Barrow Hill Roundhouse Railway Centre is Britain’s last surviving operational railway Roundhouse.

The site is now home to over sixty Steam, Diesel and Electric locomotives, plus numerous wagons and coaches.

At Barrow Hill during 2009 there were constant improvement to the sites facilities, commercial activity continued to increase and the events were excellent.
 
The steam gala held in April last year, with Tornado as the star of the show, was the biggest event  ever staged at Barrow Hill; attracting over 9,000 visitors over the two day event.   The Rail Ale festival attracted more people (over 3,500 people) over two days than it had ever done before and the Diesel Gala, held last August  was again a superb success, with over 3,000 visitors. Finally, Tornado re-visited, a one-day event, held last October attracted over 1,500 local visitors. This event was aimed at a local audience and it brought a whole new group of people into the Roundhouse.

2011 events
There are a number of events planned for 2011 including :

May – Friday 13th and Saturday 14th

10th Annual Rail Ale Festival

The increasingly popular Rail Ale festival returns with the plan to expand it and add a few new items of interest!

September – Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th

“Model Rail Live” - in association with Bauer Media

This is a relatively new event for Barrow Hill and will involve a show encompassing all gauges of models right up to standard gauge steam and diesel! In partnership with Bauer (Emap as was) this event will see some huge marketing and is set to be a very large event. Further details will be published as the plan
progresses.

October - Friday 14th - Sunday 16th

Steam Gala

December – Sundays 11th and 18th

Santa Steam trains

As always the year will finish with the ever popular Santa steam trains.

The Roundhouse has been fully renovated and the facilities enhanced considerably. There is now a platform and running line as well as the addition of many sidings.


Telephone 01246 472450
www.barrowhill.org