Bure Valley Railway

Bure Valley Railway Visit Norfolk’s longest narrow-gauge steam railway, Bure Valley Railway. Great fun for all ages, no matter the weather!
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Travel between Aylsham and Wroxham, visit the Whistlestop Cafe, and browse our Model Railway & gift shop. The Bure Valley Railway is Norfolk's longest fifteen-inch gauge steam railway, running nine miles between the historic market town of Aylsham and the bustling Broads town of Wroxham.

Celebrate Father's Day with us on June 20th and 21st! 🎉Treat Dad to a memorable family day out on the railway. 🚂 One Dad...
04/06/2026

Celebrate Father's Day with us on June 20th and 21st! 🎉

Treat Dad to a memorable family day out on the railway. 🚂 One Dad travels FREE with each full fare-paying adult! Enjoy quality time together and don't miss our pre-bookable Afternoon Tea at the Whistlestop Cafe at Aylsham Station. 🍰

Trains running from Aylsham and Wroxham, and kids under 4 travel free!

Don't let this special offer slip away—book your tickets today:
https://www.burevalleyrailway.co.uk/whats-on/dad-goes-free-weekend/

A massive thank you to everyone who braved the rain to join us for our Classics & Steam evening yesterday. Despite the r...
04/06/2026

A massive thank you to everyone who braved the rain to join us for our Classics & Steam evening yesterday. Despite the rain we had a variety of cars arrive at Aylsham.

The next evening is Wednesday 1st July from 17:30 at Aylsham, hopefully with some extra sunshine 🌞

Our Carriage and Wagon Superintendent Mike, has brought Coach 17 into the Workshop today for the final finishing touches...
03/06/2026

Our Carriage and Wagon Superintendent Mike, has brought Coach 17 into the Workshop today for the final finishing touches to be applied.

The coach will then undergo a period of test runs when the railway is closed to the public to make sure everything behaves as expected before entering service.

🚗✨ Join us for our first Classics & Steam evening tomorrow, Wednesday 3rd! It’s a fantastic opportunity for classic car...
02/06/2026

🚗✨ Join us for our first Classics & Steam evening tomorrow, Wednesday 3rd! It’s a fantastic opportunity for classic car owners and enthusiasts to meet up.

Enjoy free entry with no pre-booking needed—just arrive anytime from 5:30 PM at Aylsham Station. Our shop and café will be open, along with a BBQ!

Don’t miss out on this fun-filled evening! 🌭🍰

No.8 John of Gaunt was originally built oil fired. With the rising cost of oil and the oil burning was very noisy led to...
30/05/2026

No.8 John of Gaunt was originally built oil fired. With the rising cost of oil and the oil burning was very noisy led to a conversion to coal in 2008. The oil buring equipment was retained.

The locomotive has since been overhauled to be much more efficient. Taken with the increasingly hot summer periods and increased fire risk a decision has been made to allow No.8 burn oil again.

The design is such that it will be possible to switch between coal burning and oil burning in a 48-72 hours.

Work is already underway in the workshops at Aylsham to make a new oil tank. The grate and controls from the original system will be used.

This will allow year round steam operation without the fire risk.

Less than a week to go before the first of our Classics & Steam evenings at Aylsham Station. Join us from 17:30 on Wedne...
28/05/2026

Less than a week to go before the first of our Classics & Steam evenings at Aylsham Station.

Join us from 17:30 on Wednesday 3rd June and bring your classic vehicles along for a relaxed, social evenings amongst fellow enthusiasts.

🚗 No booking required, just turn up and enjoy

🌭 BBQ available

☕️ Cafe and shop are open

🎟 Free event

https://www.burevalleyrailway.co.uk/whats-on/classics-steam-evening-3rd-june/

Today the railway celebrated a landmark with our longest serving member of staff having completed 30 years service with ...
27/05/2026

Today the railway celebrated a landmark with our longest serving member of staff having completed 30 years service with the Company.

Neal joined in May 1996 and has risen to become our Operations Manager, not only this he is a qualified Steam and diesel Driver as well as a guard and Permanent Way Supervisor. In addition he is a controller - person who oversees the radio signalling of all train movements on the railway. This is an image is of youthful Neal at work as controller in the 1990's showing just how much this was different back then from our digital computer control of today!

Congratulations Neal and Thank You

Exciting news for our visitors! Tomorrow morning, Wednesday 27th May, we will have an additional train running. Join us ...
26/05/2026

Exciting news for our visitors! Tomorrow morning, Wednesday 27th May, we will have an additional train running. Join us for the 11:00 train from Aylsham or the 12:15 train from Wroxham.

Take advantage of one of our family tickets and enjoy 20% off individual tickets and discover Norfolk’s longest narrow-gauge railway on a scenic nine-mile journey between Aylsham and Wroxham.

Hop on and off all day, ride behind different locomotives, and soak up the Norfolk countryside along the way ☀️

https://tickets.burevalleyrailway.co.uk/

25/05/2026

A great conclusion to our Everything Goes weekend. No.6, 7 and 8 triple header powering away from Buxton this evening.

Thanks must go to the volunteers and staff who worked so hard to make this happen, but not forgetting our visitors without whom we could not continue.

If you weren't able to join us this weekend, we will do it all again over the weekend of 26th & 27th September 2026. We look forward to seeing you then!

25/05/2026

No.6 Blickling Hall and No.8 John of Gaunt burst from Aylsham tunnel into glorious sunshine to complete the final leg of their journey into Aylsham Station on the final day of our Everything Goes weekend.

Address

Aylsham Station, Norwich Road, Aylsham
Norwich
NR116BW

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm
Sunday 9am - 5pm

Telephone

+441263733858

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