England

Ironbridge Gorge

Floor24 m79 ft

Depth: 210 m
Rim: 251 m
Length: 34.6 km
Tonight: 6°CPartly cloudy · Wind 22 km/h W

Ironbridge Gorge is up to 210 m deep: the rim reaches 251 m and the floor 24 m, along 34.6 km.

All facts

Floor: 24 m

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3D map

Ironbridge Gorge 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Ironbridge Gorge topographic map

20 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 100 mShowing west → east through the centre

Ironbridge Gorge elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Downloads

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Print & wall

JPGIronbridge Gorge satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2025-09-22.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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Depth

Depth of Ironbridge Gorge

Up to 210 m deep (typically 98 m) along the 34.6 km in view.

Rim = the lower side's highest point within 6 km. Centreline follows the river (no mapped valley line).

Weather

Ironbridge Gorge weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 6°C (43°F) · Wind 22 km/h W

Ironbridge Gorge forecast for about 251 m.

Tonight6°–22 km/h W
Today7°13°13.7 mm38 km/h W
Sun6°10°0.2 mm39 km/h W
Mon7°15°6.4 mm33 km/h S
Tue9°13°1.6 mm30 km/h SW
Wed10°14°0.1 mm26 km/h W
Thu7°11°0.1 mm11 km/h S
Fri8°12°4.7 mm18 km/h SE
Sat5°11°0.8 mm14 km/h NW
Sun4°9°0.5 mm23 km/h NW

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Ironbridge Gorge

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Ironbridge Gorge, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest parking
Waterloo Street
0.6 km WNW · +2 more within 0.3 km
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Nearest caravan site
The Leopard
1.8 km SW · +2 more within 3.4 km
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Nearest campsite
Iron Gorge Camping
2.2 km NW
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All mapped places 7

Place	Distance
Parking	0.3 km WNW
Parking	0.3 km SE
Waterloo StreetParking	0.6 km WNW
The LeopardCaravan site	1.8 km SW
Iron Gorge CampingCampsite	2.2 km NW
Pool View Caravan ParkCaravan site	3.0 km W
Caravan site	3.4 km ESE

Slope

Share of the 18.4 × 18.4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 95% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

94.6%

Moderate, 15–30°

5.2%

Steep, 30–45°

0.2%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 0.2% of the 339 km² view
Relief in view: 515 m low point 22 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Cropland 39.5%Grassland 31.5%Trees 25.9%Built-up 2.6%Water 0.5%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 9.2 km; 1,224 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Asian Lady Beetle37
Old man's beard25
European Peacock Butterfly25
Speckled Wood24
Wild teasel24
Cowslip23

Where it sits

Where Ironbridge Gorge sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Rudyard Lake70 km NNE

Sources

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025 (scene 2025-09-22)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Official website · Wikidata · Wikipedia

Ironbridge Gorge

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