A Taste of the Peak District

Accommodation and attractions of the Peak District of the UK

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Railways in the Peak District and nearby areas.

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We have a variety of attractions for railway enthusiasts or interested tourists. There is Peak Rail who run regular steam services between Matlock and Darley Dale, the Midland Railway Centre near Ripley where youngsters can see Thomas the Tank engine and ride on Santas Special. If Narrow Gauge is your interest then you should visit the Steeple Grange Light Railway at Wirksworth. The railway offers a short ride past a wide variety of wild flowers with a stop on the way back at Killersdale Halt. Here you will have a short interactive talk about the history of the railway from its earliest days as a standard gauge line to the present day. The line will eventually be extended into a local quarry. This is definitely not a whole day experience but would be worth combining with a visit to the nearby Ecclesbourne Valley Railway project (now well underway - see their progress at Wyvernrail) in Wirksworth, the National Stone Centre (great children’s centre with interactive geological activities including panning for gems, fossil rubbing and trails) and a walk round Black Rocks.

To the west of the Peak District National Park lies the Churnet Valley railway, operating steam trains through the beautiful Churnet Valley and the Rudyard Lake Steam Railway which offers a 3 mile round trip on miniature trains.

Steeple Grange Light Railway - the station ...

... the line ...

... and one of the locomotives.

Ideal accommodation for railway enthusiasts - Kingsley & Froghall Station, Froghall

This attractive apartment with its own private entrance forms part of the replica Victorian station at the southern end of the Churnet Valley Railway which re-creates the ambience of a 1950's rural railway ... more information and online booking.