Blists Hill Victorian Town
Blists Hill Victorian Town
4.5
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Monday
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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Enjoy a fun family day out at this recreated Victorian Town. You can discover more about Victorian life as you meet the 'Victorian' townsfolk.
Duration: More than 3 hours
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  • Marie J
    1 contribution
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    A great day out
    Went here with the 3 grandchildren ranging in age from 4 to 12. It rained for most of our visit but this did not spoil the day. They loved the singing in the public house, especially when we all sang to George - one of their 2 horses. The guy on the piano and the songstress at one of the tables were absolutely amazing. This and the sweet shop were definitely a highlight for us all. A great place to visit at anytime we will be returning in the summer so we can take full advantage of all the great facilities.
    Visited March 2023
    Travelled with family
    Written 19 March 2023
  • Jen L
    15 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Mothers day afternoon tea
    Not teens but no option for family of adults to select. Visited with my mother for mother's day for the afternoon tea. We both had a lovely time and we couldn't ask for it to be better. Food was great and service. Special thank you to Sarb who made the day extra special and helped us capture some photographs too. We will definitely be returned. Would recommend to anyone!
    Visited March 2023
    Travelled with family
    Written 21 March 2023
  • Nick M
    Blackpool, United Kingdom159 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Great day out for anyone
    Loved it all! It cost £23.50 for my wife and I, for a day (she's my carer). The place is so interesting, with beautifully preserved shops and other buildings. The staff are all in costume and totally in Victorian character. Great info and fine for all ages. The cafe is reasonably priced and great qualityl My mobility scooter would not manage the central steep slope, but that's just tough. Thoroughly recommended!
    Visited March 2023
    Written 29 March 2023
  • raycarew
    Ross-on-Wye, United Kingdom68 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Interesting half day tour.
    An interesting and informative visit back to Victorian times. Some of the exhibits not functioning. It was raining and the lower restaurant on the site was closed so there was no where to sit out of the rain. Extra to go on Clay Mine tour - I don't see why! Most staff were friendly and knew their history, You need to pay extra for the car park. Overall we probably spent over £50 for two (concessions) but we were there about 3.5 hrs so you may consider that value for money.
    Visited March 2023
    Written 30 March 2023
  • Jay R
    18 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    A great day out :)
    Can't believe we hadn't heard about this place until today! Such a great way to spend a few hours. The staff are very knowledgable. The victorian village has lots of shops and houses and all have a story, most of which are told by staff dressed in victorian attire. There's so much for children and adults alike. If you're anywhere near ironbridge, it's so worth a visit.
    Visited April 2023
    Travelled as a couple
    Written 2 April 2023
  • lgreen9
    Northampton, United Kingdom480 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Wonderful family day out
    Visited during Easter half term. I pre booked the family pass and we are in this way on a week long holiday. Great value for money. We parked at blist hill car park easy enough. £1 Per hour. We stayed 4 hours In all. Short wait to book in. After a friendly welcome, we began to explore. Two Easter trails. One nearer the start where you have to find chocolate bar wrappers in the windows and a second at the back near children's play ground where you stamp the eggs that you find. These were great for keeping my boys involved. Visit the bank first and exchange some current currency to victorian. You can pay in current cash and via card everywhere, but its fun to use the victorian. We took our dog. She could go in everywhere apart from the cafe and sweetshop. We visited the fish and chip shop £8.50 per portion and £2.50 for glass bottle of traditional pop. All very delicious. Water bowls everywhere for the dog. Printed a personalised wrapper, saw a working shire horse and got to explore with wonderful views. There are a variety of shops to explore and take part in including wanted poster, candle dipping and victorian fair ground. The child's playground was one of the best we have visited. It was in theme and to great quality. We were also pleased to see a coffee and brownie van to treat ourselves whilst the kids play. Lots of toilets and food options. Staff dressed in theme. Truly wonderful. Would fully recommend.
    Visited April 2023
    Travelled with family
    Written 4 April 2023
  • Ali
    3 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Great day out
    Spent a great day here walked up from a cottage in Ironbridge. Don't recommend going up the hill need yo fine the route through the woods! Pint in the pub and a bage of chips was great. The people in the houses are knowledgeable and extremely enthusiastic. We all won an Easter egg!
    Visited April 2023
    Travelled with family
    Written 7 April 2023
  • Stu151
    Wickford, United Kingdom1,607 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Excellent recreation
    Excellent recreation of a 1900 town. It's (very) well done, and the shops/activities that were "manned" were to us, by far the highlight. Anyone we spoke to was friendly and helpful. We visited on a Friday in March, and a significant number of "displays" were either shut or just static displays. I fully appreciate it's on the very edge of the tourist season, but with an entry price of over £23, this is getting close to poor value. (I have an Art pass, which allows free entry to multiple attraction - great value)
    Visited March 2023
    Travelled with friends
    Written 7 April 2023
  • Tannerct
    Bristol, United Kingdom42 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    So much to see and do, all staff were brilliant. Couldn’t see/do it all in one day. Great experience for all ages.
    Wow. What a great attraction, so much to see and do. It is also very informative for all ages. All the staff were excellent and had so much knowledge. We couldn’t do the whole village in one day. It gives you an idea of how hard it was to live in the Victorian era. Brilliant day out.
    Visited April 2023
    Travelled with family
    Written 9 April 2023
  • Sarah H
    6 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Hot cross buns Victorian style
    As an all-adult group, we really enjoyed it, and found all the staff so knowledgeable and friendly. Loved the efforts to make it authentic. As it was Easter Sunday, having freshly baked hot cross buns was amazing.
    Visited April 2023
    Written 11 April 2023
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Nicole K
North East England, UK21 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2023 • Family
Been here many times before including when I was a child on a school trip.
My children love this place. It’s both fun and educational. We came for the Christmas special this year but prefer it when it’s a normal day in the town.
Written 3 March 2024
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Hi Nicole, thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We're delighted to hear you enjoyed your time with us and hope we'll be welcoming you back soon.
Written 15 March 2024
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Jo M
182 contributions
3.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2023 • Family
Visited last week with son and his gf. They’ve visited before but me n hubby hadn’t so was very excited. It was the Christmas Victorian weekend and cost us £25 pp plus parking. A little steep I felt especially as that doesn’t include return visits which the normal price does.
The place is very nice, like the shops and the items for sale.
There was a few Christmassy things such a fake snow being pumped out of buildings, some decs and some Carol singing, but overall it didn’t feel as Christmassy as I’d hoped. Maybe not helped by the blazing sunshine which made it feel like a summers day?!!
Had some chips which were delicious, very glad we hot in early thou as not long after the queue was horrific!!
Went to the pub for a drink but gave up. The queue was awful, no space inside and not willing to wait what would prob have been half hour to get a drink.
Some displays had information on them but some didn’t. The info as you go in at first is useful and would be good if it was then repeated on each relevant building.
Did enjoy it but felt it was expensive (£100 for 4 of us) and we only stayed about 4 hours as felt we’d done everything by then.
Probably wouldn’t do the event again as not as festive as it could be.
Written 24 December 2023
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Hi, thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We're sorry to hear the event didn't live up to your expectations. We will be sure to pass all your feedback on to the relevant teams. Kind Regards, IGMT.
Written 18 January 2024
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R4fdy10
18 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jun 2023 • Family
It is an amazing place for all ages. My Grandson age 7 loves it, been twice. Great way to learn. A**
Written 21 December 2023
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Hi, thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We're delighted to hear you enjoyed your time with us and look forward to welcoming you and your grandson back soon. Kind Regards, IGMT.
Written 18 January 2024
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Gemma
Cheshire, UK1 contribution
3.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2023 • Family
A really lovely place with lots to see and explore. We went during the Christmas weekend and understand many of the regular attractions were disrupted or closed due to the festivities. We knew this before we went and were looking forward to returning at some point, to visit the usual exhibits/experiences.

The thing which ruined the day for us however was the attitude of two members of staff. The first, the gent in the candle area stood by and let us stand there, waiting for a demo/him to come and talk to us/ explain what he does. He seemed preoccupied so we stood by for a while. It took about 10 mins before he told us he was done and 'cashing up'. This was at about 3:20. The venue is advertised open until 4!
We stood so long waiting there, for nothing, that we then rushed to get my (autistic) son a print at the press. He'd saved his token for this especially. As the press was so busy earlier on in the day, we thought we would do it on the way out.

We were 3rd in line (3:30) for several minutes. When another party joined behind us, the woman working on the press, not addressing me direct, shouted that "anyone behind the blonde woman would not be served!" (The blonde woman was Infront of me. I tried to reason with her but she refused to listen.

We left and I mentioned this to another member of staff at the main desk. My son was clearly upset and it's put a cloud over the whole day. Why say it closes at 4 if everything stops by 3:30?

For this reason, we won't return.
Written 16 December 2023
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Hi, thank you for taking the time to leave us a review and for mentioning this to a member of staff at the end of your visit. We're sorry to hear you were disappointed with your experience and that you won't be returning. We will pass all your feedback on to the relevant teams. Kind Regards, IGMT.
Written 18 January 2024
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finnan13
Liverpool, UK5 contributions
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2023 • Friends
I have been going here for about 10 years and today may well be the last. I
feel like they've closed 3 or 4 of the exhibits e.g school house, Dr surgery for Christmas grottos which were ticketed and thus, couldn't go in. At £25 a ticket I'd like to be able to visit all the exhibits. Horrendously busy eating venues, one person on the till at the forest Glenn cafe and an hour's wait to then find no space to sit. Surely on a very busy weekend they could increase capacity?

On a side note, I feel like there's nothing new been added for a number of years so that the regular visitors are given renewed interest.
I will try Black Country museum instead next year.
Sorry Blist's Hill, you've been magical in the past and will always have my heart but time for a change.
Written 10 December 2023
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Hi, thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We're sorry to hear you were disappointed with your experience at Blists Hill Victorian Town this Christmas. Your feedback is important to us so we will be sure to pass all your comments on to the relevant teams. Kind Regards, IGMT.
Written 15 December 2023
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Ozone
Stockport, UK6 contributions
3.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2023 • Couples
Went on Saturday 9th December for the Christmas event as our annual bloat hill visit. Had a good time spending the old money and enjoying the exhibits however this time felt a little disappointed with some of them. The estate office & train ride which has always been used as a Santa’s grotto is now joined with the school, carpenters shed and doctor’s house also being Christmas events . This then restricted all access to these exhibits unless you were here for the Santa and elves experiences. I understand this is Christmas time but in the 8 years of coming there hasn’t been as many exhibits locked away for being Christmas events leaving people who just want to see the exhibits at a bit of a loss.

The convince store and gift shops focus on items available especially in the convenience store feel a lot more aimed at children than they were the past few years which is great if that’s what you are there forever but alienates the groups that aren’t by focusing more on toys than the original historical items.

Overall enjoyed the visit but the locked off exhibits did leave a bitter taste.
Written 10 December 2023
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Hi, thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We're sorry to hear you were disappointed with your experience at Blists Hill Victorian Town this Christmas. We will be sure to pass all your feedback on to the relevant teams. Kind Regards, IGMT.
Written 15 December 2023
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Pattty
Northamptonshire, UK109 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2023
We visited on a particularly cold day, so thoroughly enjoyed the real fires inside many of the dwellings.

Lots of information received from the staff who clearly enjoy their work and are enthusiastic about the exhibits.

We purchased a "pass plus" and look forward to returning within the next 12 months. Along with other museums due to the fact during winter these shut Mondays and Tuesdays.
Written 7 December 2023
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Thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We're delighted to hear you enjoyed your time with us and look forward to welcoming you back soon with your PASS PLUS. Kind Regards, IGMT
Written 15 December 2023
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Ted 007
Bath, UK147 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Nov 2023 • Couples
We visited Blists Hill in late October. We purchased a year ticket so that we could re visit a a later time also costing £64 for two. Although quite pricey, considering you can visit all of the Ironbridge museums, it’s actually very good value.
We spent most of the day exploring Blists Hill Victorian Town and we’re very impressed at what a fantastic job has been done in making this place so realistic. We were very impressed by the range of shops, houses and old workshops that gave a genuine feeling of what it would have been like back in Victorian times.
We didn’t get chance to visit the other museums, so will be going back again in a few months time.
This place is definitely worth visiting, but if you’re not local to Ironbridge, (like us), it’s worth spending a few days staying in the area and in Shropshire because it’s a beautiful area.
Written 13 November 2023
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Hi Ed, thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We’re delighted to hear you had a lovely day with us and look forward to welcoming you back soon. Kind Regards, IGMT
Written 27 November 2023
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RoseBush21
Winterbourne, UK19 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Nov 2023 • Family
Fabulous outdoor living history museum. Enthusiastic volunteers and outstanding long standing staff at the chip shop. We have pass plus which gives a 10% discount in all catering outlets and shops as well as a discount for the themed events including fireworks night and the victorian christmas weekends. Fish and Chips are reasonably priced at £8.50 or £7.65 after discount, chips £4 or £3.60 and fish £6 or £5.40 if purchased individually. The sweetshop is £2 for 4 ounces (equivalent to 125g). We went to fireworks night with our children who loved it. Its a living history museum and is often on Television, if you wanted to have a look at You Tube for some examples. The volunteers here are brilliant, very helpful and willing to share as much or as little as you need to know. Its worth getting a cottage in the area and going several times in short bursts. £1 an hour to park on site. The only thing to mention is that the chip shop cook in dripping, which is beef fat and may not suitable for everyone.
Written 9 November 2023
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Hello, thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We’re delighted to hear you had a lovely day with us and look forward to welcoming you back soon. Our chip shop also offers a vegetarian friendly chips option which are just as popular as our famous beef dripping chips! Kind Regards, IGMT
Written 27 November 2023
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TAG78Nuneaton
Nuneaton, UK37 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2023 • Family
Thought it was going to be a bit of an expensive day as we went with 4 children and they don’t do a family ticket for Blists Hill only. However, ended up doing the Pass Plus with 15% off as we’re in English Heritage which got us free parking (£5), a free activity each child (we used it in the fair) and 10% off food and shops. Spent 4 hours here so got to see everything (except school session as we missed that) so thought the price was quite good in the end.
Staff (in reception, shops/food outlets, actors and funfair) were great! Dog could go into most places too. Genuinely had a lovely day, even the rain didn’t ruin it!
Written 1 November 2023
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Hi, thank you for taking the time to leave us a review. We’re delighted to hear you had a lovely day with us and look forward to welcoming you back soon. Kind Regards, IGMT
Written 3 November 2023
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