Displays include a wealth of artefacts and photographs, depicting the town's history. Larger exhibits include an elegant Victorian parlour, the interior…
Attractions in Yorkshire
A big county like Yorkshire has to have its own section. Here are delights such as York's National Railway Museum, the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, Yorkshire Air Museum and a whole host of industrial and transport museums.
The Steam Heritage Guide includes contact details, opening times and description of preservation and heritage attractions.
Calderdale Industrial Museum
Central Works, Square Road, Halifax, Yorkshire, HX1 1QG.
This collection represents a cross section of the wide variety of industries that developed in Calderdale. Some of the machines are the only surviving…
'Oddball', the largest preserved walking dragline excavator in Western Europe. Look all round outside and see the giant 25 cubic yard bucket. Go inside…
Set in beautifully restored gardens and estate that forms Shibden Park, the hall dates back to 1420. The adjacent 17th century aisled barn and workshops…
Withernsea Lighthouse Museum
Hull Road, Withernsea, Yorkshire, HU19 2DY.
- Parking
- Refreshments
- Part disabled access
One of only a handful of lighthouses built inland, standing 127ft (38m) high in the middle of the seaside town. The base of the lighthouse features RNLI…
Rockley Furnace & Engine House
Rockley Lane, Nr Birdwell, Yorkshire, .
The furnace was built around 1700 to smelt the local iron ore. The engine house once housed a Newcomen type pumping engine that kept the iron mine dry.…
There is a wide range of items on display with the emphasis on local and social history. Displays include artefacts from the Stone Age to the present day…
Standedge Tunnel & Visitor Centre
Waters Road, Marsden, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, HD7 6NQ.
- Parking
- Refreshments
- Full disabled access
The former canal warehouse opposite the towpath at Tunnel End has been converted into a Visitor Centre with displays telling the story of the canal and…
Skidby Windmill & Museum of East Riding Rural Life
Skidby, Beverley Road, Cottingham, East Riding, Yorkshire, HU16 5TF.
- Refreshments
- Part disabled access
A working four-sailed tower windmill, the last working mill in East Yorkshire. It is set in an acre of land and has magnificent views over the Wolds. The…
Shepherd Wheel
Whitely Woods,
Off Hangingwater Road,
Sheffield,
Yorkshire,
S11 2YE.
Tel: 0114 272 2106.
A unique working example of Sheffield's knife grinding industry. This water-powered workshop dates back to the 1500s and displays the tools of the trade…
Tocketts Mill
Tocketts Mill Country Park , Skelton Road, Guisborough, Yorkshire, TS14 6QA.
- Parking
- Refreshments
- Part disabled access
Fully restored water-driven Corn Mill and a Grade II* Listed building, one of the most complete working water mills in England and has been recognised…
The Station
The Railway Station, Station Yard, Richmond, Yorkshire, DL10 4LD.
- Parking
- Refreshments
- Souvenir Shop
- Full disabled access
Housed in the former Booking Office of the impressive Victorian railway station, the centre includes many artefacts to give a fascinating insight into…
Middleton Railway
The Station, Moor Road,
Hunslet,
Leeds,
Yorkshire,
LS10 2JQ.
Tel: 0845 680 1758.
- Parking
- Refreshments
- Souvenir Shop
- Full disabled access
Situated at Hunslet Moor, adjacent to junction 5 of the M621, this standard gauge line of 1 1/4 miles is the world's oldest operating railway, running…
Wensleydale Railway
Leeming Bar Station, Leases Road,
Leeming Bar,
Northallerton,
Yorkshire,
DL7 9AR.
Tel: 01677 425 805.
- Parking
- Refreshments
- Souvenir Shop
- Part disabled access
Trains run between Northallerton West and Aysgarth, via Bedale, Leeming Bar and Leyburn through the lowland Vale of Mowbray to the upland splendour of…
Markham Grange Steam Museum
Longlands Lane,
Brodsworth,
Nr Doncaster,
Yorkshire,
DN5 7XD.
Tel: 01302 330 430.
- Parking
- Refreshments
- Full disabled access
An impressive collection of restored stationary steam engines. In total around 18 steam engines & pumps are on display, the majority of which can be run…
Arctic Corsair
Rear of Streetlife Museum, High Street, Hull, Yorkshire, HU1 1PS.
Hull’s last sidewinder trawler. The crew conduct guided tours (access is limited) where you’ll hear all about life at sea and the dangers deep sea…
Scarborough Fair Collection
Flower of May Holiday Park,
Lebberston Cliff,
Scarborough,
Yorkshire,
YO11 3NU.
Tel: 01723 586 698.
- Parking
- Refreshments
- Souvenir Shop
- Full disabled access
One of the country’s largest and finest private collections – Showman’s steam engines built by Burrell, Fowler and Garrett, organs, vintage cars,…
Beck Isle Museum
Wells Walk, Pickering, Yorkshire, YO18 8DU.
- Parking
- Souvenir Shop
- Full disabled access
Housed in what is thought to be the first Agricultural College in England. Designed by William Marshall, this fine Listed building is Pickering’s hidden…
Kirklees Light Railway
The Station, Park Mill Way,
Clayton West ,
Nr Huddersfield,
Yorkshire,
HD8 9XJ.
Tel: 01484 865 727.
- Parking
- Refreshments
- Souvenir Shop
- Part disabled access
Narrow gauge trains run for 3.5 miles along the former Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Clayton West branch, through the scenic South Pennine foothills,…
Yorkshire Museum of Farming
Murton Park,
Murton Lane,
York,
Yorkshire,
YO19 5UF.
Tel: 01904 489 966.
- Parking
- Refreshments
- Souvenir Shop
- Part disabled access
Illustrates 200 years of Yorkshire rural life with the railway age represented by a preserved half mile long section of the Derwent Valley Light Railway…
North Bay Railway
Northstead Manor Gardens,
Burniston Road,
Scarborough,
Yorkshire,
Y012 6PF.
Tel: 01723 368 791.
- Parking
- Refreshments
- Souvenir Shop
- Full disabled access
Run steam outline LNER style A3 locomotives since 1931. Built to 20in. gauge, the line takes visitors from Peasholm Park to Scalby Mills stations, offering…
Craven Collection of Classic Bikes
Brockfield Villa,
Stockton-on-Forest,
York,
Yorkshire,
YO32 9UE.
Tel: 01904 400 493.
- Parking
- Refreshments
- Part disabled access
Private collection of over 270 vintage and post-war classic motorcycles and a number of commercial vehicles, many of which have appeared in ‘Heartbeat‘.
York Castle Museum
Eye of York,
York,
Yorkshire,
Y01 9WD.
Tel: 01904 687 687.
- Refreshments
- Souvenir Shop
- Part disabled access
Celebrating 80th anniversary in 2018. Among the many exhibitions, the folk museum includes some excellent transport items – an 1899 steam car, 1909 Colibri…
Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet
Abbeydale Road South,
Sheffield,
Yorkshire,
S7 2QW.
Tel: 0114 272 2106.
- Parking
- Refreshments
- Souvenir Shop
- Part disabled access
Once a producer of agricultural tools and the largest water-powered industrial site on the River Sheaf. A group of Grade I and Grade II Listed buildings…