The National Railway Museum in York houses iconic locomotives, royal carriages and railway treasures. It tells the story of rail travel through stunning displays and interactive exhibits, making it the world’s largest railway museum. Free entry.
Science Museum
London SW7
The Science Museum in London explores innovation through interactive galleries, historic inventions, and cutting-edge technology. Highlights include space travel, medicine, and engineering exhibits, making it a hub of discovery for all ages.
The Historic Dockyard
Chatham
Chatham Historic Dockyard in Kent is a maritime heritage site with historic warships, Victorian ropery, and naval exhibits. Once a key Royal Navy dockyard, it now tells 400 years of shipbuilding history in an immersive setting.
Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railway
Porthmadog
with some of the most comfortable carriages on any preserved railway – standard or narrow gauge – step back in time to a more civilised age
Dartmouth Steam Railway
Kingswear
all aboard for a spectacular journey operating between Kingswear and Paignton along a picturesque route bordering the Dart Estuary
built in 1888 with a new award winning Bolton Abbey station which is a reconstruction of the original and vintage steam locomotives
Great Central Railway
Loughborough
UK's only double track, main line heritage railway. It’s the only place in the world where full size steam engines can be seen passing each other
Horse Drawn Barge
Tiverton
a family run living heritage attraction with one of the last horse-drawn barges in Great Britain
Locomotion
Shildon
explore the rich seam of local railway history and discover how the railways have changed all our lives, with a model railway to please all enthusiasts
Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway
Ravenglass
historic narrow gauge railway, located in the Western part of the Lake District National Park with two main stations, Ravenglass and Dalegarth