East Anglian Railway Museum
Chappel Station
Wakes Colne
Essex
CO6 2DS
England
Website
Telephone
01206 242524
Fax
01787 224473
The East Anglian Railway Museum is a living heritage site based at Chappel railway station. We are situated on the edge of breathtaking Constable Country and adjacent to one of the largest railway viaduct in Eastern England.
The complex of original Victorian buildings has a unique story to tell of railways and people’s lives in East Anglia from the 1840s through to the 21st Century. The Museum has the most comprehensive collection of railway architecture, locomotives and firsthand accounts of people who worked on the railways. The impressive site includes original and restored Station Buildings, Signal Boxes, a Goods Shed and a fully functioning Restoration Shed.
We are an accredited museum and part of the European Route of Industrial Heritage - A great day out at a Visit Britain Quality Assured Visitor Attraction.
Venue Type:
Museum, Transport heritage site, Industrial heritage site, Heritage site
The East Anglian Railway Museum owns the most comprehensive collection of locomotives and rail way tools from the 19th Century until today. These are exhibited onsite and in our heritage center. We restore and preserve railway architecture and local heritage.
Collection details
Land Transport, Social History, Industry, Architecture
Chappel Cider Festival
The Fourteenth Chappel Cider Festival takes place on Friday 7th and Saturday 8th June 2013 within the museum's Goods Shed.. A large selection of Real Ciders & Perrys will be available.
For the most up-to-date information about the event, please check the EARM website
Suitable for
- 18+
When
11am-11pm
Admission
Please check EARM website
Website
Chappel Cider Festival
The Fourteenth Chappel Cider Festival takes place on Friday 7th and Saturday 8th June 2013 within the museum's Goods Shed.. A large selection of Real Ciders & Perrys will be available.
For the most up-to-date information about the event, please check the EARM website
Suitable for
- 18+
When
11am-11pm
Admission
Please check EARM website
Website
Trades & Transport of the 50's
This is 'living history' event where you can see and speak to all the tradespeople as they go about their jobs in the 1950's.
Meet everyone from the station master, porter, clerk, signalman on the station to the coalman, milkman, housewife, shopkeepers and bank clerk to name but a few. In addition there will also be an exhibition of all the transport of the time, trains, buses, cars, vans, lorries and motorbikes plus the humble pushbike!
A veritable feast of an event for all ages.
Suitable for
- Any age
- Family friendly
- Especially for children
When
10am-4:30pm
Admission
Admissions prices are £10.00 for an Adult & £5.00 for a child aged 4-15. Senior rates are £8.50
Website
Trades & Transport of the 50's
This is 'living history' event where you can see and speak to all the tradespeople as they go about their jobs in the 1950's.
Meet everyone from the station master, porter, clerk, signalman on the station to the coalman, milkman, housewife, shopkeepers and bank clerk to name but a few. In addition there will also be an exhibition of all the transport of the time, trains, buses, cars, vans, lorries and motorbikes plus the humble pushbike!
A veritable feast of an event for all ages.
Suitable for
- Any age
- Family friendly
- Especially for children
When
10am-4:30pm
Admission
Admissions prices are £10.00 for an Adult & £5.00 for a child aged 4-15. Senior rates are £8.50
Website
Day out with Thomas
The Fat Controller will be welcoming you and your family plus you can join him for Storytelling time and interactive re-enactments with Thomas and other characters throughout the day.
The Imagination Station offers a wide range of children‘s activities, from Circus Skills, Punch & Judy, Colouring Competition, engine outline rubbing, playtables with Megablocks, plasticine, temporary Thomas tattoos, reading books and much more.
Our Thomas Shop will be open with a comprehensive range of Thomas goods, the new catering operation will be offering quality local hot and cold food with ice creams to round off the day.
A real family day out, voted a hit by our visitors as a great time for young and old, at the end of the day the children take home a goody bag from the Fat Controller to say thank you for visiting his trains at the East Anglian Railway Museum.
Suitable for
- Any age
Admission
Adult: £12.00
Child (2-15): £8.00
Website
Day Out With Thomas and Santa
Day out with Thomas Thomas and his Friends during the Sundays before Christmas, bringing a special passenger - Santa Claus.
You can have unlimited rides on all of the trains, including Thomas and Daisy the DMU (who both promise to have their heating working!). You can meet Santa in his grotto being assisted by Toby and Henrietta and receive a present (an additional charge is made for each present).
You will be able to meet the Fat Controller and receive a Junior Engineers Certificate.
The Imagination Station offers a wide range of children's activities, including a Colouring Competition, engine outline rubbing, playtables with Megabloks, plasticine, Temporary Thomas and Friends™ Tattoos and reading books and is situated in the Goods Shed to allow all the boys and girls who are waiting to see Santa to have something to do in the warm.
A real family day out, voted a hit by our visitors as a great time for young and old, at the end of the day the children take home a free goody bag including a Mega Bloks toy (while stocks last) from the Fat Controller to say thank you for visiting his trains at the East Anglian Railway Museum.
We open at 10.00am, with trains running from 10:30 to 4.00pm.
Suitable for
- Any age
When
10am-4pm
Admission
Adult: £13.00
Child (2-15): £9.00
Present (age and gender appropriate): £5.00
Admission prices include rides on the trains and other activities. Children under 2 are free.
Tickets bought and paid for before the event will attract a £2.00 discount (excluding presents). See web link below.
Website
Day Out With Thomas and Santa
Day out with Thomas Thomas and his Friends during the Sundays before Christmas, bringing a special passenger - Santa Claus.
You can have unlimited rides on all of the trains, including Thomas and Daisy the DMU (who both promise to have their heating working!). You can meet Santa in his grotto being assisted by Toby and Henrietta and receive a present (an additional charge is made for each present).
You will be able to meet the Fat Controller and receive a Junior Engineers Certificate.
The Imagination Station offers a wide range of children's activities, including a Colouring Competition, engine outline rubbing, playtables with Megabloks, plasticine, Temporary Thomas and Friends™ Tattoos and reading books and is situated in the Goods Shed to allow all the boys and girls who are waiting to see Santa to have something to do in the warm.
A real family day out, voted a hit by our visitors as a great time for young and old, at the end of the day the children take home a free goody bag including a Mega Bloks toy (while stocks last) from the Fat Controller to say thank you for visiting his trains at the East Anglian Railway Museum.
We open at 10.00am, with trains running from 10:30 to 4.00pm.
Suitable for
- Any age
When
10am-4pm
Admission
Adult: £13.00
Child (2-15): £9.00
Present (age and gender appropriate): £5.00
Admission prices include rides on the trains and other activities. Children under 2 are free.
Tickets bought and paid for before the event will attract a £2.00 discount (excluding presents). See web link below.
Website
Day Out With Thomas and Santa
Day out with Thomas Thomas and his Friends during the Sundays before Christmas, bringing a special passenger - Santa Claus.
You can have unlimited rides on all of the trains, including Thomas and Daisy the DMU (who both promise to have their heating working!). You can meet Santa in his grotto being assisted by Toby and Henrietta and receive a present (an additional charge is made for each present).
You will be able to meet the Fat Controller and receive a Junior Engineers Certificate.
The Imagination Station offers a wide range of children's activities, including a Colouring Competition, engine outline rubbing, playtables with Megabloks, plasticine, Temporary Thomas and Friends™ Tattoos and reading books and is situated in the Goods Shed to allow all the boys and girls who are waiting to see Santa to have something to do in the warm.
A real family day out, voted a hit by our visitors as a great time for young and old, at the end of the day the children take home a free goody bag including a Mega Bloks toy (while stocks last) from the Fat Controller to say thank you for visiting his trains at the East Anglian Railway Museum.
We open at 10.00am, with trains running from 10:30 to 4.00pm.
Suitable for
- Any age
When
10am-4pm
Admission
Adult: £13.00
Child (2-15): £9.00
Present (age and gender appropriate): £5.00
Admission prices include rides on the trains and other activities. Children under 2 are free.
Tickets bought and paid for before the event will attract a £2.00 discount (excluding presents). See web link below.
Website
Day Out With Thomas and Santa
Day out with Thomas Thomas and his Friends during the Sundays before Christmas, bringing a special passenger - Santa Claus.
You can have unlimited rides on all of the trains, including Thomas and Daisy the DMU (who both promise to have their heating working!). You can meet Santa in his grotto being assisted by Toby and Henrietta and receive a present (an additional charge is made for each present).
You will be able to meet the Fat Controller and receive a Junior Engineers Certificate.
The Imagination Station offers a wide range of children's activities, including a Colouring Competition, engine outline rubbing, playtables with Megabloks, plasticine, Temporary Thomas and Friends™ Tattoos and reading books and is situated in the Goods Shed to allow all the boys and girls who are waiting to see Santa to have something to do in the warm.
A real family day out, voted a hit by our visitors as a great time for young and old, at the end of the day the children take home a free goody bag including a Mega Bloks toy (while stocks last) from the Fat Controller to say thank you for visiting his trains at the East Anglian Railway Museum.
We open at 10.00am, with trains running from 10:30 to 4.00pm.
Suitable for
- Any age
When
10am-4pm
Admission
Adult: £13.00
Child (2-15): £9.00
Present (age and gender appropriate): £5.00
Admission prices include rides on the trains and other activities. Children under 2 are free.
Tickets bought and paid for before the event will attract a £2.00 discount (excluding presents). See web link below.
Website
Getting there
By Train
We are located on the Sudbury to Marks Tey branch railway line where Greater Anglia operate an hourly service seven days per week throughout the year. Direct trains can be taken from Sudbury, Bures or Marks Tey to the museum. Marks Tey has an excellent mainline connection with regular trains from London, Colchester and Ipswich.
Please visit the National Rail website for up-to-date train times and fare prices.
If you come to the museum by train you are eligible for a 10% discount of the admission price - please present your valid rail ticket when entering the museum.
By Road
The museum has ample parking along the station entrance road.
Coming from Ipswich, Chelmsford or London (Via A12)
Leave A12 at Junction 26 (Colchester Zoo turn-off) and follow the A1124 towards Halstead. After around 5 miles you will see a large railway viaduct - proceed under this and turn right at the cross roads. We are a short distance up the hill in the railway station on the right marked by the British Rail double arrow logo.
Coming from Colchester (through town)
Follow the signs through the town to join the A1124 towards Halstead. After around 5 miles you will see a large railway viaduct - proceed under this and turn right at the cross roads. We are a short distance up the hill in the railway station on the right marked by the British Rail double arrow logo.
Coming from Sudbury
Leave the town via Cornard Road and follow the road around 6 miles through Bures. On leaving Bures, take first right towards Mount Bures and proceed up-hill over the railway level crossing. Follow the road for about 3 miles. After going over the hump back bridge, follow road another 500 metres and we're located in Station Road on the left. (If you've got as far as the crossroads/viaduct - you've gone too far!)
By Bus:
First Essex Bus and Hedingham Omnibuses operate services to Chappel and Wakes Colne Post Office (five minutes walk from the Museum up the hill) every hour Mondays to Saturdays (routes 88 and 88A). These routes operate from Colchester Bus Station via Chappel and Wakes Colne to Halstead. (Colchester Bus Station is situated in the town centre). Network Colchester also operate some limited services via Chappel.
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