Transport Heritage Guide

recommended places to visit for transport enthusiasts


 
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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

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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.

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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.

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with some of the most comfortable carriages on any preserved railway – standard or narrow gauge – step back in time to a more civilised age

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all aboard for a spectacular journey operating between Kingswear and Paignton along a picturesque route bordering the Dart Estuary

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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

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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

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a family run living heritage attraction with one of the last horse-drawn barges in Great Britain

Locomotion

Shildon

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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

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historic narrow gauge railway, located in the Western part of the Lake District National Park with two main stations, Ravenglass and Dalegarth

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