Buckinghamshire Railway Centre
Buckinghamshire Railway Centre is a railway museum operated by the Quainton Railway Society Ltd. at Quainton Road railway station, about 5 miles west of Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, England.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Oxyman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Quainton Road railway station and Quainton Windmill.
Quainton Road railway station
Railway station
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Quainton Road railway station was opened in 1868 in under-developed countryside near Quainton, in the English county of Buckinghamshire, 44 miles from London. Quainton Road railway station is situated 920 feet northwest of Buckinghamshire Railway Centre.
Quainton Windmill
Photo: Cameraman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Quainton Windmill is a historic windmill in the village of Quainton, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom. The 70 ft six-storey brick tower mill, built 1830–32, is one of the most visible buildings in the village. Quainton Windmill is situated 1 mile northeast of Buckinghamshire Railway Centre.
Church of St Mary and the Holy Cross
Church
Photo: mym, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Mary and the Holy Cross is situated 1 mile northeast of Buckinghamshire Railway Centre.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Waddesdon and Westcott.
Waddesdon
Village
Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Waddesdon is a village in Buckinghamshire, England, 6 miles west-north-west of Aylesbury on the A41 road. The village also includes the hamlets of Eythrope and Wormstone.
Westcott
Village
Photo: Andrew Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Westcott is a village and civil parish in the unitary authority area of Buckinghamshire, England, about 1 mile west of Waddesdon. The toponym is derived from the Old English for "west cottage". Westcott is situated 2 miles southwest of Buckinghamshire Railway Centre.
Oving
Village
Photo: Virginia Knight, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Oving is a village and also a civil parish within the Aylesbury Vale area of Buckinghamshire, England. It is located about three and a half miles north east of Waddesdon, four miles south of Winslow. Oving is situated 3 miles northeast of Buckinghamshire Railway Centre.
Buckinghamshire Railway Centre
- Type: Museum
- Description: operational railway museum
- Categories: railway museum, independent museum, railway, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Quainton, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.86336° or 51° 51′ 48″ northLongitude
-0.92527° or 0° 55′ 31″ westElevation
285 feet (87 metres)Open location code
9C3XV37F+8VOpenStreetMap ID
way 295528490OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=railwayOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumGeoNames ID
6955247Wikidata ID
Q4983267
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Japanese—“Buckinghamshire Railway Centre” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مركز سكة حديد باكينغهامشير”
- Chinese: “白金漢铁路中心”
- Japanese: “バッキンガムシャー鉄道センター”
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