The East Midlands has an interesting mix of museums, transport centres, e.g. the East Anglian Transport Museum, and railways as well as bus and aviation museums, not forgetting a rich choice of windmills and canals.
The Steam Heritage Guide includes contact details, opening times and description of preservation and heritage attractions in the East Midlands area.
Ecclesbourne Valley Railway
Wirksworth Station, Station Road,
Coldwell Street,
Wirksworth,
Derbyshire.
Tel: 01629 823 076.
Visit website for more details and advance booking.
Peak Rail
Matlock Station,
Matlock,
Derbyshire.
Tel: 01629 580 381.
Visit website for more details and booking.
Papplewick Pumping Station,
Rigg Lane,
Ravenshead,
Nottinghamshire,
NG15 9AJ.
Tel: 0115 963 2938.
Winter steaming with Christmas Fair featuring over 30 craft stalls. James Watt beam engines, Robey winding engine from Linby Colliery and miniature railway…
Rushden Transport Museum & Railway
Rushden Station,
Station Approach,
Rushden,
Northamptonshire.
Tel: 0300 3023 150.
Visit website for more details and booking.
Cogglesford Mill
East Road,
Sleaford,
Lincolnshire.
The mill will be rumbling into action for the last time this year. Join in for a festive milling day and enjoy a complementary mince pie and glass of sherry.…
Abbey Pumping Station Museum,
Corporation Road,
Leicester,
Leicestershire,
LE4 5PX.
Tel: 0116 299 5111.
Standard Admission charges apply (Small charge for train rides. No on site parking available so use the National Space Centre Car park) . 1pm-5pm Start…
Chesterfield & District Model Engineering Society,
Hady Hill,
Chesterfield,
Derbyshire,
S41 0EE.
Tel: 01623 648 676.
Visit website for more details and booking. Pre purchased ticket only, available from September Steaming onwards.
Lincolnshire Wolds Railway
Ludborough Station,
Station Road,
Ludborough,
Lincolnshire.
Tel: 01507 363 881.
Visit website for more details and advance booking from August.
Great Central Railway – Nottingham
Mere Way,
Ruddington,
Nottinghamshire.
Tel: 0115 940 5705.
Springfields Events & Conference Centre, Camel Gate, Spalding, Lincolnshire, PE12 6ET.
The bike show is the first motorcycle exhibition of the year and thousands of visitors join us each year to enjoy the incredible show bikes, buy new equipment,…
Quorn and Woodhouse Station,
Woodhouse Road,
Quorn,
Leicestershire,
LE12 8AG.
Tel: 07710 934 788.
Three days of intensive action on our double track featuring passenger and goods/freight services with up to 10 steam locos in action. We're recreating…
Abbey Pumping Station
Corporation Road,
Leicester,
Leicestershire.
Tel: 0116 299 5114.
12 midday-5pm This will be our 30th year of this popular event – see engines in steam and enjoy the many miniature steam engines, boats and trains…
Ecclesbourne Valley Railway
Wirksworth Station, Station Road,
Coldwell Street,
Wirksworth,
Derbyshire.
Tel: 01629 823 076.
Travel back to yesteryear with the Railcar Gala and celebrate the unsung heroes of British Railways. The large collection of railcars will feature, running…
Abbey Pumping Station
Corporation Road,
Leicester,
Leicestershire.
Tel: 0116 299 5111.
Leawood Pumphouse
High Peak Junction,
Cromford,
Derbyshire.
Tel: 01629 823 204.
12 till 4.30pm in steam.
Pleasley Colliery
Pit Lane,
Pleasley,
Derbyshire.
10am-2pm.
Papplewick Pumping Station,
Rigg Lane,
Ravenshead,
Nottinghamshire,
NG15 9AJ.
Tel: 0115 963 2938.
Model submarine and Spring Fair with all engines in steam including the James Watt beam engines, the Linby colliery winding engine and the miniature railway.…
Crich Tramway Village
The National Tramway Museum,
Nr Matlock,
Derbyshire.
Tel: 01773 854 321.
See war time Britain brought to life with military vehicles soldiers and civilians in this week long event.
Aircraft / Buses / Military / Motorbikes
Ecclesbourne Valley Railway
Wirksworth Station, Station Road,
Coldwell Street,
Wirksworth,
Derbyshire.
Tel: 01629 823 076.
Enjoy classic diesel locomotive action in the valley, running in a variety of combinations to a special timetable.
Great Central Railway – Nottingham
Mere Way,
Ruddington,
Nottinghamshire.
Tel: 0115 940 5705.
Buses / Classic Cars / Commercial Vehicles / Miniature Railway / Models / Railways
Donington Park, Castle Donington, Derby, Derbyshire, DE74 2RP.
As well as watching such iconic machines fighting it out on track, spectators can wander round the race paddocks, enjoying free access and getting…
Lancaster Farm, Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire, NN10 8LB.
Buses / Classic Cars / Commercial Vehicles / Fairground / Motorbikes / Stationary Engines / Steam and Vintage Rallies / Tractors
Abbey Pumping Station
Corporation Road,
Leicester,
Leicestershire.
Tel: 0116 299 5114.
Come and meet the people who we rely on to help us in an emergency and see their vehicles from the past and present, have a go with the stirrup pump and…
Ecclesbourne Valley Railway
Wirksworth Station, Station Road,
Coldwell Street,
Wirksworth,
Derbyshire.
Tel: 01629 823 076.
An exciting gathering of classic vehicles at Wirksworth Station.
Fred Dibnah looks at the work of great engineers of the age – Brunel, Stephenson and Armstrong.
Celebrating the 2015 100th anniversary of the start of Sentinel steam waggon production in Shrewsbury.
Get both 'Ploughing Engines at Work' and 'Relections of Living Steam' for a great price!
Bring back memories of a bygone time with two books of outstanding photographs by well-known photographer Barry J Finch taken through the 1950s and 1960s – now available at an outstanding price.
Only £17.95 + p&p
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