Merrythought
![A Merrythought teddy bear from the 2000s, made with mohair and with a bow decorated with Iron Bridges.](/Images/godic/202501/26/Merrythought_teddy_bear_ironbridges3919.jpg")
![The shop and museum, which first opened in 1988, is one of the visitor attractions in the area. It is run and managed directly by Merrythought, though previously was part of the Ironbridge Gorge Museums.](/Images/godic/202501/26/Merrythought_Ironbridge_20093919.jpg")
![The Merrythought site in 2011](/Images/godic/202501/26/Merrythought_Ironbridge_20113919.jpg")
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Merrythought is a toy manufacturing company established in 1930 in the United Kingdom. The company specialises in soft toys, especially teddy bears. It is the last remaining British teddy bear factory to still make its products in Britain and is located at Ironbridge in Shropshire.