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Where to Photograph Railways, Trains and Trams

We are attempting to list all places where photographers can photograph Railways, Trains and Trams within the UK. This is the start of a list that will grow over time.

Where the names in the first column is hyperlinked this links to a Location page, with more information, on this site and over time more of these will be added, we will be delighted if some of you would like to also produce location pages.

SG = Standard Gauge  NG = Narrow Gauge  TW = Tramway = Tesco Days Out Vouchers

Railway

Type

County

Link 

A

 

 

A

Abbey Light Railway

NG

Yorkshire, Leeds

wiki  Own   link

Alderney Railway

 

 Channel Islands

own

Alford Valley railway

NG

Alford, Aberdeenshire

Own

Amberley Museum 

NG

W Sussex

wiki  own

Amerton Railway

NG

Staffordshire

wiki  own

Appleby Frodingham Railway

SG

Lincolnshire

wiki  own

Astley Green Colliery Museum

NG

Lancashire

wiki   own  (SG  or NG?)

Avon Valley Railway

SG

Gloucestershire

wiki   own

Ayrshire Railway Preservation Group

SG

Ayrshire, Scotland

Own

B

 

 

B

Bala Lake Railway

NG

Snowdonia, Gwynedd, Wales

Own

Barrow Hill Engine Shed

SG

Derbyshire

wiki  own  (preserved Roundhouse Museum)

Barry Island Railway

SG

Glamorganshire, Wales

Own

Bath and West Railway

NG

Somerset

Own

Battlefield Line Railway

SG

Leicestershire

wiki    own 

Beamish Museum

TW

Durham

wiki  own

Beeches Light Railway

NG

Steeple Aston Oxfordshire

private

Bicton Woodlands Railway

NG

Devon

 

Bideford Railway Heritage Centre

SG

Devon

wiki

Birmingham Railway Museum

SG

Birmingham

own

Bishops Castle Railway Museum

SG

Shropshire

????  link doesn’t work

Black Country Museum

TW

Dudley, West Midlands

wiki   own

Bluebell Railway

SG

East and west Sussex

wiki   own

Bo’ness & Kinneil Railway

SG

Firth of Forth, West Lothian Scotland

Own    

Bodmin and Wenford Railway

SG

Cornwall

wiki   own

Bowes

SG

Tyne and Wear

wiki own   

Brecon Mountain Railway

NG

Breknockshire, Wales

Own

Bredgar and Wormshill Light Railway

NG

Kent

wiki  own

Bressingham Steam and Gardens                       

NG

Norfolk

wiki own     

Bristol Harbour Railway and Industrial Museum

SG

Bristol, Avon

wiki  Council Museum

Bromyard and Linton Railway

NG

Bromyard, Worcestershire

private

Buckinghamshire Railway Centre                            

SG

Buckinghamshire

wiki Own    

Bure Valley Railway

NG

Norfolk

wiki  own

C

 

 

C

Cadeby Light Railway

NG

Leicestershire

wiki  Now Closed

Caledonian Railway

SG

Angus, Scotland

Own

Cambrian Railway Society

SG

Shropshire

wiki     own 

Cambrian Railways Trust

SG

Shropshire

wiki    own

Cavan & Leitrim

NG

Co Leitrim, Ireland

own

Chasewater Railway

SG

Staffordshire

wiki   own

Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway

SG

Buckinghamshire

wiki  own

Cholsey and Wallingford Railway

SG

Oxfordshire

wiki  own

Churnet Valley Railway

SG

Staffordshire

wiki  own  Virtual guide

Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway

NG

Lincolnshire

wiki own

Colne Valley Railway

SG

Essex

wiki  own

Colonel Stephens Railway museum (the)

--

Tenterden, Kent

own associated with Kent and East Sussex railway

Corris Railway

NG

Machynlleth, Powys

own

Coventry Railway Centre

SG

Coventry, Warwickshire

wiki  Own

County Donegal railway

NG

N Ireland

Own

Crew Heritage centre
’The railway age’

 

Crew, Cheshire

Own

D

 

 

D

Derbyshire Dales Narrow Gauge Railway,

NG

Derbyshire

Website not working

Darlington Railway Centre and Museum

SG

Darlington, Durham

wiki  Own

Dartmoor Railway

SG

Devon

wiki  suspended, for sale

Dean Forest Railway

SG

Gloucestershire

wiki  own

Derwent Valley Light Railway

SG

N Yorkshire

wiki  own

Devon Railway Centre

NG

Devon

wiki  own

Didcot Railway Centre

SG

Oxfordshire

wiki own         

Dolgarrog Railway Society

SG

Merioneth

 

Downpatrick & County Down Railway

SG

Co. Down, N Ireland

own

E

 

 

E

East Anglia Transport Museum

TW

Suffolk

wiki  own

East Anglian Railway Museum

SG

Essex

wiki  own

East Kent Railway (Heritage)

SG

Kent

wiki  own

East Lancashire Railway

SG

Lancashire + Manchester

wiki  own

East Somerset Railway
’Strawbery line’

SG

Somerset

wiki   own

Eaton Hall Railway

NG

Cheshire

wiki  visit  Private open 3 days a year

Ecclesbourne Valley Railway

SG

Derbyshire

wiki  own

Eden Valley Railway

SG

Cumbria (Westmorland)

wiki  own

Elsecar Steam Railway

SG

S Yorkshire

wiki  own

Embsay and Bolton Abbey Steam Railway

SG

N Yorkshire

wiki  own

Epping Ongar Railway

SG

Essex

wiki  own  CLOSED at present

Exbury Gardens & Steam Railway

NG

Hampshire

Own

F

 

 

F

Fairbourne Railway

NG

Gwynedd

Own

Ffestiniog Railway

NG

Caernarfonshire

own   

Fintown Railway

NG

Donegal, Ireland

own

Foxfield Light Railway

SG

Staffordshire

wiki  own

G

 

 

G

Gartell Light Railway

NG

Somerset

wiki   own

Giants causeway & Bushmills Railway

NG

Co Antrim, Ireland

own

Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway

SG

Gloucester + Warwickshire

wiki  own  

Glyn Valley Tramway

NG

Denbighshire, Wales

Trust

Golden Valley Light Railway

NG

Derbyshire

Own

Great Central Railway (preserved)

SG

Leicestershire

wiki  own

Great Central Railway locomotives

 

Leicestershire

wiki

Great Orme Tramway

TW

Llandudno, Caernarfonshire Wales

Own

Great Whipsnade Railway

 

Bedfordshire

wiki

Groudle Glen railway

NG

IOM

IOM guide

Gwili Railway

SG

Carmarthen, Wales

own

H

 

 

H

Haig Colliery Mining Museum

SG

Whitehaven, Cumbria (Cumberland)

wiki   own

Hayling Seaside Railway

NG

Hampshire

 

Heaton Park Tramway

TW

Manchester, Lancs

Wiki  own

Helston Railway Preservation Company

SG

Cornwall

wiki  own

Heritage Shunters Trust

 

South Yorkshire

wiki

Hollycombe Steam Collection

NG
SG

Hampshire

wiki  own  variety of types etc

Hopetown Carriage Works

 

Darlington, Durham

wiki

Hythe Pier, Railway and Ferry

NG

Hampshire

wiki  visit

I

 

 

I

Irish Steam Preservation Society

NG

 Co. Laois, Ireland

own

Island Line   Isle of Wight Own  Wiki

Isle of Man transportation

NG

IOM

IOM guide

Isle of Wight Steam Railway

SG

Isle of Wight

wiki own                

K

 

 

K

Keighley and Worth Valley Railway

SG

W Yorkshire

wiki  own

Keith & Dufftown Railway
’The whisky line’

SG

Banffshire, Scotland

Own

Kent and East Sussex Railway

SG

Kent +E Sussex

wiki  own see also Colonel Stephens Railway Museum (The)

Kew Bridge Steam Museum

NG

London

wiki  own

Kidderminster Railway Museum

--

Kidderminster, Worcs

own

Kirklees Light Railway

NG

Denby Dale, Yorkshire

wiki  own

L

 

 

L

LNER Peppercorn Class A1 60163 Tornado

 

Darlington, Durham

wiki

Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway

SG

Nr Ulverston, Cumbria (Lancs)

wiki  own

Lansalson branch line

Was SG

Cornwall

wiki,  now a cycle track

Lappa Valley Steam Railway

NG

Cornwall

wiki  own

Lartigue Monorail

Special

Listowel, Co. Kerry, Ireland

own world's first monorail

Launceston Steam Railway

NG

Cornwall

wiki  own

Lavender Line

SG

E Sussex

wiki  own

Leadhills and Wanlockhaed Railway (The)

NG

Lanarkshire, Scotland

Own

Leighton Buzzard Light Railway

NG

Bedfordshire

wiki  own

Lincolnshire Wolds Railway

SG

Lincolnshire

wiki  own

Llanberis Lake Railway

NG

Caernarfonshire, Wales

own

Llangollen Railway

SG

Denbighshire, Wales

Own

London Post Office Railway

NG

London

wiki about Mothballed, not open

London Transport Museum

SG

London

Own

Loughborough Gap

 

Leicestershire

wiki

Loughborough Top Shed

 

Leicestershire

wiki

Lynbarn Railway

NG

Devon

wiki  own

Lynton and Barnstaple Railway

NG

Exmoor, Devon

wiki  own

M

 

 

M

Mangapps Railway Museum

SG

Essex

wiki  Own

Market Drayton Railway Preservation Society
’Gingerbread line’

SG

Shropshire

Own

Merseyside Tramway Preservation Society

TW

Birkenhead, Merseyside (Cheshire)

own

Mid Hants  Railway
’Watercress line’

SG

Hants

wiki     Own         

Mid-Norfolk Railway

SG

Norfolk

wiki  own

Mid-Suffolk Light Railway

SG

Suffolk

wiki  own

Middleton Railway

SG

W Yorkshire

wiki  own

Midland Railway, Butterley

SG*

Derbyshire

wiki  own

Moseley Railway Trust

NG

Manchester

wiki  own

Mull Railway

NG

Isle of Mull, Scotland

Own

N

 

 

N

Narrow Gauge Railway Museum (The)

NG

Tywyn Wharf, Gwynedd, Wales

Own

National Railway Museum

 

York

wiki  Own

National Railway Museum at Shildon ‘Locamotion’

 

Shildon, Durham

wiki     Own

National Tramway Museum

TW

Derbyshire

own

Nene Valley Railway

SG

Cambridgeshire

wiki   own

North Gloucestershire Railway

‘The blackberry Line’

NG

Gloucestershire

wiki   own

North Ings Farm Railway

NG

Lincolnshire

wiki  own

North Norfolk Railway

‘Poppy Line’

SG

Norfolk

wiki  own

North Tyneside Steam Railway

SG

Tyne and Wear

wiki  own

North Yorkshire Moors Railway

SG

N Yorkshire

wiki  own

Northampton & Lamport Railway

SG

Northamptonshire

wiki  own

Northamptonshire Ironstone Railway Trust

SG

Northamptonshire

wiki  own

Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre

SG

Nottinghamshire

wiki  own

P

 

 

P

Paignton and Dartmouth Steam Railway

SG

Devon

wiki  own

Peak Rail

SG

Derbyshire

wiki  own

Perrygrove Railway

NG

Gloucestershire

wiki  own

Plym Valley Railway

SG

Devon

wiki own   Own2

Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway

SG

Wales

Own

Princess Royal Class Locomotive Trust (The)

--

Swanwick, Ripley, Yorkshire

own located off Midland railway centre

R

 

 

R

Railway Preservation Society of Ireland

--

Whitehead, Co. Antrim,
N Ireland

Own

Railworld

--

Peterborough, Cambs

own

Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway

NG

Lake District, Cumberland

wiki  Own

Rhyl Minitire Railway

NG

Rhyl, Flintshire, Wales

Own

Ribble Steam Railway

SG

Lancashire

wiki  own

Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway

NG

Kent

wiki  Own

Rother Valley Railway

SG

Kent + E Sussex

wiki  own

Rowsley South Railway Station

 

Derbyshire

wiki

Royal Deeside Railway

SG

Aberdeen (15 miles)

Own

Royal Docks Heritage Railway

 

London

wiki

Rudyard Lake Steam Railway

NG

Staffordshire

wiki  own

Ruislip Lido Railway

NG

London

Own

Rushden, Higham & Wellingborough Railway

SG

Northamptonshire

wiki  own

Rutland Railway Museum

SG

Rutland

wiki own

S

 

 

S

Seaton Tramway

TW

Devon

wiki  own

Severn Valley Railway

SG

Shropshire and Worcestershire

wiki  own   Forums

Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway

NG

Kent

wiki  own

Snowdon Mountain railway

NG

Snowdon, Gwynedd, Wales

Own  (rack and pinion)

Somerset and Dorset Railway Heritage Trust

SG

Midsomer Norton, Somerset

Wiki own  

Somerset and Dorset Railway Trust

SG

Washford, Somerset

Own

South Devon Railway Trust

SG

Devon

wiki  own

Southend Pier

NG

Essex

Wiki  Council

South Tynedale Railway

NG

Cumbria + Northumberland

wiki  own

Southall Railway Centre

 

Middlesex

wiki

Spa Valley Railway

SG

Kent

wiki  own

Stainmore Railway Company

 

Cumbria (Westmorland)

wiki

Statfold Barn Railway

NG

Staffordshire

wiki Visit  Private

Steeple Grange Light Railway

NG

Derbyshire

wiki  own

Stephenson railway museum

SG

North Shields, Tyne & Wear (Northumberland)

own

Stoneacre Loop

 

North Yorkshire

wiki

Stratford on Avon and Broadway Railway

SG

Warwickshire

wiki  plans only so far

Stevington and Turvey Railway

NG

Bedfordshire

Private railway

Stratford on Avon & Broadway Railway Society

SG

Long Marston, Warwickshire

Own

Strathspey Steam Railway

SG

Aviemore, Inverness-shire

Own

Swanage Railway
’The Purbeck line’

SG

Dorset

wiki  own

Swansea Vale Railway

SG

Pentrechwyth, Glamorganshire, Wales

Own

Swindon and Cricklade Railway

SG

Wiltshire

wiki  own

Swindon Railway Museum
STEAM - Museum of the Great Western Railway’

SG

Swindon, Wiltshire

Own

T

 

 

T

Talyllyn Railway  

NG

Cardiganshire, Mid Wales

Own

Tanfield Railway

SG

Near Gateshead, Durham

wiki Own

Teifi Valley Railway

NG

Near Carmarthen, Wales

Own

Telford Steam Railway

SG

Shropshire

wiki  own

Timothy Hackworth Victorian & Railway Museum

SG

Shildon, Durham

Own  (now a part of National Railway Museum at Shildon)

Tralee & Dingle Railway

NG

Co. Kerry, Ireland

Own

Tyseley Locomotive Works

SG

nr Birmingham, Warwickshire

wiki  own

U

 

 

 

Ulster Folk & Transport Museum

--

Co. Down, N Ireland

Own

V

 

 

V

Vale of Rheidol Railway 

NG

Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire

Own

Vintage carriage Trust

SG

Keighley, West Yorkshire

Own

Volk's Electric Railway

NG

Brighton, Sussex

wiki council  society

W

 

 

W

Waltham Abbey Royal Gunpowder Mills

NG

Essex

Wiki  own

Walthamstow Pump House Museum

 

London

wiki

Waterford & Suir Valley Railway

NG

Co. Waterford, Ireland

Own

Weardale Railway

SG

County Durham

wiki  own

Wensleydale Railway

SG

N Yorkshire

wiki   Own   Own2

Wells & Walsingham Light Railway

NG

Norfolk

wiki   Own

Welsh Highland Railway, Porthmadog

NG

Snowdonia, Caernarfonshire, Wales

Own    Own2  

Welsh Highland Railway   Project, Caernarfon to Porthmadog

NG

Snowdonia, Caernarfonshire Wales

Own (new line, half now open)

Welshpool & Llanfair Railway

NG

Welshpool, Montgomeryshire

Own

West Coast Railways

"The Jacobite"

"The Cambrian"

"Scarborough Spa Express"

SG

Fort William, Inverness-shire

Machynlleth, Montgomeryshire

Scarborough, Yorkshire

Own

Runs steam trains over three British Rail routes.

West Clare Railway

NG

Co. Clare, Ireland

Own

West Lancashire Light Railway

NG

Lancashire

wiki  own

West Somerset Railway

SG

Somerset

wiki  own    2nd site       

Windmill Farm Railway

NG

Lancashire

Wiki  own

Wisbech and March Bramleyline

SG

Cambridgeshire

wiki  own

Y

 

 

Y

Yaxham Light Railway

NG

Norfolk

wiki   own

Yeovil Railway Centre

SG

Yeovil, Somerset

Own

This list will continue to grow as we come across new places. REMEMBER if know of somewhere that you feel is a good place please let us know.

 

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