Christmas holiday fun at Ironbridge Valley of Invention
At Ironbridge Valley of Invention, the festive fun continues throughout the school holidays until Sunday, 5 January.
From Wednesday 18 December until Sunday 5 January (excluding 24-26 December), visitors can enjoy A Victorian Winter at Blists Hill Victorian Town. The town will be dressed for winter, with decorations and roaring fires. Children will receive a sweet treat when they complete the Charles Dickens Christmas Trail (additional charge), while in the Victorian schoolroom, they can get the help of the schoolteacher to write a traditional thank you letter.
Over at Coalport China Museum, from Saturday 21 December to Sunday 5 January (excluding 24-26 December), from 11am to 3pm, visitors can make a Resolution Rattle to help them keep their New Year's resolutions. Inside their air-dry clay rattle, they can slip a piece of paper containing their resolution, as well as some beads or dried peas. If their willpower wanes in January, shaking their rattle will remind them of their resolution. (£2 additional charge.)
In a free activity at Enginuity until 5 January (excluding 24-26 December) kids can pick up a special kit and make their own pop-up fireplace inspired by the cast iron fireplaces made in Coalbrookdale 150 years ago. This is a free, self-led activity allowing kids to personalise their fireplace with treats like stockings and mince pies.
To celebrate the arrival of the new year, the Furnace Kitchen in Coalbrookdale is offering a special New Year's Day Brunch menu on 1 January (10am-3pm), the chance to tuck into delicious dishes like a traditional English breakfast, blueberry pancakes or a bubble and squeak hash with Shropshire bacon chop and fried egg, all in the beautiful setting of Coalbrookdale.
Ross Davidson, Visitor Engagement Manager at the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, said: “At the Ironbridge museums there are events to keep the whole family entertained during the Christmas holidays.”
All the Trust's museums and restaurants are closed from 24 to 26 December inclusive.
For full details of events, tickets and annual pass prices, visit ironbridge.org.uk/events.
