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Inspiring you to Walk in Gorge-ous Surroundings

Our main event is our nine day annual Walking Festival which always starts on the first Saturday of the May Day Bank Holiday. In 2026, we celebrate 21 years of walking in the Gorge. Check out our Festival Stories to see what happened last year.   â€‹

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To keep in touch with us and receive our latest news direct to your inbox, drop us an email by clicking the envelope icon above and we can add you to our mailing list. You can also follow us on Facebook. To follow us on Eventbrite and to see our 2026 programme, click on the orange Eventbrite logo above. â€‹

Bookings are now OPEN! 

Latest News 

Website Updates - We've updated our Out and About section of the website, this includes our previous links to Visit Telford and Visit Shropshire which are fabulous resources for those people who are looking for places to stay and things to do whilst walking with us. We've also revamped our information on more walking opportunities - we hope you like it! 

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As you may know the National Trust are now responsible for the 10 museum sites in Ironbridge which are going to be opened in phases from Spring. You can keep up to date with what is going on by clicking hereWe look forward to working with the National Trust, building on the excellent partnership that we had with the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust.

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07/03/26 Our bookings opened today and you can read our Top Booking Tips for Eventbrite blog to help you with your booking. We also see changes in Eventbrite year to year. New for this year, is a feature if booking two tickets, and you include the other person's email, they then get an email where they can claim their tickets to add to their own account. This is a great new development, particularly for bookings with friends. Please remember that if you book two tickets on the same order, you have to contact us if you need to cancel just one of them.  We are happy to help with this. â€‹â€‹

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Our 2026 Programme - We have 64 walks this year, including a festival first offering the whole of the Telford T50 Trail - a sure way to grab a 50 mile medal! A huge thank you to Naomi, Wellington Walkers are Welcome and the Telford T50 Team for offering this great opportunity. If you would like more T50 information, just click on the icon. â€‹â€‹â€‹â€‹â€‹â€‹â€‹â€‹â€‹â€‹â€‹â€‹â€‹â€‹â€‹â€‹â€‹â€‹

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Leaflets with details of the programme have now been distributed across the County, in libraries, some community hubs, leisure centres and businesses. â€‹

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2025 Festival - Last year, we welcomed over 420 of you to the Gorge and together with our walk leaders and co-leaders, we walked nearly 9,000 miles – the distance from London to Australia! â€‹You can check out the blog about last year's festival, including photos from the Medals Ceremony. How far can we can walk to this year? Looking forward to seeing you in May, and celebrating another year of walking! â€‹â€‹

Cover Page Photo Credit @jasonalbutt  

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We are very proud that we can offer our festival for free, due to the generosity of our sponsors and supporters, the time and dedication of our volunteer committee, wonderful walk and co-walk leaders and the support of our walkers.

If you would like to make a donation to the festival, you can do so by bank transfer. All contributions are appreciated. 

Name: Ironbridge Gorge Walking Festival     Sort Code: 08 – 92 - 99     Account No: 65514120

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