Rutland Railway Museum

Rutland Railway Museum, now trading as Rocks by Rail: The Living Ironstone Museum, is a heritage railway on part of a former Midland Railway mineral branch line. It is situated north east of Oakham, in Rutland, England.

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Email: curator@rocks-by-rail.org
Type: Museum
Description: railway museum in Oakham, Rutland
Also known as: “Rocks by Rail” and “Rocks by Rail: The Living Ironstone Museum”
Address: Ashwell Road, Cottesmore, LE15 7FF

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St Mary’s Church, Ashwell, Rutland and RAF Cottesmore.

St Mary’s Church, Ashwell, Rutland

Church

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St Mary's Church is a Church of England parish church in Ashwell, Rutland. It is a Grade I listed building. St Mary’s Church, Ashwell, Rutland is situated 1 mile west of Rutland Railway Museum.

RAF Cottesmore

Military installation

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Royal Air Force Cottesmore or more simply RAF Cottesmore is a former Royal Air Force station in Rutland, England, situated between Cottesmore and Market Overton. RAF Cottesmore is situated 2 miles northeast of Rutland Railway Museum.

Holy Trinity Church, Teigh

Church

Photo: John Sutton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Holy Trinity Church is the parish church in Teigh, Rutland. It is a Grade II* listed building. Holy Trinity Church, Teigh is situated 1½ miles northwest of Rutland Railway Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ashwell and Market Overton.

Ashwell

Village

Photo: John Salmon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ashwell is a village and civil parish in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. It is about 3 miles north of Oakham.

Market Overton

Village

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Market Overton is a village on the northern edge of the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. The population of the civil parish was 494 at the 2001 census, increasing to 584 at the 2011 census. Market Overton is situated 1½ miles north of Rutland Railway Museum.

Greetham

Village

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Greetham is a village and civil parish in the county of Rutland in the East Midlands of England. The village's name means 'homestead/village which is gravelly' or 'hemmed-in land which is gravelly'. Greetham is situated 2½ miles east of Rutland Railway Museum.

Rutland Railway Museum

Categories: railway museum, independent museum, mining museum, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: Barrow, Rutland, East Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.71624° or 52° 42′ 59″ north

Longitude

-0.69323° or 0° 41′ 36″ west

Open location code

9C4XP884+FP

OpenStreetMap ID

way 288207413

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

Wikidata ID

Q7383497

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Highlights include Workshop and Demonstation area.

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