Miniature Railways in the United Kingdom
Including links to internet pages.
This list includes miniature railways from 3� inch to 22 inch gauge. Details of the location, route, length together with period of operation (if known) are shown. For more information please contact the railway concerned before your visit.
The details shown has been compiled by Daniel McIntyre. Please E-mail Daniel at [email protected], with any alterations or amendments to the information given below, or if you have seen any other interesting internet pages about UK miniature railways that are of interest to other people, that deserve a link to them on this page and the details could soon be included on this page. Please also contact Daniel if any of the links below do not work.
Links to internet pages are shown in blue text.
You can return to Daniel McIntyre's Index of Railways Page for more railway links.
ScotlandAngus
Argyll and Bute
- Kerrs Miniature Railway, West Links Park, Arbroath.
This is a � mile long, 10� inch gauge line.- Brechin Castle Centre Railway, Brechin Castle Garden Centre, Haughmuir, Brechin.
This is a 300 yards long, 10� inch gauge line.
- Mull & West Highland Narrow Gauge Railway, Craignure, Isle of Mull.
This is a 10� inch gauge, 1� mile long line between Craignure Old Pier and Torosay Castle.
Dumfries and GallowayFife
- Agnew Park Miniature Railway, Agnew Park, Seafront, Stranraer.
This is a 7� inch gauge, 900 yards long line.Highland
- Kirkcaldy Model Engineering Society Railway, Beveridge Park, Kirkcaldy.
The line is in either of the following gauges: 3�, 5 & 7� inch. Length: 185 yards.- Craigtoun Miniature Railway, Craigtoun Park, St. Andrews.
This is a 15 inch gauge line, 400 yards long.Lanarkshire
- Ness Islands Railway, Whin Island, Bught Park, Inverness.
This is a 7� inch gauge line. Length: 800 yards.Lothian
- Strathaven Miniature Railway, George Allan Park, Three Stones Road, Strathaven.
This is a dual gauge line in either 5 or 7� inch gauge. Length: 450 yards.Renfrewshire
- Esk Valley Model Engineering Society Railway, Vogrie Country Park, Newtongrange.
This line is in either of the following gauges: 3�, 5 & 7� inch. Length: 600 yards.
- Rolls-Royce Model Engineering Society Railway, Barshaw Park, Glasgow Road, Paisley.
This line can run trains of the following gauges - 3� inch, 5 inch and 7� inch.
Northern England
- Brookside Miniature Railway
This is a half mile long, 7� inch gauge line, at Poynton, in Cheshire.- Heatherslaw Light Railway
A 2 miles long, 15 inch gauge line between Ford and Etal in Northumberland.- Hills Miniature Railway
A 600 yards long, 7� inch gauge line at Hills Garden Centre, Allostock, Knutsford, Cheshire.- Kirklees Light Railway
A 4 miles long, 15 inch gauge line at Clayton West, near Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.- Lightwater Valley Theme Park
Located near Ripon in North Yorkshire it contains a miniature steam railway.- Lions Mane Line Miniature Railway
A � mile long, 10� inch gauge line is located at Saville Bros. Garden Centre, Selby Road, Garforth, Leeds.- North Bay Miniature Railway
A one mile long, 20 inch gauge line at Peasholme Park, Northstead Manor Gardens, Scarborough, North Yorkshire.- Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway
A famous 7 miles long, 15 inch gauge line between Ravenglass and Dalegarth, in western Cumbria.- Thorne Memorial Park Miniature Railway
This 7� inch & 5 inch gauge miniature railway is operated by volunteers of the Doncaster & District Model Engineering Society Ltd. Thorne is located just off the M18 motorway - junctions 5 & 6, some 13 miles from Doncaster, in South Yorkshire.- Windmill Farm Railway
A 15 inch gauge railway which forms one of the attractions at Windmill Animal Farm, near Burscough in Lancashire.- Wortley Top Forge Miniature Railway
A � mile long, 5 inch and 7� inch gauge line at Wortley Top Forge Industrial Museum, Top Forge, Wortley, near Thurgoland in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.
Central England
- Evesham Vale Light Railway
A 1� mile long, 15 inch gauge line at Evesham Country Park, Twyford, Evesham.- Grosvenor Park Miniature Railway
A 7� inch gauge railway located only a few minutes walk from Chester's historic city centre.- Hilcote Valley Railway
A 7� inch gauge miniature railway located at Eccleshall, Stafford.- Markeaton Park Light Railway
A 15 inch gauge miniature line at Markeaton Park, Derby.- Rudyard Lake Steam Railway
A 1� mile long, 10� inch gauge line at Rudyard, near Leek, Staffordshire.- Stapleford Miniature Railway
A 10� inch gauge line nearly 2 miles long, near Melton, in Leicestershire.- Steeple Grange Light Railway
A half mile long, 18 inch gauge line near the High Peak trail, near Wirksworth, Derbyshire.
Eastern England (excluding North East England)
- Bure Valley Railway
Norfolk's longest 15 inch narrow gauge line, 9 miles long from Aylsham to Wroxham.- Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway
A 1 mile long, 15 inch gauge line at Cleethorpes in Lincolnshire.- North Scarle Miniature Railway
A one third of a mile long, 7� and 5 inch gauge line at North Scale Playing Field, North Scarle, Lincolnshire.- Wells & Walsingham Light Railway
A 4 miles long, 10� inch gauge line at Wells next-the-Sea, in Norfolk.- Wells Harbour Railway
A one mile long, 10� inch gauge line at Wells-next-the-Sea in Norfolk.
Southern England
- Audley End Railway
A 1� mile long, 10� inch gauge line at Audley End, Saffron Walden, Essex.- Bankside Miniature Railway
A small � mile long railway near Brambridge.- Beer Heights Light Railway
A 7� inch gauge line at the Pecorama Pleasure Gardens and Exhibition, at Underlys, Beer, near Seaton, Devon.- Bicton Woodland Railway
A 1� mile long line at Budleigh Salterton.- Bolebroke Castle and Lakes Steam Railway
A � mile long, 7� inch gauge line at Bolebroke Castle, Hartfield, East Sussex.- Dobwalls Family Adventure Park Railway.
Two one mile circuits of 7� inch gauge line at Dobwalls, near Liskeard, in Cornwall.- Eastbourne Miniature Steam Railway
Details about this 1 mile long, 7� inch gauge line located at the Adventure Park, Lottbridge Drove, in Eastbourne, Sussex.- Eastleigh Lakeside Railway
A 1� mile long, 7� inch and 10� inch gauge line located at Lakeside Country Park, Eastleigh, Hampshire.- Exbury Gardens Steam Railway
This is a 1� mile long, 12� inch gauge railway, at Exbury Gardens, Exbury, near Southampton.- Great Cockcrow Railway
Details about this 7� inch gauge line in the small village of Lyne near Chertsey.- Hidden Valley Discovery Park Railway
This discovery park in Launceston, Cornwall, has two railways - a garden railway and a 7� inch gauge railway- Knebworth Park Miniature Railway
A 800 yards long, 10� inch gauge line at Knebworth House, Gardens and Park, near Stevenage in Hertfordshire.- Lappa Valley Steam Railway
7� inch, 10� inch and 15 inch narrow gauge lines at St. Newlyn East, Newquay, Cornwall.- Mizens Railway or Woking Miniature Railway
A one mile long, 7� inch gauge line at Barrs Lane, Knaphill, Surrey.- Moors Valley Railway
A one mile long, 7� inch gauge line at Moors Valley Country Park, Ashley Heath, Hampshire.- Oldown Miniature Railway
A � mile long line at Tockington.- Perrygrove Railway
A � mile long, 15 inch gauge line at Coleford, Gloucestershire.- Pinewood Miniature Railway
A 600 metres long, 7� inch gauge line at Pinewood Leisure Centre, Wokingham, Berkshire.- Poole Park Railway
Details of this 10� inch gauge line at Poole, Dorset.- Powerham Castle Railway
A 7� inch gauge line at Powerham Castle, Kenton, Exeter, in Devon. This railway has been relocated from the Gorge Blossom Railway, which was formerly at Liverton, Newton Abbot, in Devon.- Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway
A 13� mile long, 15 inch gauge line between New Romney, Hythe and Dungeness, in Kent.- Royal Victoria Railway
A 1 mile long, 10� inch gauge line near Southampton.- Ruislip Lido Railway
A 1� mile long, 12 inch gauge railway at Ruislip, Middlesex.- Seaton Tramway
A miniature tramway, operating trams between Seaton and Colyton, along the Axe Valley.- South Downs Light Railway
A half mile long, 10� inch gauge line at Pulborough.- Thames Ditton Miniature Railway
3� inch, 5 inch and 7� inch narrow gauge lines at Claygate Lane, Thames Ditton, Surrey.- Vanstone Park Miniature Railway
A 600 yards long, 10� inch gauge line at Vanstone Park Garden Centre, near Codicote, Hertfordshire.
Wales
- Conwy Valley Railway Museum Miniature Railway
The Conwy Valley Railway Museum at Betws-y-Coed, in North Wales has an over one mile stretch of 7� and 15 inch gauge lines in the museum grounds.- Fairbourne & Barmouth Railway
A 2� mile line between Fairbourne Village and Penrhyn Point, along the 12� inch gauge track where it connects with a ferry which takes passengers across the Afon Mawddach to Barmouth.- Rhyl Miniature Railway
A one mile long, 15in gauge railway at the Marine Lake, in Rhyl, Clwyd, North Wales.
Ireland
Other miscellaneous:-
- Simon Townsend�s UK Miniature Railway Pages
These pages by Simon Townsend include information on a selection of UK miniature railways.- Miniature Railway World Pages
News about various British miniature railways by Peter Bryant.- Miniature Railways E-mail Group Forum
Join the e-mail discussion list devoted to miniature railways in the UK between 7� and 15 inch gauge. If you wish to subscribe, simply send a blank email to: [email protected]
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This page was last updated on 7th July 2006.
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