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A small museum run by volunteers from the Dartmoor Railway Association, housed in two rooms at the far end of Platform 2 at Okehampton station. It is dedicated to a former station manager who helped keep the Okehampton line open, and it shows artefacts, photographs and documents about the railway in and around the town, including Meldon Quarry and Meldon Viaduct. Visitors can see old station fittings and signalling items, and the displays suit children interested in trains and local history. Admission is free. Because it depends on volunteer availability, it is open mainly on Wednesday and Saturday mornings and afternoons, so families should check before travelling. The museum sits alongside an operating station, which gives a day out a railway setting of its own.
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.
- Backseat organiser
- Painkillers for grown-ups
- Travel games
- Travel pillow
- Sun cream for after
- Boiled sweets for the carEars on hills, boredom on motorways.
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