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South East
Bluebell Railway
Standard gauge, 11 miles, footplate experience, wine and dine.
Sheffield Park, East Sussex TN22 2QL.
Tel: 01825 720800.
Running: Dec 23, 24, 27-31. Jan 2-5, 8-10, 13-17, 20-24, 27-31.
Eastleigh Lakeside Railway
10¼in & 7¼in gauge, 1¼ miles,
footplate experience.
Running: W/Es + sch hols.
East Kent Railway
Standard gauge, two miles,
Shepherdswell, Dover.
Tel: 01304 832042.
Open: TBA.
Open: TBA.
Hayling Seaside Railway
2ft gauge, one mile.
Hayling Island, Hants.
Running: Dec 23, 24
Isle of Wight Steam Railway
Standard gauge, five miles.
Havenstreet, Isle of Wight.
Tel: 01983 882204.
Running: Dec 23, 24, 26. Jan 1, 24.
Kent & East Sussex Railway
Standard gauge, 10½ miles,
footplate experience, wine and dine.
Tenterden, Kent. Tel: 01580 765155.
Running: TBA.
Mid Hants Railway
Standard gauge, 10 miles, footplate experience, wine and dine. Alresford, Hants SO24 9JG. Tel: 01962 733810.
Running: Dec 23, 24, 27-31. Jan 1-3.
Romney, Hythe &
Dymchurch Railway
1ft 3in gauge, 13½ miles, footplate experience. New Romney, Kent.
Tel: 01797 362353.
Running: Dec 23, 24.
Royal Victoria Railway
10¼in gauge, one mile.
Netley, Southampton.
Tel: 02380 456246.
Running: TBA.
Spa Valley Railway
Standard gauge, five miles.
Tunbridge Wells, Kent.
Tel: 01892 537715.
Running: Dec 23, 24, 28-31. Jan 1-3.
South West
Avon Valley Railway
Standard gauge, three miles,
Wine and dine.
Bitton, Bristol.
Tel: 0117 932 7296.
Running: Dec 26. Jan 1.
East Somerset Railway
Standard gauge, two miles. Cranmore, Somerset.
Tel: 01749 880417.
Running: Dec 23, 24.
Lynton & Barnstaple Railway
2ft gauge, one mile. Woody Bay,
north Devon. Tel: 01598 763487. Running: Dec 23, 24, 29-31. Jan 1.
Moors Valley Railway
7¼in gauge, one mile.
Ringwood, Hants.
Tel: 01425 471415.
Running: Dec 27-31. Jan 1, then W/Es.
Seaton Tramway
3ft gauge, three miles. Harbour Road, Seaton, Devon. Tel: 01297 20375.
Running: Dec 23, 24, 27-31. Jan 1-3.
Somerset & Dorset Railway
Standard gauge, ½ mile,
Midsomer Norton station,
Silver Street BA3 2EY.
Tel: 01761 411221
Open: Suns TBA.
Running: Jan 1.
Swanage Railway
Standard gauge, six miles, footplate experience, wine and dine.
Swanage, Dorset.
Tel: 01929 425800.
Running: Dec 23, 24, 27-31. Jan 1, 2.
Swindon & Cricklade Railway
Standard gauge, three miles,
footplate experience.
Blunsdon, Wiltshire.
Tel: 01793 771615.
Running: Jan 1, 2.
West Somerset Railway
Standard gauge, 20 miles.
Bishops Lydeard,
Somerset TA4 3RU.
Tel: 01643 704996.
Running: Dec 23, 24, 29, 30.
East Anglia
Bressingham Steam Museum
Narrow gauge, one mile.
Diss, Norfolk.
Tel: 01379 686900.
Running: Dec 23, 24.
Bure Valley Railway
1ft 3in gauge, nine miles, footplate experience. Aylsham, Norfolk.
Tel: 01263 733858.
Running: Dec 23, 24, 27-31. Jan 1-3.
Colne Valley Railway
Standard gauge, one mile,
Castle Hedingham, Essex.
Tel: 01787 461174.
Running: Dec 23.
East Anglian Railway
Museum
Standard gauge, ¼ mile.
Wakes Colne, Essex.
Tel: 01206 242524.
Running: Jan 1.
Nene Valley Railway
Standard gauge, 7½ miles,
footplate experience. Wansford, Peterborough, Cambs. Tel: 01780 784444.
Running: Dec 23, 24. Jan 9, 16, 30.
North Norfolk Railway
Standard gauge, 5½ miles,
footplate experience. Sheringham, Norfolk
NR26 8RA. Tel: 01263 820800.
Running: Dec 23, 24, 27-31. Jan 1-17.
Whitwell & Reepham Railway
Standard gauge, ¼ mile.
Reepham, Norfolk. Tel: 01603 871694.
Open: Daily TBA.
Running: Steam first Sun of month.
Home Counties
Chinnor & Princes
Risborough Railway
Standard gauge, 3½ miles.
Chinnor, Oxon.
Tel: 01844 353535
Running: Dec 23. Jan 1-3.
Didcot Railway Centre
Standard gauge.
Didcot, Oxon.
Tel: 01235 817200.
Open: Daily.
Running: Dec 23. Jan 1.
Epping Ongar Railway
Standard gauge, five miles.
Ongar, Essex.
Tel: 01277 365200.
Running: Dec 23, 24, 27-30.
Jan 1, 2, 8-10.
Leighton Buzzard
Railway
2ft gauge, 2¾ miles,
Leighton Buzzard, Beds.
Tel: 01525 373888.
Running: Dec 23, 24, 27, 28.
Midlands
Apedale Valley Railway
2ft gauge, ½ mile.
Apedale, Newcastle-under-Lyme,
Staffs.
Tel: 0845 094 1953.
Running: TBA.
Battlefield Line Railway
Standard gauge, five miles.
Shackerstone, Leics.
Tel: 01827 880754.
Running: Dec 23, 24, 30, 31. Jan 1-3.
Dean Forest Railway
Standard gauge, 4¼ miles.
Norchard,
Lydney, Glos.
Tel: 01594 845840.
Running: Dec 23, 24, 27, 28, 30, 31. Jan 1.
Ecclesbourne Valley Railway
Standard gauge, eight miles.
Wirksworth,
Derbyshire.
Tel: 01629 823076.
Running: Dec 23, 24.
Evesham Vale Railway
1ft 3in gauge, 1¼ miles.
A46 north of Evesham, Worcs.
Tel: 01386 422282.
Running: Dec 23, 24, 27-31. Jan 1, then W/Es.
Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway
Standard gauge, 14 miles.
Toddington, Glos.
Tel: 01242 621405.
Running: Dec 23, 24, 27-31. Jan 1-3.
Great Central Railway
Standard gauge, eight miles. Loughborough,
Leics LE11 1RW.
Tel: 01509 632323.
Running: Dec 23, 24.
Northampton &
Lamport Railway
Standard gauge, two miles.
Pitsford, Northants.
Tel: 01604 820327.
Running: TBA.
Perrygrove Railway
1ft 3in gauge. B4228, Coleford,
Gloucestershire.
Tel: 01594 834991.
Running: Dec 23, 27-31.
Rudyard Lake Railway
10¼in gauge, 1½ miles.
Leek, Staffs.
Tel: 01995 672280.
Running: Dec 31.
Severn Valley Railway
Standard gauge, 16 miles.
Kidderminster, Worcs DY10 1QR.
Tel: 01562 757900.
Running: Dec 23, 24, 26-31. Jan 1-3.
North West
East Lancashire Railway
Standard gauge, 12 miles, footplate experience. Bury, Lancs.
Tel: 01617 647790.
Running: Dec 23, 24, 26-28. Jan 1. TBA.
Lakeside & Haverthwaite Railway
Standard gauge, 3½ miles.
Near Ulverston, Cumbria..
Tel: 01539 531594.
Running: TBA.
Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway
1ft 3in gauge, seven miles..
Ravenglass, Cumbria..
Tel: 01229 717171.
Running: Dec 26-31. Jan 1-3.
North East
Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway
Standard gauge, five miles.
Embsay, North Yorks..
Tel: 01756 710614.
Running: Dec 23, 24, 27.
Keighley & Worth
Valley Railway
Standard gauge, five miles.
Keighley, West Yorks BD22 8NJ.
Tel: 01535 645214.
Running: Dec 23, 24.
Kirklees Light Railway
1ft 3in gauge, four miles.
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.
Tel: 01484 865727.
Running: Dec 23, 24. Jan 1-3.
North Yorkshire Moors Railway
Standard gauge, 18 miles.
Pickering,
North Yorkshire.
Tel: 01751 472508.
Running: Dec 23, 24.
Tanfield Railway
Standard gauge, three miles.
Near Gateshead,
Tyne and Wear.
Tel: 01913 887545.
Running: Dec 23, 24.
Wales
Conwy Valley Railway Museum
1ft 3in gauge. Betws-y-Coed, Conwy.
Tel: 01690 710568.
Running: W/Es.
Rhyl Miniature Railway
15in gauge, ¾ mile.
Manafon, near Welshpool, Powys.
Running: Dec 23, 24.
Talyllyn Railway
2ft 3in gauge, 7½ miles..
Tywyn, Gwynedd.
Tel: 01654 710472.
Open: Daily.
Running: Dec 23, 24, 26-31. Jan 1-3.
Teifi Valley Railway
2ft gauge, ½ mile.
Henllan, Ceredigion SA44 5TD.
Tel: 01559 371077.
Running: Dec 23.
Scotland
Strathspey Railway
Standard gauge, 10 miles.
Aviemore, Inverness-shire.
Tel: 01479 810725.
Running: Dec 23, 29-31.
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