Tag: The Festival of Imagination

Around 15,000 people visited and enjoyed what Ironbridge Gorge has to offer during The Festival of Imagination, making the two week celebration a roaring success.

As time ticks away before the iconic Ironbridge cooling towers are demolished, an exhibition showing pictures of the landmark through the years will be on display during the Festival of Imagination.

Ironbridge Gorge’s tourism and businesses will be given an autumn boost during the two-week long Festival of Imagination, the council’s cabinet member for visitor economy and the world heritage site has said.

As part of the Festival of Imagination paddlers will be clambering into coracles on the River Severn in Ironbridge to compete in the annual regatta this bank holiday Monday.

The Ironbridge Gorge will be a fantastic fiesta of arts, crafts, culture, music, film, poetry, family-friendly events and food and drink when the Festival of Imagination kicks off this September.

More than 200 heritage crafts are at risk of becoming extinct in the UK, and the battle is on to save some of the crafts indigenous to the Ironbridge Gorge.