Steam Events
happening in various parts of the country this first weekend of April. Starting off the season amongst the
Preserved Railways are;
Llangollen Railway
holds its Spring Steam Gala at The Station, Abbey Road, Llangollen,
Denbighshire, LL20 8SN. Check at 01978
860 979 or
Bodmin &
Wenford Railway, Bodmin General Station, Lostwithiel Road, Bodmin, Cornwall,
PL13 1AQ 0120873555
www.bodminrailway.co.uk
Vintage Train
Steaming Day, Buckinghamshire Railway Centre, Quainton Road Station, Quainton,
Nr Aylesbury, Bucks, HP22 4BY. 01296 655 450
In addition, many
of the industrial Museums have also chosen this weekend to bring some of their
steam engines back to life for the season;
Spring at Etruria
& Mill in Steam, Etruria Industrial Museum, Lower Bedford Street, Etruria,
Stoke on Trent, Staffs ST4 7AF. Contact 01782 233 144
In Steam,
Westonzoyland Pumping Station, Hoopers Lane, Westonzoyland,
Next weekend, April 10th -13th ...............
sees one of the first Steam
Fairs at Beamish Musuem, Beamish, Nr Stanley, Durham, DH9 0RG 0191 370 4000
www.beamish.org.uk This
museum is worth a visit at any time and particularly shows off its vintage streets and Victorian
Industrial Living environment setting well.
On the same weekend a Bus and Coach Gathering at the Brooklands Museum just south west of
London. London Bus Museum,
Cobham Hall, Brooklands Road, Weybridge, Surrey, KT13 0QN, (visitors should use
KT13 0SL) 01932 837 994
www.londonbusmuseum.com
If buses are not
your thing, then there are many other transport events run at Brooklands, the
famous race track which closed as a track in 1939, including the transport
museum which includes the only preserved Concorde which has public access.
There are also Vickers Aviation planes on display, plus a vast collection of
vintage and racing cars and motorbikes. This is also the site of Mercedes
World, which offers many events for a fun family day out
