Top rated Rail museums in Melbourne, United Kingdom to elevate your visit (Updated January, 2024)

Top rated Rail museums in Melbourne

Experience the best that Melbourne has to offer with our curated list of top-rated places. Sorted by average review scores from venues boasting over 30 reviews, these establishments promise exceptional quality and experiences to elevate your visit in the city. This list contains 48 places from Rail museum category.

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Amberley Museum

Museum

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

4.80 (2.1K reviews) (~222.55 km from centre)

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...

4.80 (1K reviews) (~23.83 km from centre)

Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway - Broadway Station

Heritage railroad

4.80 (931 reviews) (~91.75 km from centre)

Romsey Signal Box

Rail museum

👍👍 We'd gone into town for a haircut, but the only barbers open on Sunday had a long queue, so we decided to go shopping... As we passed Romsey Signal Box Museum, we saw it was open and my 4 year old suggested we go in. Despite living in Romsey for 25 years I'd never visited. It waa great, the voluntee...

4.80 (54 reviews) (~203.66 km from centre)

Swansea Society of Model Engineers, home of the Derwen Fawr Miniature Railway.

Tourist attraction

👍👍 Hidden gem. We had such a lovely morning down here. They had 3 little trains running , 1 pound a train ride . Also 1 pound entry. Lovely green area where lots had bought picnics. Children and adults enjoyed the ride. Highly recommended.

4.80 (50 reviews) (~221.48 km from centre)

National Railway Museum York

Rail museum

Railway history & artefacts, with 300 vehicles including steam world record holder, the Mallard.

4.70 (26K reviews) (~128.41 km from centre)

CRICH TRAMWAY VILLAGE

Museum

Restored period village with historic facades and the National Tram Museum's collection of vehicles.

4.70 (5.2K reviews) (~30 km from centre)

Isle of Wight Steam Railway - (Havenstreet,Station)

Heritage railroad

Outfit preserving railway history via exhibits, train stations & rides on steam-powered locomotives.

4.70 (4.6K reviews) (~235.93 km from centre)

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) (~16.75 km from centre)

Keighley & Worth Valley Railway - (Haworth, Station)

Tourist attraction

Preserved railway station & train line offering a museum & rides on vintage steam locomotives.

4.70 (2.6K reviews) (~117.33 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) (~242.8 km from centre)

Vale of Rheidol Railway

Tourist attraction

Edwardian, 12-mile long railway with 1st class carriages and audio tour, through hillside woodlands.

4.70 (1.8K reviews) (~184.71 km from centre)

Kent & East Sussex Railway - (Bodiam,Station)

Tourist attraction

4.70 (640 reviews) (~243.82 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) (~167.96 km from centre)

Vintage Carriages Trust Museum of Rail Travel

Museum

👍👍 HIGHLY RECOMMEND for anyone of any age! Great for kids who love trains as well as adults wanting to learn or look at prices of history! The carriages on show have been used on many TV programs & films. Also situated in a beautiful part of the country surrounded by fields and the Yorkshire Lanscape,...

4.70 (270 reviews) (~119.22 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 (192 reviews) (~200.75 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) (~169.9 km from centre)

Locomotion

Museum

Part of the 2-venue biggest railway museum in the world, with locomotives and interactive displays.

4.60 (3.5K reviews) (~200.76 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) (~135.24 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) (~111.81 km from centre)

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Top rated Rail museums in Melbourne, United Kingdom