Venue Description

Ribble Steam Railway and Museum is an active Heritage Railway, running our Steam Engines every weekend. With a museum, workshop, passenger train, miniature rail, and a children's playground it's a great day out for the family and train enthusiasts. As a volunteer-run organization, you will find a friendly and welcoming environment with our knowledgeable volunteers on hand to answer any questions and share their knowledge. For full opening times please check our website. Open every Sunday from 10:30 until 17:00 and selected weekends until the end of June, open weekends from July until September.

Accessibility

Our whole site has disabled access, with free disabled visitor parking right by our main entrance. All doors are wide enough to fit each type of wheelchair. For our younger visitors, we have a disabled access roundabout in our new playground. In our museum, there are ramps up to the platform and to our exploration room on the second level. There are ramps to the disabled access part of our Steam Train and our workshop is all one level, with doors wide enough to fit any wheelchair through.

Accessibility Guide

Accessibility Guide Link: https://www.ribblesteam.org.uk

Awards List

VAQAS, Visit England Tourism Scheme Arts Council England Accreditation Museum

Toilets

We have a disabled access toilet which has several grab rails, easy turn taps and is ground level /step-free.

Staff

Our paid - staff are all fully first aid trained and our volunteers have emergency first response training. We are hoping to expand our training to include awareness training.

Assistance dog facilities

Other assistance dog facilities

We have a water bowl on our platform for dogs to use.