Preservation Sites
The list below covers active preservation and other related railway sites (not necessarily with rolling stock), throughout the UK. If you click on a site you will be re-directed to its corresponding website.
England,[Std] [NG] [Mini] [Tram] Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Isle of Man, Channel Isles, Republic of Ireland
General
England
Standard Gauge Railway Centres & Museums
Aln Valley Railway, Alnwick, Northumberland
Amberley Museum & Heritage Centre, Arundel, West Sussex
Appleby Frodingham Railway, Tata Steel, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire
Astley Green Colliery Museum, Tyldesley, Lancashire
Avon Valley Railway, Bitton, Gloucestershire
Barrow Hill Roundhouse Railway Centre, Barrow Hill, Derbyshire
Battlefield Line, Shackerstone, Leicestershire
Beamish Museum, County Durham
Bere Ferrers Station & Heritage Centre, Devon
Bideford Railway Heritage Centre, Bideford, Devon
Bishop's Castle Railway Museum, Bishop's Castle, Shropshire
Bluebell Railway, Sheffield Park, Sussex
Bodmin & Wenford Railway, Bodmin, Cornwall
Bowes Railway, Tyne and Wear
Bressingham Steam & Gardens, Norfolk
Bristol Harbour Railway, Bristol, Gloucestershire
Buckinghamshire Railway Centre, Quainton Road, Buckinghamshire
Cambrian Heritage Railways, Oswestry / Llynclys, Shropshire
Chasewater Railway, Staffordshire
Chatham Historic Dockyard Railway, Kent
Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway, Chinnor, Oxfordshire
Cholsey & Wallingford Railway, Wallingford, Oxfordshire
Churnet Valley Railway, Cheddleton, Staffordshire
Coleford Great Western Railway Museum, Coleford, Gloucestershire
Colne Valley Railway, Castle Hedingham, Essex
Crewe Heritage Centre, Crewe, Cheshire
Darlington Railway Preservation Society, Darlington North Road Goods Shed, County Durham
Didcot Railway Centre, Didcot, Oxfordshire
East Anglian Railway Museum, Chappel, Essex
Dartmoor Railway, Okehampton, Devon
Dartmouth Steam Railway, Paignton, Devon
Dean Forest Railway, Norchard, Gloucestershire
Derwent Valley Light Railway, Yorkshire Museum of Farming, Murton, North Yorkshire
East Kent Railway, Shepherdswell, Kent
East Lancashire Railway, Bury, Greater Manchester
East Somerset Railway, Cranmore, Somerset
Ecclesbourne Valley Railway, Wirksworth, Derbyshire
Eden Valley Railway, Warcop, Cumbria
Elsecar Heritage Railway, South Yorkshire
Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway, Embsay, North Yorkshire
Epping Ongar Railway, Ongar, Essex
Exeter & Teign Valley Railway, Christow Station, Devon (private)
Fawley Hill Railway, Buckinghamshire (private)
Foxfield Light Railway, Blythe Bridge, Staffordshire
Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway, Toddington, Gloucestershire
Great Central Railway, Loughborough, Leicestershire.
Great Central Railway (Nottingham), Ruddington, Nottinghamshire
Head of Steam, Darlington Railway Museum, Darlington North Road, , County Durham
Helston Railway, Trevarno Farm, Prospidnick, Cornwall
Heritage Shunters Trust (Peak Rail), Rowsley, Derbyshire
Hollycombe Steam Museum,Liphook, Hampshire
Ingrow Loco Museum & Workshop, Keighley & Worth Valley Railway, Ingrow, West Yorkshire
Isle of Wight Steam Railway, Havenstreet, Isle of Wight
Keighley & Worth Valley Railway, Haworth, West Yorkshire
Kent & East Sussex Steam Railway, Tenterden, Kent
Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway, Staveley, Cumbria
Lavender Line, Isfield, East Sussex
Leeds Industrial Museum, Armley Mills, Leeds, West Yorkshire
Leiston Works Railway, Leiston, Suffolk
Lincolnshire Wolds Railway, Ludborough, Lincolnshire
Locomotion (NRM), Shildon, County Durham
London Transport Museum, London
Manchester Museum of Transport, Manchester
Mangapps Railway Museum, Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex
Market Drayton Railway Preservation Society, Shropshire
Mid Hants Railway, New Alresford, Hampshire
Mid-Norfolk Railway, East Dereham, Norfolk
Mid-Suffolk Light Railway, Brockford, Suffolk
Middleton Railway, Hunslet, West Yorkshire
Midland Railway Butterley, Butterley, Derbyshire
Mountsorrel Railway (GCR), Leicestershire
Museum of Liverpool, Liverpool
Museum of Rail Travel, Keighley & Worth Valley Railway, Ingrow, West Yorkshire
National Railway Museum, York, North Yorkshire
Nene Valley Railway, Wansford, Cambridgeshire
North Norfolk Railway, Sheringham, Norfolk
North Tyneside Steam Railway, Stephenson Railway Museum, North Shields, Tyne and Wear
North Yorkshire Moors Railway, Pickering, North Yorkshire
Northampton & Lamport Railway, Chapel Brampton, Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire Ironstone Railway, Hunsbury Hill, Northamptonshire
Peak Rail, Rowsley, Derbyshire
Plym Valley Railway, Marsh Mills, Plymouth, Devon
Poulton and Wyre Railway, Thornton–Cleveleys, Lancashire (under restoration)
Ribble Steam Railway, Riversway, Preston, Lancashire
Rother Valley Railway, Robertsbridge, East Sussex
Rowden Mill & Fencote Railway, Herefordshire (private)
Rushden Transport Museum, Rushden, Northamptonshire
Rutland Railway Museum (Rocks by Rail), Cottesmore, Rutland
Severn Valley Railway, Bridgnorth, Shropshire
Shillingstone Railway Project, Dorset
Snibston Colliery Park, Coalville
Somerset & Dorset Heritage Railway, Midsomer Norton, Somerset
South Devon Railway, Buckfastleigh, Devon
Southall Railway Centre, Southall, West London
Spa Valley Railway, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Stainmore Railway, Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria
STEAM - Museum of the Great Western Railway, Swindon, Wiltshire
Stephenson's Steam Railway, North Shields, Tyne & Wear
Swanage Railway, Swanage, Dorset
Swindon & Cricklade Railway, Blunsdon, Wiltshire
Tanfield Railway, Marley Hill, County Durham
Tarka Valley Railway, Torrington, Devon (under construction)
Telford Steam Railway, Horsehay, Telford, Shropshire
Tyseley Locomotive Works, Tyseley, Birmingham, West Midlands
Vale of Berkey Railway, Sharpness, Gloucestershire
Weardale Railway, Stanhope, County Durham
Wensleydale Railway, Leeming Bar, North Yorkshire
West Somerset Railway, Minehead, Somerset
Whitwell & Reepham Railway, Norfolk
Wisbech and March Railway, Waldersea, Cambridgeshire (under construction)
Yeovil Railway Centre, Yeovil, Somerset
Yorkshire Wolds Railway, Sledmere–Fimber, East Yorkshire (under construction)
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Narrow Gauge
Amberley Museum & Heritage Centre, Arundel, West Sussex
Amerton Railway, Staffordshire
Apedale Valley Light Railway (see also Moseley Railway Trust) Chesterton, Newcastle Under Lyme, Staffordshire
Beeches Light Railway (private site)
Bicton Woodland Railway, Devon
Bredgar & Wormshill Light Railway, Bredgar, Kent
Bressingham Steam & Gardens, Norfolk
Bure Valley Railway, Aylsham, Norfolk
Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway, Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire
Ashover Light Railway, (Peak Rail), Rowsley, Derbyshire
Devon Railway Centre, Bickleigh, Devon
Eaton Hall Railway, Cheshire (private site)
Evesham Light Railway, Twyford, Worcestershire
Gartell Light Railway, Yenston, Somerset
Golden Valley Light Railway, (Midland Railway Butterley), Derbyshire
Hayling Railway, Hampshire
Halesworth to Southwold, Suffolk
Heatherslaw Light Railway, Northumberland
Hollycombe Steam Museum, Liphook, Hampshire
Kirklees Light Railway, Clayton West, nr HuddersfieldWest Yorkshire
Launceston Steam Railway, Launceston, Cornwall
Leighton Buzzard Light Railway, Bedfordshire
London Museum of Water & Steam, Brentford, London
London Post Office Railway (proposed museum)
Lynton & Barnstaple Railway, Devon
Moseley Railway Trust, Chesterton, Newcastle Under Lyme, Staffordshire
Morwellham Quay Open Air Museum, Devon
Toddington Narrow Gauge Railway, (GWR) Toddington, Gloucestershire
North Ings Farm Museum, Dorrington, Lincolnshire
Perrygrove Railway, Gloucestershire
Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway, Cumbria
Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway, New Romney, Kent
Rudyard Lake Steam Railway, Rudyard, Staffordshire
Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway, Kent
Southwold Railway, Southwold, Suffolk (proposed)
South Downs Light Railway, Pulborough, West Sussex
South Tynedale Railway, Alston, Cumbria
Statfold Barn Railway, Tamworth, Staffordshire (private site)
Steeple Grange Light Railway, Wirksworth, Derbyshire
Stevington & Turvey Light Railway (private site)
West Lancashire Light Railway, Hesketh Bank, Lancashire
Woodhorn Narrow Gauge Railway, Ashington, Northumberland
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Miniature Railways
Audley End Railway, Essex
Avondale Miniature Railway, Dunnington Heath Farm, Alcester, Warwickshire
Beer Heights Light Railway, Pecorama, Beer, Devon
Bekonscot Model Village & Railway, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire
Bentley Miniature Railway, Bentley Country Park, Isfield, East Sussex
Blenheim Park Railway, Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire
Broomy Hill Railway, Hereford
Coalyard Miniature Railway, Severn Valley Railway, Kidderminster Town (SVR), Worcestershire
Dragon Miniature Railway, Marple Garden Centre, Marple, Greater Manchester
Eastleigh Lakeside Steam Railway, Eastleigh, Hampshire
East Herts Miniature Railway, Van Hage Garden Centre, Great Amwell, Hertfordshire
Eaton Park Miniature Railway, Norwich, Norfolk
Echills Wood Railway, Kingsbury Water Park, Warwickshire
Fancott Miniature Railway, The Fancott PH, nr Luton, Bedfordshire
Frimley Lodge Park Railway, Surrey
Great Cockcrow Railway (NSDME) Chertsey, Surrey
Ingfield Light Railway, Ingfield Manor School, Billingshurst, East Sussex (private)
Ickenham Miniature Railway, Ickenham, Greater London
Lakeside Miniature Railway, Southport, Merseyside
Lappa Valley Steam Railway, nr Newquay, Cornwall
Mizens Railway (Woking Miniature Rly Soc), Knaphill, Surrey
Moors Valley Railway, Ashley Heath, Dorset
Museum of Power, Langford, Essex
North Bay Railway, Scarborough, North Yorkshire
Poplar Railway, Marks Tey, Essex
Royal Victoria Railway, Royal Victoria Country Park, Southampton, Hampshire
Ruislip Lido Railway, Ruislip, Middlesex
Saltburn Miniature Railway, Saltburn by the Sea, Middlesbrough
Stapleford Miniature Railway, Stapleford Park, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire
Tonbridge Model Egineering Society
Watford Miniature Railway, Cassiobury Park, Watford, Hertfordshire
Wells & Walsingham Light Railway, Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk
Wells Harbour Railway, Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk
Weston Park Railway, Weston-under-Lizard, Shropshire
Wicksteed Park Railway, Northamptonshire
Windmill Animal Farm Railway, Burscough, Lancashire
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Trams
Beamish Museum, County Durham
Black Country Living Museum, Dudley, West Midlands
Bradford Industrial Museum, West Yorkshire
Crich Tramway Village, Crich, Derbyshire
East Anglia Transport Museum, Lowestoft, Suffolk
Heaton Park Tramway, Manchester
Merseyside Tramway Preservation Society, Birkenhead, Merseyside
Seaton Tramway, Seaton, Devon
Shipley Glen Tramway, Shipley, West Yorkshire
Southport Pier Tramway, Southport, Merseyside
Volk's Electric Railway, Brighton, East Sussex
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Scotland
Standard Gauge Railway Centres & Museums
Bo'ness & Kinneil Railway, Bo'ness, Falkirk
Caledonian Railway, Brechin, Angus
Doon Valley Railway, (formerly Scottish Industrial Railway Centre) Dunaskin, Ayrshire
Friends of The Kyle Line, Kyle of Lochalsh
Glenfinnan Station Museum, Inverness-shire
Grampian Transport Museum, Alford, Aberdeenshire
Keith & Dufftown Railway, Dufftown, Morayshire
Kingdom of Fife Railway Preservation Society, Levenmouth, Fife
Maud Railway Museum, Aberdeenshire
National Mining Museum Scotland, Lady Victoria Colliery, Newtongrangge
Museum of Scottish Rlys, Bo'ness, Flakirk
Riverside (Glasgow Transport) Museum
Royal Deeside Railway, Milton of Crathes, Aberdeenshire
Strathspey Railway, Aviemore, Highland
Waverley Route Heritage Association, Whitrope, Roxburghshire
Narrow Gauge
Leadhills and Wanlockhead Railway, Lanarkshire
Miniature Railways
Kerr's Miniature Railway, Arbroath, Angus
Ness Islands Railway, Whin Park, Inverness
Trams
Summerlee Heritage Park, Coatbridge
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Wales
Standard Gauge Railway Centres & Museums
Amman Valley Railway, Carmarthenshire
Barry Tourist Railway, Vale of Glamorgan, Glamorganshire
Big Pit National Mining Museum, Monmouthshire
Burry Port and Gwendraeth Railway, Pontyates, Carmarthenshire
Conwy Valley Railway Museum, Betws-y-Coed, Conwy
Dolgarrog Railway, Conwy Valley
Garw Valley Railway, Pontycymmer, Glamorganshire
Gwili Railway, Bronwydd Arms, Carmarthenshire
Llangollen Railway, Llangollen, Denbighshire
Penrhyn Castle Railway Museum, Gwynedd
Pontypool & Blaenavon Railway, Monmouthshire
Tanat Valley Light Railway, Nant Mawr Quarry
Narrow Gauge
Bala Lake Railway, Llanuwchllyn, Gwynedd
Brecon Mountain Railway, Pant, close to Merthyr Tydfil
Corris Railway, Gwynedd
Fairbourne Railway, Gwynedd
Ffestiniog Railway Society, Porthmadog,Gwynedd
Llanberis Lake Railway, Gwynedd
Margam Country Park Railway, Margam
Narrow Gauge Railway Museum, Wharf Station, Talyllyn Railway, Tywyn, Gwynedd
New Glyn Valley Tramway, Chirk
Penrhyn Quarry Railway, Gwynedd
Snowdon Mountain Railway, Llanberis, Gwynedd
Talyllyn Railway, Tywyn, Gwynedd
Teifi Valley Railway, Henllan, Ceredigion
Trawsfynydd & Blaenau Ffestiniog Railway, Gwynedd
Vale of Rheidol Railway, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion
Welsh Highland Heritage Railway, Porthmadog, Gwynedd
Welsh Highland Railway Society, Caernarfon, Gwynedd
Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway, Welshpool, Powys
Miniature Railways
Conwy Valley Railway Museum, Betws-y-Coed, Conwy
Rhiw Valley Light Railway, Berriew, Powys
Rhyl Miniature Railway, Rhyl, Flintshire
Trams
Great Orme Tramway, Llandudno
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Northern Ireland
Standard Gauge Railway Centres & Museums
Downpatrick and County Down Railway, Co Down
Giant's Causeway and Bushmills Railway, Co Antrim
Ulster Folk and Transport Museum, Cultra, Co.Down
Railway Preservation Society of Ireland, Whitehead, Co Antrim
Isle of Man
The Great Laxey Mine Railway, Laxey
Channel Islands
Alderney
Jersey
Pallot Heritage Steam Museum, Trinity
Republic of Ireland
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