Goathland - North Yorkshire Moors Railway

North Yorkshire Moors Railway

Goathland railway station is on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway. The railway is run by a charitable trust with some paid staff but is mostly operated by volunteers, running nearly all the year including Christmas. It carries more than 250,000 passengers a year and is the second-longest preserved line in Britain. It links Grosmont in the north with Pickering in the south. It follows the route of the 19th century line that connected to Whitby. From spring 2007 some trains on the railway are timetabled to run to Whitby.

Goathland railway station was used as the location for Hogsmeade railway station in the Harry Potter films, and the line filmed for Harry's journey.

  • Country just south of Goathland

  • Moorland at Goathland

  • Goathland's main road

  • Goathland Church

  • Goathland Railway Station

  • The shops on the green at Goathland, often seen in ITV's Heartbeat.

  • More shops

  • Tea room

  • Scripp's Funeral Services and Petrol Station, seen on Heartbeat

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