National Railway Museum
Museums & Science Centres · York, North Yorkshire
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Closed — opens tomorrow at 10am
🏠 Indoor0–11–33–55–88–1212–16☔ Rainy-day friendlyBirthday parties🆓 Free entrySensory-friendly sessions
What’s there
- Café on site
- Paid parking
- Baby changing
- Picnic area
Access & inclusion
- Step-free access
- SEN friendly
Visitor car park on Leeman Road £10/day (limited; often reaches capacity by 11am; closes 18:00). Accessible parking free for Blue Badge holders in the main car park (~140m from Station Hall entrance). No coach/minibus parking on site.
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
The National Railway Museum in York is the world's largest railway museum, home to famous locomotives and hands-on exhibits kids will love.
Entry is free and it's mainly indoors, so a brilliant rainy-day plan. Check opening times and any special event details with the museum before you go.
Stuff to take with you
The things people wish they’d packed for a day out like this one.
- Refillable water bottleMost places will fill it for free.
- Snacks that survive a rucksackCheaper than the café, and buys you twenty minutes.
- Wet wipes
- Small first aid kitPlasters solve more days out than anything else here.
- Travel games
- Nappy sacks
- Painkillers for grown-ups
- Spare carrier bagFor the wet things. There are always wet things.
- Loose changeLockers and old-fashioned car parks.
- Baby carrier or slingBetter than a pram anywhere with steps or mud.
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