Ripon & District Light Railway
10-11 Canal Side, Dallamires Lane, Ripon, North Yorkshire, HG4 1DE
The aim is to illustrate the manufacture, use and history of what the Victorian's called 'portable railways' - small industrial railway equipment, made in quantity, to standard designs, and sold 'off the shelf' at fixed prices. Our artefacts are displayed along with other industrial items from the same era, to give context. In addition, we tell the story of the 1902 project to build a tourist railway to Fountains Abbey. In Ripon, portable railways (some laid down permanently) were used at Doublegates gravel quarry, on WWI Ripon camp construction, at Littlethorpe potteries, in George Harrison's Ure Bank engine works, at Canal Sawmill's on canal road and in the Varnish Department at Robert Kearsley's paint works.
Timings & Tours
- Sunday 08 September:
- 1000-1600
- Monday 09 September:
- 1000-1600
Location & directions
10-11 Canal Side, Dallamires Lane, Ripon, North Yorkshire, HG4 1DE
Booking information
- Pre-booking requirement:
- Pre-booking not required
Accessibility details
Care to be taken whilst at the museum, of exposed rail tracks, uneven surfaces etc. Visitors to take due care and attention to signs. Due to the nature of some of the exhibits, that are moved outside for better access if the weather forecast is rain, then unfortuneately the museum will be closed.
