Crowle Peatland Railway is open to visitors on June 8th and 9th, offering a glimpse into the past of peat…
The railway was built to move peat extracted for commercial and domestic purposes from animal bedding to amateur gardening, but that’s all stopped now, with the peat seen as a valuable resources for containing carbon.
These days the volunteers at the railway have small restored locos Little Peat and The Thomas Buck, and even a tram rescued and restored from the Portuguese city of Lisbon.
They’ll offer train rides, a tour of the railway buildings, and refreshments in the site’s Moorside Cafe.
The railway’s based at The Old Peatworks off Dole Road in Crowle, DN17 4BL. If you use what3words, search for dabbing.amphibian.line
