Airworld Aviation Museum (2025)
Gwynedd
It is the world's oldest narrow gauge railway with almost 200 years of history, a 13½ mile journey from the harbour in Porthmadog to the slate-quarrying town of Blaenau Ffestiniog. It still operates three of the original locomotives – over 150 years old – and original carriages, offering an unrivalled journey back into the golden age of rail travel.
Operator: Festiniog Railway Company
Address: Harbour Station Porthmadog Gwynedd LL49 9NF
Daily 29 Mar-Oct. Visit website or facebook for more details and advance booking.
The historic trains climb over 700 feet from sea level into the mountains through tranquil pastures and magnificent forests, past lakes and waterfalls, round tight bends (even a complete spiral) clinging to the side of the mountain or tunnelling through it. With some of the most comfortable carriages on any preserved railway – standard or narrow gauge – you can step back in time to a more civilised age.