Most reviewed Rail museums in Orpington, United Kingdom to visit (Updated January, 2024)

Most reviewed Rail museums in Orpington

Explore the city's most talked-about destinations, sorted by the number of reviews. The higher the position on the list, the greater the number of reviews for each place. Discover the pulse of Orpington through these extensively reviewed and popular spots. This list contains 14 places from Rail museum category.

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London Transport Museum

Museum

World's leading museum of urban transport with galleries of vintage London trams, trains & buses.

4.40 (10.7K reviews) (~21.35 km from centre)

The Postal Museum

Museum

👍👍 My recent visit was during the 151 years of the British Postcard Exhibition. A very nice, but small museum housing various collections of Postal History from uniforms and vehicles to Britain's famous curbside Postboxes. Interactive activities for children and a small cinema/theatre showing postal a...

4.60 (4.3K reviews) (~22.04 km from centre)

Kent & East Sussex Railway - (Tenterden Town, Station)

Heritage preservation

Heritage railway offering journeys on vintage steam & diesel trains, some with dining service.

4.70 (2.3K reviews) (~53.3 km from centre)

Amberley Museum

Museum

Narrow gauge railway, vintage vehicle demos, old buildings and exhibitions in a former chalk quarry.

4.80 (2.1K reviews) (~69.04 km from centre)

Didcot Railway Centre

Heritage museum

Displays of train life past, with railway memorabilia, steam locomotives and Thomas the Tank Engine.

4.60 (1.8K reviews) (~96.26 km from centre)

E.M.S.R. Adventure Park

Theme park

Family-run adventure park with a miniature railway, wildlife-rich lake area, a playground and cafe.

4.80 (1.2K reviews) (~66.59 km from centre)

Buckinghamshire Railway Centre

Museum

Veteran engines, carriages and memorabilia, set around a recreated Victorian station (with rides).

4.60 (1.2K reviews) (~89.18 km from centre)

Epping Ongar Railway

Heritage preservation

4.60 (775 reviews) (~38.53 km from centre)

Kent & East Sussex Railway - (Bodiam,Station)

Tourist attraction

4.70 (640 reviews) (~52.28 km from centre)

Leighton Buzzard Railway

Rail museum

👍👍 Really charming place. It’s a wonderful ride on an old quarry railway. Narrow gauge line. Lovely little locomotives and a chance to travel in a polish carriage. A good shop with second books no one knows how to put through the till. A great exhibition in the engine shed and especially at the other e...

4.50 (546 reviews) (~78.57 km from centre)

East Kent Railway Trust

Tourist attraction

A volunteer-run railway through a coal mining area, running Sunday train rides, plus visitor centre.

4.60 (545 reviews) (~81.65 km from centre)

Kent & East Sussex Railway - (Northiam,Station)

Heritage railroad

👍👍 We stayed in a renovated 1940s railway carriage overlooking Northiam Station and beautiful countryside. Fantastic accommodation and great to see steam trains coming into the station. A unique experience, highly recommended.

4.60 (313 reviews) (~54.47 km from centre)

Walthamstow Pumphouse Museum

Museum

👍👍 Terrific eclectic museum, run entirely by enthusiastic volunteers, tucked away in the backstreets of Walthamstow. Model railway, couple of tube trains, pumping engines, local history, and cafe. Has a great vibe. I've no idea how it's kept going for free. Very much a labour of love.

4.70 (275 reviews) (~24.18 km from centre)

Mangapps Railway & Museum

Rail museum

Steam and diesel locomotives run along this heritage railway, with a museum of train memorabilia.

4.70 (200 reviews) (~57.95 km from centre)

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Most reviewed Rail museums in Orpington, United Kingdom