The Last Narrow-Gauge Railway Adventure

"Today's L&B at Woody Bay is perhaps the finest showcase for what preservation can achieve"

Steam Railway No. 500 (December 2019 - January 2020)

THIS WEEK

Open again Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th

No need to book tickets in advance - just turn up and buy your tickets on the day

In line with the UK GOV guidelines we are thrilled to be able to welcome back visitors in a very safe and COVID compliant environment.

Fortunately, we have lots of space at Woody Bay Station which means that our visitors can easily maintain social distancing.

• Please ensure that you check-in using track and trace and (unless exempt), masks are worn when moving around the station area. Also, please make use of the hand-sanitizing stations located around the site.
• Each self-contained compartment in our restored Victorian carriages will be thoroughly cleaned after every trip.
• The Tea-Rooms will be providing a limited range of take-away snacks and beverages to consume in our spacious gardens.

Our timetable is HERE. But before visiting, please do check our main website and social media channels for any late changes to our planned opening days and train departure times.

Thank you for your continued support and we look forward to welcoming you back onboard this magical railway very soon

Grant for geo-environmental survey work

Our design engineer, John Barton, is about to order all the geo-environmental survey work  required before reconstruction of the railway can begin from Killington Lane to Wistlandpound. This work involves test bores along the whole route to check for contamination (possible hazardous waste dumped in cuttings), the suitability of any infill for future use in embankment reconstruction and the nature of the ground where new bridge construction is required.

The Veronica Awdry Charitable Trust have given a grant of £1500 to help fund the ground investigations at Killington Lane which will test the nature of the infill in the cuttings either side of the former Bridge 65 (Killington Lane overbridge) as well as determining the nature of the soil upon which the new Bridge 65 foundations will sit.

Thanks are due to the Veronica Awdry Charitable Trust (Veronica Awdry is the daughter of the Reverend Awdry of Thomas the Tank fame) for their donation to fund to this vital piece of work.

Paul Curson - Trustee

The only steam railway in the UK where on every journey, passengers travel in Victorian railway carriages designed in the 1890's

These unique historic carriages cannot be seen anywhere other than here in North Devon

At 964 feet above sea level, Woody Bay is the highest railway station in Southern England
and home of the World's only new-build American steam engine, LYN

LEADER 5 Grant towards the reconstruction of Bridge No's. 54 and 55

This project enabled the Lynton & Barnstaple Trust to construct two essential bridges between Wistlandpound Reservoir and Blackmoor Gate as part of the extension of the railway in North Devon

Click HERE to read more

We are hard at work on the project to extend the railway to Blackmoor, Wistlandpound and eventually back to Lynton

PLEASE CLICK HERE TO READ MORE

It's been a long and difficult job – to find out why CLICK HERE 

Did you know that having a heritage railway nearby significantly boosts the local economy?