Museums
This list contains those narrow-gauge railways that are primarily run as museums.
| !Name | Opened | Closed | Gauge | Length | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amberley Working Museum | 1979 | Present | mainly 2 ft (610 mm) | 800 yards (732 m) | Amberley, England | Large industrial museum with extensive narrow gauge railway collection, mainly from lines in the southeast of England. |
| Armley Mills Industrial Museum | ? | Present | various | 60 yards (55 m) | Leeds, England | Industrial museum highlighting the industrial heritage of Leeds. Has a significant collection of Leeds-built locomotives and a short demonstration line. |
| Brockham Museum | 1962 | 1983 | various | ? | Dorking, England | Large collection of narrow gauge railway equipment from the south-east of England. The collection moved to the Amberley Chalk Pits Museum |
| Bursledon Brickworks Museum | 1990 | Present | 2 ft (610 mm) | ? | Bursledon, England | Steam-railway run by the Hampshire Narrow Gauge Railway Society. |
| China Clay Industry Museum | ? | Present | 4 ft 6 in (1,372 mm) | ? | St Austell, England | Static display of ex-Lee Moor tramway locomotive |
| Conwy Valley Railway Museum | 1965 (?) | Present | Various | ? | Betws-y-Coed, Wales | Small railway museum including a number of narrow gauge artifacts. |
| Dowty Railway Preservation Society | 1962 | 1985 | various | ? | Tewkesbury, England | Society of railway enthusiasts from the Dowty Group of companies with a substantial collection of narrow gauge locomotives. See the North Gloucestershire Railway entry. |
| Durley Light Railway | 1968 | after 1996 | 2 ft (610 mm) | ? | Durley, England | Collection of steam and diesel locomotives originally located at Stoke Park sand pit from 1962, moved to Durley in 1968 where a railway was established. |
| Gloddfa Ganol Narrow Gauge Railway Centre | 1978 | 2000 (?) | 2 ft (610 mm) | ? | Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales | At one time the largest collection of narrow gauge locomotives in Britain, housed in the former Oakely slate quarry. |
| Golden Valley Light Railway | Late 1980s | Present | 2 ft (610 mm) | Just under 1-mile (1.6 km) | Butterley, England | Scenic passenger line laid on the old Butterley works tramway, running to Newlands Inn through the country park. Large collection of working narrow gauge locomotives and rolling stock housed within a large purpose built shed at the Midland Railway - Butterley. |
| Herefordshire Waterworks Museum | 1982 | Present | 2 ft (610 mm) | ? | Hereford, England | Short demonstration line. |
| Hollycombe Steam Collection | 1968 | Present | 2 ft (610 mm) | ? | Liphook, England | Working steam museum |
| Irchester Narrow Gauge Railway Museum | 1980s | Present | 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) | ? | Irchester, England | Collection of rolling stock from Midlands ironstone railways and a short demonstration line. |
| Kew Bridge Steam Museum | 1986 | Present | 1 ft 11 1⁄2 in (597 mm) | 200 yards (183 m) | London, England | Waterworks museum with a short demonstration line, run since 1992 by the Hampshire Narrow Gauge Railway Society |
| Klondyke Steam Museum | 1981 | 1982 | 1 ft 11 1⁄2 in (597 mm) | ? | Draycott-on-the-clay, England | A proposed steam museum using the Ffestiniog Railway locomotive Palmerston. Never opened (?) |
| Llechwedd Slate Caverns | 1972 | present | 2 ft (610 mm) | Unknown | Blaenau Ffestiniog, Wales | Passenger carrying railway, mainly underground in the Llechwedd slate mine. Operated with battery-electric locomotives. |
| Monkton Farleigh Mine Museum | before 1987 | 1990 | 2 ft (610 mm) | ? | Bath, England | 4wDM locomotive at a mining museum in an abandoned quarry. |
| Morwellham Open Air Museum | ? | Present | 2 ft (610 mm) | ? | Tavistock, England | Passenger-carrying tourist railway at the museum |
| Moseley Industrial Narrow Gauge Tramway and Museum Tumblydown Farm railway | 2001 | Present | 2 ft (610 mm) | 600 yards (549 m) | Tolgus Mount, England | Part of the original Moseley Tramway collection now relocated to Cornwall. |
| Moseley Railway Trust | 1968 | Present | mainly 2 ft (610 mm) | ? | Newcastle-under-Lyme, England | A significant collection of industrial locomotives currently in store, but due to re-open at the Apedale Heritage Center in 2006. |
| Narrow Gauge Railway Museum | 1956 | Present | Various | ? | Tywyn, Wales | Static exhibits at the Talyllyn Railway's Tywyn Wharf station. |
| North Western Museum of Science and Industry | before 1981 | Present | 3 ft (914 mm) | ? | Liverpool, England | Static exhibit of ex-Isle of Man Railway No. 3 Pender |
| Penrhyn Castle Railway Museum | 1951 | Present | various | ? | Bangor, Wales | Collection of industrial narrow gauge locomotives and artifacts |
| Purbeck Mineral and Mining Museum | 2004 | Present | various | ? | Norden, England | Collection of narrow gauge rolling stock from the Purbeck clay mining industry. A demonstration railway is under construction. |
| Tolgus Tin Mine Museum | ? | ? | 2 ft 2 in (660 mm) | ? | Redruth, England | Static display of mining locomotive |
| Welland Valley Vintage Traction Club | ? | ? | 3 ft (914 mm) | ? | Market Harborough, England | Ex-ironstone quarry railway equipment on static exhibition, including Kettering Ironstone Railway No. 8 |
| Westonzoyland Pumping Station Museum | ? | 2004 | 2 ft (610 mm) | ? | Westonzoyland, England | Small industrial museum at restored pumphouse with a short demonstration railway. |
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