Best places: Rail museums in Peterborough

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Great Central Railway - (Loughborough Central) image
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Great Central Railway - (Loughborough Central)
Heritage preservation
The only place in the world where you can see 2 full sized steam trains pass each other.
4.70 (3.2K reviews) (~67.86 km from centre)
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Statfold Country Park
Rail museum
👍👍 Brilliant place! So much to see and do for all ages. Trains, tram rides, an amazing collection of steam engines plus a superb soft play area and climbing wall for children. Refreshments are available and reasonably priced and there are plenty of very well appointed toilet facilities. We will certain...
4.70 (1.1K reviews) (~94.91 km from centre)
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Buckinghamshire Railway Centre
Museum
Veteran engines, carriages and memorabilia, set around a recreated Victorian station (with rides).
4.60 (1.2K reviews) (~91.53 km from centre)
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Whitwell & Reepham Railway Station
Tourist attraction
👍👍 Visited on a complete off chance. The food was good value and enjoyed by all of us (and plenty of bacon in the bacon rolls). Was given the opportunity for a train ride in the cabin; even though it was not in normal hours (obviously they cannot do this every time) and it was one of the highlights o...
4.60 (939 reviews) (~92.56 km from centre)
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Rushden Historical Transport Society & Goods Shed
Heritage museum
Exhibition occupying former waiting room, ticket office, parcels office and stationmaster's office.
4.60 (408 reviews) (~39.21 km from centre)
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Mid-Suffolk Light Railway
Rail museum
Standard gauge railway museum with Victorian rolling stock, steam train rides, a shop & an ale bar.
4.60 (353 reviews) (~98.93 km from centre)
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NTHC - Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre
Heritage preservation
Journeys on historic steam and diesel locomotives plus bus collection and 3 model railway exhibits.
4.50 (613 reviews) (~70.01 km from centre)
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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) (~78.91 km from centre)
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Midland Railway - (Swanwick Junction,Station)
Heritage railroad
👍👍 You can spend a day walking around all of the sheds and talking to the volunteers, there is plenty to see and do. For those into model railways, I counted three places to go. From N gauge to G gauge (indoor) layouts, there is so much to see. It’s great to wander around the engine sheds and see res...
4.50 (233 reviews) (~94.09 km from centre)
Northampton & Lamport Railway - (Pitsford and Brampton,Station) image
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Northampton & Lamport Railway - (Pitsford and Brampton,Station)
Tourist attraction
Restored heritage track, designed by George Stephenson, for seasonal steam and diesel-powered rides.
4.30 (412 reviews) (~55.64 km from centre)
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Mid-Norfolk Railway - (County School, Station)
Heritage preservation
Visitor centre for the Mid-Norfolk Railway in a former 1886 station building, with a tearoom.
4.50 (107 reviews) (~83.1 km from centre)
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