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Ironbridge, like all the stations north of [[Victoria Bridge]], was built on the west bank of the [[River Severn]]. The river runs almost due east-west at Ironbridge, and thus the station was situated on what was effectively the south bank, immediately south of Abraham Darby’s bridge after which the town was named. The Gorge is very narrow at this point, and much of the station lay on an embankment and plateau supported by a 15 metre high retaining wall.<ref name = "Vanns38">[[Bibliography#Books|Vanns (1998/2013)]] p. 38.</ref>
The station was probably used more by the people of Broseley, situated about ½ mile away on the same side of the river, and the site of tile and clay pipe making industries. The 1861 census showed the population of Broseley as 4,724, larger than Ironbridge (3,154). Ironbridge town itself is on the north bank, and crossing the bridge required payment of a toll until 1950, a fact that undoubtedly discouraged passengers from Ironbridge using the station.<ref name = "Vanns38" /> Nearby [[Coalbrookdale]], also on the north bank, had its own station on the Wellington-Much Wenlock line.
[[File:OS Map IronBridge.JPG | 500px]]
