Rudyard Lake Steam Railway - Rudyard, Nr Leek, Staffordshire Moorlands, UK
N 53° 07.074 W 002° 04.062
30U E 562395 N 5885792
The Rudyard Lake Railway is a miniature heritage steam railway, providing a train ride along the east side of Rudyard Lake in the Staffordshire Moorlands.
Waymark Code: WM15JJ6
Location: West Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 01/13/2022
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Rudyard Lake is a two and a half mile long artificial lake that was created between 1797 and 1800 as a reservoir.
It is popular location offering walking, boating, sailing and fishing, a converted boat house as a visitor centre and the Rudyard Miniature Steam Railway that runs along the eastern side of the lake. (
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Rudyard Lake was developed by the North Staffordshire Railway to offer days out to the workers of the Midlands and North West.
The railway is 10.25 inch gauge which is equivalent to half size Narrow Gauge. The railway uses coal fired steam engines on most of its trains which run whatever the weather and all have covered coaches. New since 2016 is the incorporation of the Isle of Mull Railway engines Frances, Victoria and Glen Auldyn into the fleet. (
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"The railway runs 2.4 km on the track bed of an old standard gauge North Staffordshire Railway line. After the NSR line closed down, a small narrow gauge train ran on the site for two years before moving via Suffolk to Trago Mills in Devon. The current line started in 1985 and is 10+1/4 in (260 mm) gauge, and operates to a timetable. It was built by John Eastman of Congleton working on his own over a period of ten years. He sold the railway to Rudyard Lake Steam Railway Ltd in October 2000 who have developed it since that date.
Trains are about half the size a normal narrow gauge railway and are steam hauled. The railway runs from Rudyard railway station to the dam, then along the side of the lake to terminate by the lakeside at Hunthouse Wood. This is about a mile south of the site of the old Cliffe Park railway station." SOURCE: (
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The journey takes about 45 minutes and is available at the following times:
Sat-Sun & BHol to 7 Nov. Daily 16 Jul-30 Aug, 25-31 Oct. Visit website for more details and advance booking.
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It costs £5 each for adults and £3 each for a child payment by card only. Carriages are cleaned to make them fall in line with covid regulations before you board.
Visit Instructions:Provide a picture of something with the train or related to the train. Possible photos include the train itself at any location along the route, a picture of the scenery with part of the train in view, the kids borrowing the engineer’s hat or of a family member with one of the miniature r.r. crossing signs. Show us you had a good time visiting the train. If the train isn't running when you visit get a photo of one of the miniature railway related items that can be found in locations like this