🏠 Indoor & outdoor0–11–33–55–88–1212–16Seasonal openingEducationalSchool holiday activitiesMemberships available
What’s there
- Café on site
- Parking
- Dogs welcome
Car park at Leeming Bar station (turn right after the level crossing, off Leases Road).
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
The Wensleydale Railway operates heritage diesel train services through the Yorkshire Dales between Scruton, Leeming Bar, Bedale, Finghall Lane and Leyburn. A great family day out: ride in vintage carriages, visit restored historic stations, and learn about 1900s railway life with free guided tours by costumed living history interpreters. Children aged 3-15 travel for only £1 on regular scheduled trains when accompanied by a paying adult, and under-3s ride free. Dogs on leads are welcome on normal services (dog ticket £1). Facilities include the ticket office and buffet coach at Leeming Bar station and Arthur's Tea Room at Leyburn. Seasonal events include the Polar Express family Christmas experience, Heritage Summer hands-on activity days and special event trains. Services run on a seasonal calendar - check the Running Days page on the website for exact dates.
Services run on a published seasonal calendar; locomotive-hauled heritage diesels Wednesdays and Saturdays 1 Jul-12 Sep 2026. Special events include Polar Express (Dec), Heritage Summer hands-on activity days (Aug) and afternoon tea trains.
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.
- Umbrella
- I-spy book
- Folding stool
- Sick bagsYou only forget these once.
- Toddler reins
- Gloves
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