



Ride heritage steam trains and explore a working railway museum celebrating the golden age of coal and steam locomotion.
Venue Type
Indoor & Outdoor
Typical visit duration
All day
Booking
Walk-in
Recommended ages
0 months (newborn)+
Within 10 minutes walk
Seasonal café offering hot and cold beverages, soups, sandwiches, homemade cakes and seasonal refreshments
Hours: Open on selected days during the running season
I highly recommend visiting this railway. The museum itself is small (but free), however the steam railway excursion is absolutely excellent. All the staff are friendly and interested. They also do themed trips (Halloween, xmas, etc etc) though I have not tried them.
It's amazing! I love the staffs, they are friendly! On entering one of them approached me and explained everything happening today Sunday, when the next train will arrive. It's a wee museum with loads of things to see, oh kids will love it as well. They have mini train ride outside.
Brilliant experience. A really lovely atmosphere and everyone who works there is so lovely and clearly have a passion for the museum and the trains. Great place to visit, our family really enjoy it here. The train rides are so much fun and such good value for money. A lovely little cafe too with homemade treats! There are lovely activities for children (and adults!) to do inside the museum as well. We love it here 🥰
We had a lovely stop off here for a heritage steam train journey up and down the line on a Sunday. It took about half an hour and we got to see the engine uncoupling and re-coupling at the end of the line. Staff were very friendly. There was live music for an event in the museum section so didn't really take a look round there as it was a bit loud for our kids. But they did enjoy the table with colouring pictures of trains and we also had a delicious strawberry and chocolate scone in the café. It was very reasonably priced though the cream tea had run out so I'd say if you want one of those, go early. There were toilets there too but didn't use them so can't comment on those. There was lots of parking with some parent and toddler spaces. There were some other spaces that would have been suitable for longer vehicles too. Overall we spent a lovely hour or so there and the kids enjoyed themselves.
Great place for kids. Wheel chair and pushchair accessible!! Not too big either so their legs won’t get too tired. Free parking in car park. Tickets available on arrival, include access to the indoor museum and unlimited steam train rides. The journey is about 30 mins in total. There’s a small cafe too able to take your own food or buy hot drinks and cakes. Mini sit on train ride for extra cost too for the little ones.
Reviews last updated: 29 September 2026
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This venue was last updated on 28 September 2026
