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Steam Train Ride

Quick Details

  • Duration: 1,5 hours
  • Refreshments: Add an Afternoon Tea, Cream Tea or a Bacon Roll & a Hot Drink and collect at our café to take on board the train with you.
  • Drinks: Add a 20cl prosecco to your booking for only £6.50 (18+)
  • Food: A selection of takeaway options, including baguettes, sandwiches, pasties, snacks, cakes and drinks are available from our cafe at Norchard Station.
  • Booking: Advanced booking is highly recommended, as spaces are limited.
  • Accessibility: Our stations and steam trains are fully wheelchair accessible. Contact us before booking to ensure we know you require the space, and also to get information on our carer's discount.
  • Dogs: Dogs are welcome to travel on this train at a cost of £2.
Adult Ages 18+
£16
Child Ages 3-17
£8
Under 3
Free
Dog
£2

Steam Train Ride Through Dean Forest!

Enjoy a relaxing journey along the Dean Forest Railway behind one of our steam locomotives. Looking for something a little extra? Add a takeaway cream tea or afternoon tea to your trip when placing your booking (and make them extra fancy with a 20cl bottle of prosecco!), available for pickup from Whistles Cafe before your train ride.

Your journey will last approximately 90 minutes, covering our nine mile round trip along our forest line. You will begin your journey at Norchard Station and travel south to Lydney Junction and north to Parkend before returning to Norchard. The train will stop for around 20 minutes at both ends of the line (Lydney Junction and Parkend), while the engine runs around, where you’ll have the perfect opportunity to get some photos of the train, as well as use the facilities if needed.

Please note that, due to unforeseen cicumstances, the planned steam service on Wednesday 19th September will now be operated by our heritage diesel railcar instead. Tickets for this are available here.

Don’t forget to visit our shop, museum and cafe at Norchard Station, which are open all day (although the cafe closes after the last full round trip departs).

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