Basildon Miniature Railway

25/05/2026

🚂 School Holiday Running Times 🚂

We’re still running trains this week—here’s when you can visit us at Basildon Miniature Railway in Wat Tyler Park:

🗓 Tuesday – Thursday: 1:30pm – 4:00pm
❌ Friday: Closed
🗓 Saturday & Sunday: 11:00am – 4:00pm

Come along for a ride and enjoy a great family day out before the holidays end! 🌳🚂

We look forward to seeing you soon.

Wat Tyler Country Park

21/05/2026

🚂 School Holiday Fun at Wat Tyler Park 🚂

Join us at Basildon Miniature Railway for a delightful day out this school holiday!

We’ll be running trains on the following days over the long weekend and half term (23rd May to 28th May):

🗓 Saturday – Monday: 11:00am – 4:00pm
🗓 Tuesday – Thursday: 1:30pm – 4:00pm
❌ Friday: Closed

Come along, enjoy a scenic ride, and make the most of a great family day out in the beautiful surroundings of Wat Tyler Country Park.

We look forward to welcoming you! 🚂🌿

19/05/2026

🚂 Ever fancied driving a train?

We’re looking for a few more volunteer hands at Basildon Miniature Railway—especially for weekdays during school holidays over the summer.

If you’ve driven before, brilliant 🤩
If not, that’s fine too—we can train you!

It’s a great way to spend a few hours outdoors, meet people, and be part of keeping a much-loved local railway running 🚂

Even helping out occasionally makes a real difference.

Drop us a message a DM if you’re interested or just curious 👍

15/05/2026

09/05/2026

🚂 After a month out of operation, Cornish Pixie is repaired and awaiting her test runs.

Hasty will be running the service tomorrow from 11am until 4pm. Before going off for a well earned rest and annual service over the next few weeks.

04/05/2026

🛠️ You maybe wondering why you haven’t seen our Cornish Pixie out and about for the last few weeks. She’s been a little poorly, requiring some TLC. We hope to have her back out and about hauling trains again in the next few weeks. 🚂

02/05/2026

🚂 Hasty will be in action all bank holiday weekend, ready to give you a ride!

Our other locomotive, Cornish Pixie, is currently undergoing repairs and will be back soon.

We will be open 11am until 4pm.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Wat Tyler Country Park

24/04/2026

🚂 Saturday 25th April🚂

Firefly will be running in service.

Open from 11am until 4pm

(Some services may be operated by diesel)

22/04/2026

Our volunteers have many talents, including photography and filming. Here is a great video of last weekend’s return of steam. Hope you enjoy it!

2 likes, 1 comment. "STEAM in the PARK 2026 || Basildon Miniature Railway || E4's Travels Episode 5"

19/04/2026

🚂 Steam on shed after a weekend of service.

A huge thank you to everyone who came along and supported our first steam event – it was fantastic to see so many smiling faces enjoying the day 🚂

We’d also like to say a heartfelt thank you to all of our amazing volunteers. Events like this simply wouldn’t be possible without your hard work, time, and dedication.

A very special thank you goes to HASTINGS MINIATURE RAILWAY and Ropley Miniature Railway for bringing along Firefly and Ivor – it was an absolute pleasure to have them visit and they were the stars of the event.

We hope you all enjoyed it as much as we did, and we look forward another steam event in the future. 🙌🏻

Here a link to a video by Henry’s Adventures, in case you missed our steam event: https://youtu.be/VdARW5_IIyQ?si=ZshRI5BjtF-u9fgb