Devon railways
You can learn more about Devon's railways at these museums. Select a museum to find out more, including their opening times (which may be seasonal), how to find them and what else is in their collections.
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Bovey Tracey Heritage Centre
BOVEY TRACEY
The small museum with a big heart! Bovey Tracey Heritage Centre is situated off the A382 in the old railway station building, which was in use on the branch line to Moretonhampstead for nearly 100 years.
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Bampton Heritage and Visitor Centre
Tiverton
Bampton Heritage and Visitor Centre is located inside the town's Grade 1 listed St Michael and All Angels church.
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Braunton and District Museum
Braunton
The Bakehouse Centre was specially converted from a former bakehouse and two cottages to house today's Museum.
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South Devon Railway
Buckfastleigh
The South Devon Railway is one of Devon's and the West Country's best loved tourist attractions and is the longest established steam railway in the south west.
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Coldharbour Mill Working Wool Museum
Cullompton
Coldharbour Mill, built between 1797 and 1799 as Fox Brothers' first spinning mill in the South West, preserves a collection of Victorian spinning frames for the worsted process, and Hattersley looms are still in use to weave knitting yarns, tartan cloth, rugs and stair runners.
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Newton Abbot Town and GWR Museum
Newton Abbot
The museum covers a range of aspects of local history, including World War One exhibits and films, the John Lethbridge display telling the story of an 18th century salvage diver, the 16th century Sandford Orleigh carvings , accounts of the lives of Notable Newtonians and the ever-popular Great Western Railway room.
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Lynton and Barnstaple Railway
Parracombe
Opening in 1898, the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway in North Devon was considered one of the world's most famous and picturesque narrow-gauge railways.
