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Interactive map of standard gauge heritage railways in Great Britain.
Interactive map of miniature heritage railways in Great Britain.
This is a list of heritage, private and preserved railways throughout the United Kingdom , the Crown dependencies , and British Overseas Territories whether operational or closed, that are operated for charitable purposes or shareholder profit. Some also provide economic local transport. For rail museums, see List of British railway museums
Many of the standard-gauge railways listed, including former branch lines and ex-mainline routes, were closed by British Railways under the Beeching Axe of the 1960s. Most have been restored and operate as heritage lines . A smaller number of lines were formerly industrial or colliery railways.
Many of these preserved railways are mentioned in national and international tour guides, and visits may form part of a school curriculum or feature in other studies, including civil engineering, mechanics, social, economic and political history, visual arts and drama.
This list also includes tramways. Nearly all tram services in Britain ended in the 1950s and early 1960s, leaving just Blackpool Corporation Tramways , although some big cities have since revived them in the late 20th century onwards.
This list includes those railways which has public open days and excludes those on private sites which are not advertised to the public.
England
Northern England
Goathland station on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway Standard gauge
Aln Valley Railway , Alnwick, NorthumberlandBowes Railway , Tyne and WearDerwent Valley Light Railway , Murton, North YorkshireEast Lancashire Railway , Bury, Greater ManchesterEden Valley Railway , Warcop, CumbriaEmbsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway , Embsay, North YorkshireKeighley & Worth Valley Railway , Haworth, West YorkshireLakeside and Haverthwaite Railway , Haverthwaite, nr Staveley, CumbriaMiddleton Railway , Hunslet, West YorkshireNorth Tyneside Steam Railway , North Shields , Tyne and WearNorth Yorkshire Moors Railway , Pickering, North YorkshireRibble Steam Railway , Preston, LancashireStainmore Railway , Kirkby Stephen, CumbriaTanfield Railway , Marley Hill, County DurhamWeardale Railway , Stanhope, County DurhamWensleydale Railway , Leeming Bar, North YorkshireYorkshire Wolds Railway , Sledmere–Fimber, East YorkshireRailway centres and museums
Beamish Museum & Railway Centre , County DurhamCarnforth Railway Centre , Carnforth, Lancashire - private site Crewe Heritage Centre , Crewe, CheshireHead of Steam , Darlington, County DurhamHeaton Park Tramway Museum , Manchester, Greater ManchesterLeeds Industrial Museum , Armley, West YorkshireLocomotion , Shildon, County DurhamNational Railway Museum , York, North YorkshireSouth Yorkshire Transport Museum , Aldwarke, Rotherham, South YorkshireStephenson Railway Museum , West Chirton, Tyne and WearNarrow gauge
The Threlkeld Quarry Railway in 2013 The Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway in 1981 Miniature
The North Bay Railway Miniature Railway in Royden Park All in one Miniature Railway , Knutsford nr Allostock, CheshireBlackpool Zoo Railway , Blackpool, LancashireBrookside Miniature Railway , Poynton, CheshireDragon Miniature Railway , Marple, nr Stockport, Greater ManchesterHalton Miniature Railway , Runcorn , CheshireHigh Legh Miniature Railway , High Legh, CheshireKnowsley Safari Park Railway , Knowsley, MerseysideLakeside Miniature Railway , Pleasureland Southport , MerseysideNorth Bay Railway , Scarborough, North YorkshirePleasure Beach Express , Blackpool Pleasure Beach, LancashireTeesside Small Gauge Railway, Preston Park, Stockton-on-Tees Pugneys Light Railway , Wakefield, West YorkshireRavenglass & Eskdale Railway , CumbriaSaltburn Miniature Railway , Saltburn, North YorkshireSouth Park Miniature Railway , Cheadle Hulme, Greater ManchesterThorpe Light Railway, Whorlton, County Durham
Walton Park Miniature Railway , Sale, Greater ManchesterWhistlestop Valley , Clayton West, West YorkshireWindmill Farm Railway , Bursough, LancashireWirral Model Engineering Society , Royden Park , Wirral , MerseysideTramways
Wirral Tramway Beamish Museum , County DurhamBradford Industrial Museum , Eccleshill, (nr Bradford), West YorkshireHeaton Park Tramway , Manchester, Greater ManchesterShipley Glen Tramway , Shipley, West YorkshireWirral Transport Museum and Heritage Tramway , Birkenhead, MerseysideEast of England
Mixed train on the Mid-Suffolk Light Railway Restored double track section on the Mid-Norfolk Railway Standard gauge
Colne Valley Railway , Castle Hedingham, EssexEpping Ongar Railway , Ongar, EssexMid-Norfolk Railway , Dereham, NorfolkMid Suffolk Light Railway , Brockford, SuffolkNene Valley Railway , Wansford, CambridgeshireNorth Norfolk Railway , Sheringham, NorfolkRailway centres and museums
Bressingham Steam and Gardens , Diss, NorfolkEast Anglian Railway Museum , Chappel & Wakes Colne Station, EssexMangapps Railway Museum , Burnham-on-Crouch, EssexRailworld Wildlife Haven , Peterborough, CambridgeshireWhitwell & Reepham Railway , Reepham, NorfolkNarrow gauge
Bressingham Steam and Gardens , Diss, NorfolkGreat Whipsnade Railway , Whipsnade Zoo , BedfordshireLeighton Buzzard Light Railway , BedfordshireSouthend Pier Railway , Southend-on-Sea, EssexSouthwold Steamworks , Southwold, SuffolkWaltham Abbey Royal Gunpowder Mills , EssexYaxham Light Railway , Norfolk – private site Miniature
The Wells and Walsingham Light Railway Audley End Railway , EssexBure Valley Railway , Aylsham, NorfolkBushey Miniature Railway , Bushey, HertfordshireEast Herts Miniature Railway , Ware, HertfordshireEaton Park Miniature Railway , Norwich, NorfolkFancott Miniature Railway , BedfordshireRex Express, Paradise Wildlife Park , HertfordshireRiverside Miniature Railway , St Neots, CambridgeshireGreat Woburn Railway , Woburn, BedfordshireWells & Walsingham Light Railway , Wells-next-the-Sea, NorfolkTramways
East Midlands
Standard gauge
Great Central Railway (heritage railway) .Battlefield Line , Shackerstone, LeicestershireEcclesbourne Valley Railway , Wirksworth, DerbyshireGreat Central Railway , Loughborough, LeicestershireGreat Central Railway (Nottingham) , Ruddington, NottinghamshireLincolnshire Wolds Railway , Ludborough, LincolnshireMidland Railway – Butterley , DerbyshireMountsorrel Railway , Mountsorrel, LeicestershireNorthampton & Lamport Railway , Pitsford and Brampton, NorthamptonshireNorthants Ironstone Railway , Hunsbury Hill, NorthamptonshirePeak Rail , Matlock, DerbyshireRushden, Higham & Wellingborough Railway , Rushden, NorthamptonshireRailway centres and museums
Narrow gauge
Billing Aquadrome Miniature Railway , Great Billing, NorthamptonshireCrowle Peatland Railway , Crowle, North LincolnshireDerbyshire Dales Narrow Gauge Railway , Rowsley, DerbyshireGolden Valley Light Railway , Butterley, DerbyshireIrchester Narrow Gauge Railway Museum , Irchester, Wellingborough, NorthamptonshireLincolnshire Coast Light Railway , Skegness, LincolnshireNarrow Gauge Railway , Mountsorrel, LeicestershireAbbey Pumping Station Railway Leicester, LeicestershireNorth Ings Farm Railway , LincolnshireSherwood Forest Railway , NottinghamshireSteeple Grange Light Railway , Wirksworth, DerbyshireWicksteed Park Railway , Kettering, NorthamptonshireMiniature
Tramways
A 1931 Leeds tram seen at Crich Tramway Village in 2004 South East
GWR Earl of Berkeley at Horsted Keynes Station, Bluebell Railway Standard gauge
Bluebell Railway , Sheffield Park, SussexChinnor & Princes Risborough Railway , Chinnor, Oxfordshire / Princes Risborough, BuckinghamshireCholsey & Wallingford Railway , Wallingford, OxfordshireEast Kent Railway , Shepherdswell, KentIsle of Wight Steam Railway , Havenstreet, Isle of WightKent & East Sussex Steam Railway , Tenterden, KentLavender Line , Isfield, East SussexRother Valley Railway , Robertsbridge, East Sussex (line extension under construction)Spa Valley Railway , Royal Tunbridge Wells, KentWatercress Line , New Alresford, HampshireRailway centres and museums
The engine sheds at Didcot Railway Centre Buckinghamshire Railway Centre , Quainton, Aylesbury, BuckinghamshireChatham Historic Dockyard Railway, KentDidcot Railway Centre , Didcot, OxfordshireLondon Transport Museum , Covent Garden, Central LondonSouthall Railway Centre , Southall, West London- private siteNarrow gauge
Trains on the Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway The Volks Electric Railway Amberley Museum Railway , Amberley, West SussexGreat Bush Railway , Tinkers Park, Hadlow Down, East SussexBredgar & Wormshill Light Railway , near Sittingbourne, KentExbury Gardens Railway , Beaulieu, HampshireHayling Seaside Railway , Hayling Island, HampshireHollycombe Steam Collection , near Liphook, HampshireHythe Pier Ferry Railway , HampshireOld Kiln Light Railway , Rural Life Centre, Reeds Road, Tilford, Farnham, SurreyHampton & Kempton Waterworks Railway , Hanworth/Hampton, London.London Museum of Water & Steam , Kew Bridge, Brentford, LondonMail Rail , short section of the former London Post Office Railway opened to public since 2017Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway , KentSittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway , KentVolk's Electric Railway , Brighton, East SussexMiniature
Bekonscot Light Railway , Beaconsfield, BuckinghamshireBlenheim Park Railway , Blenheim Palace, OxfordshireBeech Hurst Park Miniature Railway , Haywards Heath, West SussexCrowborough Miniature Railway , Crowborough, East SussexEastleigh Lakeside Steam Railway , HampshireFrimley Lodge Park Railway , SurreyGreat Cockcrow Railway , Chertsey, SurreyHarlington Locomotive Society , Hayes, MiddlesexHastings Miniature Railway , Hastings Seafront, East SussexIckenham Miniature Railway , Ickenham, LondonJocks Lane Miniature Railway , Bracknell, BerkshireLeatherhead Model Railway , Leatherhead, SurreyLittlehampton Miniature Railway , Littlehampton, West SussexMalden District Society of Model Engineers , Thames Ditton, SurreyMoors Valley Railway , near Ringwood, HampshirePinewood Model Railway , Pinewood, CrowthorneReading Society of Model Engineers , Reading BerkshireRoyal Victoria Railway , Southampton, HampshireRuislip Lido Railway , Ruislip, LondonSouth Downs Light Railway , Pulborough, West SussexSwanley New Barn Railway , Swanley, KentWatford Miniature Railway , Cassiobury Park, Watford, HertfordshireWellington Country Park Miniature Railway, near Riseley, HampshireWoking Miniature Railway , Knaphill, SurreySouth West
Bishops Lydeard station on the West Somerset Railway A general view of the Swanage Railway Standard gauge
Avon Valley Railway , Bitton, South GloucestershireBodmin & Wenford Railway , Bodmin, CornwallDartmouth Steam Railway , Paignton, DevonDean Forest Railway , Norchard, GloucestershireEast Somerset Railway , Cranmore, SomersetHelston Railway , Prospidnick, CornwallPlym Valley Railway , Marsh Mills, Plympton, DevonNorth Dorset Railway , Shillingstone, DorsetSomerset & Dorset Railway , Midsomer Norton, SomersetSouth Devon Railway , Buckfastleigh, DevonSwanage Railway , Swanage, DorsetSwindon & Cricklade Railway , Blunsdon, WiltshireTarka Valley Railway , Great Torrington, DevonWest Somerset Railway , Minehead, SomersetRailway centres and museums
Narrow gauge
Restored Victorian coach at the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway Bicton Woodland Railway , DevonDevon Railway Centre , Bickleigh, DevonExmoor Steam Railway , Devon – private site Gartell Light Railway , Templecombe, SomersetLaunceston Steam Railway , Launceston, CornwallLea Bailey Light Railway . Gloucestershire / Herefordshire borderLynbarn Railway , DevonLynton & Barnstaple Railway , Woody Bay, DevonMorwellham Quay Open Air Museum , DevonExmouth Miniature Railway Miniature
The Beer Heights Light Railway Beer Heights Light Railway , DevonBerkeley Light Railway , GloucestershireExmouth Miniature Railway , DevonGorse Blossom Farm Railway , DevonLappa Valley Steam Railway , CornwallLongleat Railway , WiltshireMoors Valley Railway , Ashley Heath, DorsetPerrygrove Railway , Coleford, GloucestershireBickington Steam Railway , Trago Mills, DevonTramways
West Midlands
Arley station on the Severn Valley Railway Standard gauge
Cambrian Heritage Railways , Oswestry and Llynclys, ShropshireChasewater Railway , Chasewater Country Park, Brownhills, StaffordshireChurnet Valley Railway , Cheddleton, StaffordshireFoxfield Railway , Blythe Bridge, StaffordshireGloucestershire Warwickshire Railway , Toddington, Gloucestershire and Broadway, WorcestershireSevern Valley Railway , Bridgnorth, Shropshire and Kidderminster, WorcestershireTelford Steam Railway , Horsehay, ShropshireGloucestershire Warwickshire Railway Railway centres and museums
Narrow gauge
Amerton Railway , StaffordshireApedale Valley Light Railway , Chesterton, Newcastle Under Lyme, StaffordshireBromyard and Linton Light Railway , Bromyard, Herefordshire – private site Moseley Railway Trust , Chesterton, Newcastle-under-Lyme, StaffordshireNorth Gloucestershire Railway , Toddington, GloucestershirePerrygrove Railway , GloucestershireRudyard Lake Steam Railway , Rudyard, StaffordshireStatfold Barn Railway , Tamworth, StaffordshireMiniature
Broomy Hill Railway , HerefordshireDowns Light Railway , Colwall, Worcestershire (also the oldest private miniature railway worldwide)Echills Wood Railway , Kingsbury Waterpark, WarwickshireEvesham Vale Light Railway , Evesham Country Park, WorcestershireWeston Park Railway , ShropshireRainsbrook Valley Railway , Onley Lane, WarwickshireTramways
Dudley tram No. 5 of 1920 at Black Country Museum Proposed
East of England
North of England
South of England
Defunct
This is a list of former heritage railway attractions that are sadly defunct.
Ashford Steam Centre , Willesborough, Kent – closed in 1976.Abbey Light Railway , Kirkstall, West Yorkshire – closed in 2012.Brockham Railway Museum , Dorking, Surrey – closed 1982 (Stock moved to Amberley Museum Railway , West Sussex)Bolebroke Castle Miniature Railway , East Sussex – closed 2012Buxton Steam Centre , Derbyshire – closed in 1987, as Peak Rail moved to Darley Dale.Cadeby Light Railway , Cadeby, Leicestershire – closed in 2005.Chester Zoo monorail , Chester Zoo , ChesterCreekmoor Light Railway , Poole, Dorset – closed in 1973Dinting Railway Centre , Derbyshire – closed in 1991, (Society moved to Ingrow (West) station on the KWVR, West Yorkshire.)Dowty Railway Centre , Ashchurch, Gloucestershire – closed in the 1980sEastbourne Tramway , East Sussex – closed 1969, (moved to Seaton, Devon)Electric Railway Museum, Warwickshire - closed in October 2017, (rolling stock relocated to other preserved railways across the UK).Elsecar Heritage Railway , South Yorkshire - closed 2020.Finmere railway station , Buckinghamshire (stock relocated after the land was developed for HS2).Great Yorkshire Railway Preservation Society , Starbeck, North Yorkshire – closed in 1989 (Group moved to Murton, near York, to restore part of the former Derwent Valley Light Railway )Lincolnshire Coast Light Railway , Humberston, Lincolnshire – closed 1985 - Rebuilt 2009 in Skegness.Markeaton Park Light Railway , Rowsley, Derbyshire - closed in 2016, track lifted in 2017.Marwell Wildlife Railway, Hampshire - closed in 2021 and track lifted by end of 2022.
Museum of British Transport, Clapham , South London – closed in 1973. Some exhibits moved first to Syon Park, West London and subsequently to Covent Garden to form London Transport Museum . Some exhibits moved to N.R.M. York.North Downs Steam Railway , Dartford, Kent – closed in 1995 (society merged with Spa Valley Railway)North Woolwich Old Station Museum , East London – closed in 2008Queen Mary's Hospital Miniature Railway , Carshalton, South London - Closed in 1997Ramsgate Tunnel Railway , Ramsgate, Kent – closed in 1965Snibston Railway , Coalville, Leicestershire – closed on 31 July 2015 (as with the Discovery Museum, itself)Southport Pier Tramway , Southport, Merseyside - closed 2015Southport Railway Museum , Southport, Lancashire – closed in 1999 (Society moved to Preston Docks as the Ribble Steam Railway ).Stevington & Turvey Light Railway , Turvey, Bedfordshire – private site - closed in 2014.Transperience , Low Moor, Bradford, Yorkshire – closed in 1997Wells Harbour Railway , in Norfolk - closed in 2021Westerham Valley Railway Association , Westerham, Kent – closed 1965 (merged with Kent and East Sussex Railway Preservation Society with a few items of stock transferred to KWVR.)Northern Ireland
See List of heritage railways in Northern Ireland
Irish standard gauge
Railway centres and museums
Narrow gauge
Defunct
Scotland
Standard gauge
Central Highlands
East Coast of Scotland
South West Scotland
Railway centres and museums
Narrow gauge
Craignure station on the 260 mm gauge Isle of Mull railway Miniature railways
Proposed
Defunct
Wales
North Wales
Mid Wales
South Wales
Proposed
North Wales
Standard gauge
Narrow gauge
South Wales
Standard gauge
Defunct
Butetown Historical Railway Society , Cardiff Bay – closed in 1997, moved to Barry Tourist RailwayCaerphilly Railway Society , Caerphilly Railway Works – closed 1996, moved to Gwili RailwayGloddfa Ganol , Blaenau Ffestiniog - museum of narrow-gauge railways, closed in 1998, stock sold at auctionSwansea Vale Railway , Pentrechwyth – closed in 2009, (most of the track and rolling stock are now located on the Gwili Railway).Penrhyn Quarry Railway , Bethesda, GwyneddTrawsfynydd and Blaenau Ffestiniog Railway , Closed and replaced by Bala & Ffestiniog Railway Heritage TrustCrown dependencies
Isle of Man
Derelict
See Rail transport in the Isle of Man
Channel Islands
British Overseas Territories
Falkland Islands
See also
References
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