039, -2.5939
- District
- Shropshire
- Parish
- Ditton Priors
- Postcode
- WV16 6TN
- Parliamentary constituency
- South Shropshire
- Official site
- www.britishironworkcentre.co.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q27958290 (CC0)
- wikipedia: British Ironworks Centre & Shropshire Sculpture Park (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: The 'Spoons' Gorilla in the sculpture park.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is British Ironworks Centre & Shropshire Sculpture Park?
- British Ironworks Centre & Shropshire Sculpture Park is in the West Midlands, United Kingdom (postcode WV16 6TN), in the parish of Ditton Priors.
- Is British Ironworks Centre & Shropshire Sculpture Park a protected site?
- Yes — British Ironworks Centre & Shropshire Sculpture Park is part of the Shropshire Hills National Landscape (AONB).
- How do I get to British Ironworks Centre & Shropshire Sculpture Park?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode WV16 6TN. It sits within the South Shropshire parliamentary constituency.