The 'European Route of Industrial Heritage' ('ERIH') is a network of the most important
sites in Europe. The aim of the project is to create interest for the common European Heritage of the Industrialization and its remains. ERIH also wants to promote regions, towns and sites showing the industrial history and market them as visitor attractions in the leisure and tourism industry.
The – virtual – main route is built by the so-called Anchor Points. These are Industrial Heritage sites which are the historically most important and most attractive for visitors. In a first step the route leads through
| Location | Site | Theme(s) |
|---|
| Amlwch | Mynydd Parys and Porth Amlwch | Mining, Transport and Communication |
| Amsterdam | Heineken Experience - Heineken Brewery | Production and Manufacturing |
| Beringen | Flemish Coal Mining Museum | Mining |
| Birmingham | Jewellery Quarter | Production and Manufacturing |
| Blaenavon | Big Pit National Coal Museum | Mining |
| Bradford | Saltaire Village | Textile, Production and Manufacturing |
| Brandenburg an der Havel | Industrial Museum | Iron and Steel |
| Brentford | Kew Bridge Steam Museum | Energy, Water |
| Chatham, Kent | Chatham Dockyard | Transport and Communication |
| Chemnitz | Chemnitz Industrial Museum | Textile, Production and Manufacturing, Energy, Transport and Communication |
| Cromford | Derwent Valley Mills | Textile |
| Crynant | Cefn Coed Colliery Museum | Mining |
| Delmenhorst | Nordwolle | Textile |
| Differdange | Industry and Railway Park Fond-de-Gras | Mining, Transport and Communication |
| Dortmund | Westphalian Industrial Museum Zollern II/IV Colliery | Mining |
| Duisburg | North Duisburg Landscape Park | Iron and Steel |
| Dundee | Verdant Works | Textile |
| Enschede | Museum of Textiles and Social Life Jannink | Textile |
| Essen | World Heritage Site Zollverein XII Colliery & Coking Plant | Mining |
| Euskirchen | Rhineland Industrial Museum Mueller Cloth Mill | Textile |
| Gloucester | National Waterways Museum and Gloucester Dock | Transport and Communication |
| Goslar | Mines of Rammelsberg World Heritage Site | Mining |
| Gräfenhainichen | Ferropolis - Town of Iron | Mining, Energy |
| Haarlemmermeer | Steam Pumping Station De Cruquius | Energy, Water |
| Hamburg | Museum of Work | Production and Manufacturing |
| Hengelo | Museum of Technology HEIM | Production and Manufacturing, Energy |
| Hoyerswerda | Lusatia Mining Museum Knappenrode | Mining |
| Kerkrade | Museum of Industry INDUSTRION | Mining, Production and Manufacturing |
| Kidderminster | Severn Valley Railway | Transport and Communication |
| La Louvière | Mining Site Bois-du-Luc. Ecomusée | Mining |
| Lage | Westphalian Industrial Museum Brick Works Lage | Production and Manufacturing |
| Lanark | New Lanark | Textiles |
| Lichterfeld | Overburden Conveyor Bridge F60 | Mining |
| Liverpool | Merseyside Maritime Museum | Transport and Communication |
| Llanberis | Welsh Slate Museum | Production and Manufacturing |
| Manchester | Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester | Textile, Production and Manufacturing, Energy, Transport and Communication |
| Merkers | Merkers Adventure Mine | Mining |
| Newtongrange | Scottish Mining Museum | Mining |
| Northwich | Lion Salt Works | Production and Manufacturing |
| Nürnberg | DB (German Railway) Museum | Transport and Communication |
| Oberhausen | Gasometer next to CentrO | Energy |
| Papenburg | Meyer Shipyard | Production and Manufacturing |
| Peenemünde | Historical and Technical Information Centre | Energy, Transport and Communication |
| Penzance | Geevor Tin Mine | Mining |
| Petite-Rosselle | La mine, Musée du Carreau Wendel | Mining |
| Rhondda | Rhondda Heritage Park | Mining |
| Rotterdam | Wilhelmina Quays | Production and Manufacturing, Transport and Communication |
| Selb | European Industrial Museum of China | Production and Manufacturing |
| Sheffield | Kelham Island Museum | Iron and Steel, Production and Manufacturing, Energy |
| Solingen | Rhineland Industrial Museum Hendrichs Drop Forge | Production and Manufacturing |
| Stoke-on-Trent | Gladstone Pottery Museum | Production and Manufacturing |
| Swansea | National Waterfront Museum | Mining, Iron and Steel, Production and Manufacturing, Energy, Transport and Communication, Water |
| Tavistock | Morwellham Quay | Mining, Transport and Communication |
| Telford | Ironbridge Gorge Museums | Mining, Iron and Steel, Production and Manufacturing, Energy |
| Tilburg | The Dutch Museum of Textiles | Textile |
| Uebigau-Wahrenbrück | Louise Briquette Works | Mining, Energy |
| Völklingen | World Heritage Site Voelklingen Iron Works | Iron and Steel |
| Wakefield | National Coal Mining Museum for England | Mining |
| Waltham Abbey | Waltham Abbey Royal Gunpowder Mills | Mining, Production and Manufacturing |
| Zaandam | Museum "Zaanse Schans" | Energy, Water |
| Zehdenick | Mildenberg Brick Work Park | Production and Manufacturing |
| Zevenaar | Brick Works De Panoven | Production and Manufacturing |
| Zwickau | August Horch Museum | Production and Manufacturing |
Regional Routes (like the Route der Industriekultur in the Ruhr) cover regions as where industrial history has left its mark.
Ten European Theme Routes show the diversity of industrial landscapes all over Europe and the common roots of industrial history:
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