Didcot Railway Centre

Great Western Society
Didcot Railway Centre
Didcot
Oxfordshire
OX11 7NJ
England

Website

www.didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk

E-mail

info@didcotrailwaycentre.org.uk

Telephone

01235 817200

Fax

01235 510621

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Welcome to Didcot Railway Centre, home of the Great Western Society and its unique collection of Great Western Railway steam engines, coaches, wagons, buildings and small relics. Join us in our rural setting based around the original engine shed. The Great Western Railway was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel to link London with Bristol. Didcot lies about halfway; the engine shed is home to Great Western steam engines and you can travel on our recreation of Brunel's original broad gauge railway. On Steamdays and other special events you can see typical activities of a steam age depot, including turning and coaling the locomotives, and ride in 1930s carriages on two demonstration lines. The new Science, Learning & Railways exhibition offers education in National Curriculum subjects.

Venue Type:

Museum, Transport heritage site

Opening hours

We’re open Saturdays and Sundays all year, and daily between these dates:

Daily
27 December 2007 to 1 January 2008,
16 to 24 February,
5 to 20 April,
24 May to 1 June
21 June to 7 September
25 October to 2 November
27 December to 1 January 2009

Steamdays with rides on the trains throughout the year including Bank Holidays, all weekends 28 June-31 August, Wednesdays 23 July-27 August and some other weekends and special events.
Opening Times
Weekends and Steamdays 10.30am-5pm.
Other days, also January, February, November & December 10am-4pm.

Last admission 30 minutes before closing time.
Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult