The hamlet then expanded to a mining village for the amount of industry around the area and Ironbridge Gorge.

It also saw the opening of the Wellington to Craven Arms Railway and Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway which built a branch from a junction with nearby Shifnal to Buildwas via Madeley, Lightmoor Platform, Coalbrookdale and Green Bank.

The area has also seen a brand new purpose-built garden village being built between Horsehay and the old Lightmoor settlement.

[3][4] Lightmoor is primarily residential with the nearest amenities in Horsehay, Dawley and Telford.

[5] The area has bus services connecting it to Telford, Madeley, Dawley and Sutton Hill.