🏠 IndoorEducational🆓 Free entry
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The Gauge Museum sits in a restored GWR goods shed on Platform 1 of Bishops Lydeard station, the southern end of the West Somerset Railway. It tells the story of the line, from its origins through near closure under the Beeching cuts to its revival as a heritage railway. Exhibits include a restored GWR sleeping car, a replica signal box and Gauge Junction, a working model railway that volunteers operate and that children often enjoy watching. Interactive displays and touch screens let visitors explore historic photographs and the people who built and ran the railway. Because the building is small, school groups may be split up for activities. Admission is free, and visitors are invited to leave a donation. The museum is best combined with a steam or diesel train ride on the line.
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.
- Rucksack
- Backseat organiser
- Painkillers for grown-ups
- A penForms, competitions, name badges.
- Hair bobbles
- Bum bag
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