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.
Newby Hall & Gardens, Nr Ripon, Yorkshire, HG4 5AJ.
The railway is a 7 1/4inch and runs a Royal Scot steam loco and has great views of the gardens. Also two Severn Lamb Western gas locomotives.
Displays include a wealth of artefacts and photographs, depicting the town's history. Larger exhibits include an elegant Victorian parlour, the interior…
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…
Lister’s Road , Halifax, Yorkshire, HX3 6XG.
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…
Hull Road, Withernsea, Yorkshire, HU19 2DY.
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 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…
Waters Road, Marsden, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, HD7 6NQ.
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, Beverley Road, Cottingham, East Riding, Yorkshire, HU16 5TF.
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…
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 Country Park , Skelton Road, Guisborough, Yorkshire, TS14 6QA.
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 Railway Station, Station Yard, Richmond, Yorkshire, DL10 4LD.
Housed in the former Booking Office of the impressive Victorian railway station, the centre includes many artefacts to give a fascinating insight into…
The Station, Moor Road,
Hunslet,
Leeds,
Yorkshire,
LS10 2JQ.
Tel: 0845 680 1758.
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…
Leeming Bar Station, Leases Road,
Leeming Bar,
Northallerton,
Yorkshire,
DL7 9AR.
Tel: 01677 425 805.
Trains run between Northallerton West and Aysgarth, via Bedale, Leeming Bar and Leyburn through the lowland Vale of Mowbray to the upland splendour of…
Longlands Lane,
Brodsworth,
Nr Doncaster,
Yorkshire,
DN5 7XB.
Tel: 01302 330 430.
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…
Flower of May Holiday Park,
Stone Pit Lane,
Scarborough,
Yorkshire,
YO11 3NU.
Tel: 01723 586 698.
One of the country’s largest and finest private collections – Showman’s steam engines built by Burrell, Fowler and Garrett, organs, vintage cars,…
Wells Walk, Bridge Street, Pickering, Yorkshire, YO18 8DU.
Discover the history of Pickering; its people, trade and local industries. Explore period shops, bygones of a Victorian age, including a printer’s workshop,…
The Station, Park Mill Way,
Clayton West ,
Nr Huddersfield,
Yorkshire,
HD8 9XJ.
Tel: 01484 865 727.
Narrow gauge trains run for 3.5 miles along the former Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Clayton West branch, through the scenic South Pennine foothills,…
Murton Park,
Murton Lane,
York,
Yorkshire,
YO19 5UF.
Tel: 01904 489 966.
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…
Northstead Manor Gardens,
Burniston Road,
Scarborough,
Yorkshire,
Y012 6PF.
Tel: 01723 368 791.
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…
Brockfield Villa,
Stockton-on-Forest,
York,
Yorkshire,
YO32 9UE.
Tel: 01904 400 493.
Private collection of over 270 vintage and post-war classic motorcycles and a number of commercial vehicles, many of which have appeared in ‘Heartbeat‘.
Eye of York,
York,
Yorkshire,
Y01 9RY.
Tel: 01904 687 687.
Among the many exhibitions the folk museum includes some excellent transport items – an 1899 steam car, 1909 Colibri car, Victorian cycles and tricycle,…
Abbeydale Road South,
Sheffield,
Yorkshire,
S7 2QW.
Tel: 0114 272 2106.
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…