Gunpowder treason and pots of fun at Ironbridge fireworks display
See the night sky lit up over a museum.
The townsfolk of Blists Hill Victorian Town will be celebrating Guy Fawkes’ foiled Gunpowder Plot with a family fireworks display.
The gates open at 6pm allowing plenty of time to explore the Town’s Victorian streets and atmospheric buildings.
Guests can wrap up warm, buy a cup of hot chocolate from the café and enjoy the smell of coal fires burning as they make their way down to the Village Green for the show
Visitors will be able talk to the townsfolk in their cottages, shops and other places of work and hear about life in the late 1800s.
In the town’s foundry visitors can see molten iron being poured into moulds during the dramatic iron casting demonstration.
The highlight of the night will be the fantastic fireworks extravaganza accompanied by music, which will start at around 7.30pm and light up the night sky.
The family event takes place between 6pm and 9pm.
Tickets priced at £10 adults; £7.25 children aged 3-15 years and £32 for a family of 2+2, under 3s free, must be purchased in advance either online or from any of the Ironbridge Gorge Museums and will not be available at the gate.
A joint family ticket for the Fireworks Night and Ghostly Gaslight Halloween evening on October 28 is £58 (2+2).