Not many people about in Telford

We left Blists Hill and returned to the Telford International Hotel. We decided to eat out and walked into Telford.

Info about Telford from reference in Wikipedia.

"Telford is a large new town in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and ceremonial county of Shropshire, England, about 13 miles (21 km) east of Shrewsbury, and 30 miles (48 km) west of Birmingham. With an estimated population (for the borough) of 170,300 in 2010 and around 155,000 in Telford itself,[1] Telford is the largest town in Shropshire, and one of the fastest-growing towns in the United Kingdom".

The bit we were in was virtually deserted

"It is named after civil engineer Thomas Telford. The town was put together in the 1960s and 1970s as a new town on previously industrial and agricultural land and smaller towns.

Telford now includes Ironbridge Gorge, a scenic tourist destination and UNESCO World Heritage Site. The town advertises itself as "The Birthplace of Industry", due to its proximity to Coalbrookdale and other places in the Ironbridge Gorge area, which are internationally recognised as being important to the Industrial Revolution".