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The Green Wood Centre is part of the national woodland charity, the Small Woods Association. The Centre promotes sustainable living through a wood based economy by running courses in woodland management and related activities and making landscape furniture from local FSC timber. The site has one of the UK's most energy efficient timber buildings and is now the national centre for excellence in the field of crafts and coppice. The Green Wood Centre is home to the Ironbridge Woodland Experience which includes a 'state of the art' woodland hall, a vegetarian whole-food cafe, a retail outlet for coppice products, displays of coppice tools, coracles in all stages of construction and of course woodland walks around the Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Site. Open daily 11am - 4pm in the Winter and 10am - 5pm in the Summer, entry is free. The Green Wood Centre is the first establishment in Shropshire to achieve a Gold award in the Green Tourism Business Scheme.
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Welcome to the Green Wood Centre...based in Coalbrookdale just a short way from historic Ironbridge, the Green Wood Centre is an innovative interpretation centre for woodland management, coppicing, sustainable building and other sustainable technologies.Featured Attraction
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How Stean Gorge How Stean is a spectacular limestone gorge, situated in an Area of Oustanding Natural Beauty, in the very heart of Nidderdale among lush green pastures. Known as 'Yorkshire's Little Switzerland' to the Victorians, the Gorge is crossed by narrow bridges between the rocky paths that lead down and across the rock face. The scenery is breathtaking, and the beck that runs through the Gorge can be anything from a gentle stream to a raging gushing torrent - depending on the rainfall and time of year. |
