🎵 Music this week
01This week:
- Sun 31 May · 4.00pm — Vinyl night — The Boat Inn, Jackfield
- Sun 31 May · 4.00pm — Dan Edwards — Ye Olde Robin Hood Inn, Ironbridge
- Thu 4 Jun · 8.00–10.30pm — Irish Traditional Music Sessions — The Boat Inn
- Thu 4 Jun · 8.00pm — Open Mic: "Acoustic Music & Song" — The Boat Inn, Jackfield (hosted by Paul Woolley & Nicky Gilbride)
- Fri 5 Jun · 8.30pm — Ritchie Dave Porter & Debra Susan — Swan Hotel Smoke & Taphouse
- Fri 5 Jun · 8.30pm — SkaBurst — The Brewery Inn, Coalport
- Fri 5 Jun · 9.30pm — Radioactive — The Malthouse, Ironbridge
- Fri 5 Jun · 8.00pm — 80s & 90s Disco Night — Ye Olde Robin Hood Inn, Ironbridge
- Sat 6 Jun · 8.30pm — Dan Edwards — Swan Hotel Smoke & Taphouse
- Sat 6 Jun · 9.30pm — Contraband — The Malthouse, Ironbridge
- Sun 7 Jun — 3pm — Acoustic Gin — All Nations
- Sun 7 Jun · 7.30pm — Martin's vinyls
- Sun 7 Jun · 8.00pm — Craig's Pate (rock / pop / soul) — Ye Olde Robin Hood Inn, Ironbridge
🤝 Community (highlights)
02This week:
- Thu 4 Jun · 10.00am–3.00pm — Volunteering @ Patten's Rock Quarry (SGCT) — meet Coalbrookdale Community Centre (TF8 7DX) or Benthall Hall Car Park (TF12 5RX) — free (RSVP)
- Sat 6 Jun · 10.00am–4.00pm — WOW DAY – Walk Our Woodlands — The Green Wood Centre, Coalbrookdale (TF8 7DR)
- Sat 6 Jun & Sun 7 Jun — Coalbrookdale Open Gardens and Scarecrow Weekend — Coalbrookdale village
Regular / ongoing:
- Coffee and Chat — Coalbrookdale & Ironbridge Community Centre (dates vary)
- Lions (2nd Thursday monthly) — Coalbrookdale & Ironbridge Community Centre
🧘 Wellbeing & yoga
03Regular sessions (check provider):
- Beginner-friendly yoga (with Gemma) — Tuesdays 7–8pm (arrive 6.45pm for yoga tea) — Severn Gorge Countryside Trust, Coalbrookdale — £10 drop-in — book
- Jackie "Let's Flow"
- Park Lane Centre (Woodside): Thu 9.30am (Yoga Foundations); Thu 10.30am (Chair Yoga)
- The Sound Space (Jackfield Tile Museum): Tue 11.00am (Chair Yoga); Tue 5.00pm + 6.15pm (Hatha Flow); Thu 5.45pm (Callanetics); Thu 7.00pm (Hatha Flow)
- Contact: jackie@lets-flow.co.uk · 07933 513659
🥾 Walks & outdoors (highlights)
04This week:
- Wed 3 Jun · 10.15am — Ramblers Wellbeing Walk (free; Grade 3) — meet Coalbrookdale Community Centre (TF8 7DX)
Regular / ongoing (check organiser for dates):
- Ramblers Wellbeing Walk (free)
- The Professor's Original (Ironbridge Gorge Walking Tours) — booking required
🎨 Workshops & creative (highlights)
05This week:
- Wed 4 Jun · 10.00am–4.00pm — Embers Cafe: All About the Beef — Coalbrookdale (booking required)
Regular craft sessions:
- Lucy Young Ceramics (Maws Craft Centre) – pottery taster sessions – Sat & Sun · 10.00am (booking required)
- Lay Family Yarn – yarn dyeing workshops (dates vary) – layfamilyyarn.co.uk
- Jenny Mason-Gunning – 1-to-1 printmaking workshops – ironbridgeframing.co.uk
- Salix – tie dye workshops (gift vouchers available) – Facebook
- Ironbridge Candle Company (Jackfield Tile Museum) – workshops – ironbridgecandles.co.uk/workshops
🎯 Quizzes & games
06This week:
- Wed 3 Jun · 7.00pm — Quiz — The Golden Ball
- Wed 3 Jun · 8.00pm — Quiz — Coalbrookdale Inn
Regular / ongoing (check venue for dates):
- Games Night — Coalbrookdale Inn
- Monthly Quiz — The Tontine, Ironbridge
🍽️ Pubs • food • special evenings
07This week:
- Fri 5 Jun · 7.00–9.00pm — World Cup Whisky: Tasting Evening (Around the World) — Moonshine & Fuggles, Ironbridge — £30pp (booking required)
Regular / ongoing:
- 🥩 Meat Raffle — Coalbrookdale Inn (Sundays 7.00pm) — £1 a ticket / £5 a strip
- Bottomless Brunch — The Malthouse, Ironbridge (weekends; booking recommended)
- Bottomless Brunch — Swan Hotel Smoke & Taphouse (Saturdays; booking recommended)
- Bottomless Brunch + cocktail masterclasses — Elephant Crossing, Ironbridge (booking recommended)
- 🥂 Bottomless Brunch (Sat; Sunday upgrade) — The Brewery Inn, Coalport (booking required)
- 🌮 Special food-themed nights (every Thursday) — The White Hart, Ironbridge (theme/menu changes)
- 🍹 Deal: Happy Hour Cocktails (daily) — The White Hart, Ironbridge (5–7pm)
- 🍻 Deal: Happy Hour (Charlie's Bar) — The Water Rat, Ironbridge (Fri 5–7pm · Sat 2–5pm)
- 🍴 Deal: Weekly Food Specials (Mon–Sat) — The Tontine Hotel, Ironbridge
⛪ Church services
08This week:
- Sun 7 Jun · 11.00am — Holy Trinity, Coalbrookdale — United Communion
🎬 Theatre & film
09No listed one-off screenings this week (next Gorge Film Club screening is Mon 8 Jun).
Regular / ongoing:
- Imaginarium Arts Centre — theatre group (older teens + adults) · Thursday evenings · monthly membership · all welcome — Facebook
🏛️ Heritage • history • museum events
10This week:
- Sun 7 Jun — Ironbridge Coracle Trust: Come & Try session — sessions: 9.15am / 10.00am / 11.15am — booking essential
🖼️ Exhibitions
11This week:
- Mon 1 Jun – Sun 7 Jun — Open Art Exhibition (local artists) — Coalbrookdale & Ironbridge Community Centre
- Mon 1 Jun: 4.30–6.00pm
- Wed 3 Jun: 4.30–6.00pm
- Thu 4 Jun: 3.00–5.00pm
- Fri 5 Jun: 3.00–5.00pm
- Sat 6 & Sun 7 Jun: 1.00–4.00pm
🖼️ Galleries (year-round)
12Ironbridge:
- The Pop-Up Gallery — High Street, Ironbridge (TF8 7AD)
- Ironbridge Fine Arts — Dale End Village, Dale End, Ironbridge (TF8 7NJ)
Jackfield / Maws:
- Rod Willis Fine Art — Studio 16, Maws Craft Centre, Jackfield (TF8 7LS)
- Graham Sherman (Artist) — Maws Craft Centre (C22), Salthouse Road, Jackfield (TF8 7LS)
Coalbrookdale:
- Nigel Glaze Art — Coalbrookdale, Ironbridge Gorge (TF8) (studio address not publicly listed)
🏃 Sport • fitness • active sessions
13Regular / ongoing:
- Activity for All (Buildwas Village Hall) — Fri 5 Jun · 1–2pm — £5
- Everill's Martial Arts & Fitness — classes (Mon–Fri): Future Champions 5.15pm, Kids 6.00pm, Youths 6.45pm, Adults 7.30pm · Sat (Ironbridge): Over 40s 9.00am, Ladies Only 9.45am, Sparring 10.30am — Coalbrookdale & Ironbridge Community Centre, Darby Road, Coalbrookdale, TF8 7DX
- Mytchel Ram — personal training · sports massage · private gym — Jockey Bank, Ironbridge, Telford TF8 7PD — mytchelram.com
- I.D Boxing: Boxing & Military-Style Fitness (Coalbrookdale Community Centre, TF8 7DX) — Every Friday
- Kids (ages 5–16): 5.30–6.30pm — £4 per session
- Adults: 6.30–7.30pm — £5 per session
- Circuits · Pad work · Biomechanics · HIIT · Bodyweight training · Self defence
- Telford Baseball Club — training Tuesdays 6–8pm (Dale End Park)
14Information is correct at the time of publication, but opening times and schedules can change. Please check with the venue for the latest details.