Platform 1 · Millbrook
All aboard for the valley
Nine and a quarter miles of narrow-gauge line, a viaduct of twelve arches and a small green engine that has climbed it since 1889. Scroll, and we're off.
The line
Five stations, one little train
From the market town at the bottom to the heather at the top, every stop has a reason to get off. Ride along.
Millbrook
Mile 0
Where it all starts
Tickets, the buffet and the engine shed. Arrive twenty minutes early to watch the crew coal up and turn the engine.
Fernhollow
Mile 3¼
Into the woods
The line climbs at 1 in 40 through the pines. On cold mornings the mist sits in the cutting and the train comes out of it like a ghost.
Kestrel Bridge
Mile 5
Over the river
A short iron bridge over the Kestrel, with a waterfall on the left. The guard slows down so you can look.
Hatherby
Mile 7
Market day
On Saturdays the market sets up beside the line: cheese, bread and the valley's honey. Change here for the walking trails.
Summit Halt
Mile 9¼
The top of the line
A single platform in the heather, 412 metres up. The engine runs round its train while you take in three counties.
Journeys
Pick your train
From an early run through the mist to dinner under the stars: every journey runs on the same line, at its own pace.
Fridays and Saturdays, May to December
Starlight Dinner Train
Three courses, lamps lit, over the viaduct after dark
- Duration
- 3 h, return
- Fare
- £68
- Duration
- 4 h, with a stop
- Fare
- £26
- Duration
- 2 h, return
- Fare
- £18
Timetable
The next departures
Trains run daily from April to October and on special days in winter. Seats on special trains go fast.
The whole seasonThe next departures
Saturday 18 OctoberMarket day at Hatherby
| Time | Journey | From | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08:40 | Morning Mist | Millbrook | On time |
| 10:15 | Viaduct & Cheese | Millbrook | Few seats |
| 11:00 | Autumn Colours | Millbrook | On time |
| 19:00 | Starlight Dinner Train | Millbrook | Full |
Sunday 19 October
| Time | Journey | From | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08:40 | Morning Mist | Millbrook | On time |
| 09:30 | Summit Walkers' Special | Millbrook | On time |
| 11:00 | Autumn Colours | Millbrook | Few seats |
Friday 24 October
| Time | Journey | From | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08:40 | Morning Mist | Millbrook | On time |
| 11:00 | Autumn Colours | Millbrook | On time |
| 19:00 | Starlight Dinner Train | Millbrook | Few seats |
- miles from Millbrook to Summit Halt
- 9¼
- the steepest climb, through Fernhollow woods
- 1 in 40
- arches on Kestrel Viaduct
- 12
- the engine, back in steam after six years
- No. 7
From the line's records, 1889–2026
The journal
From the footplate
Bringing No. 7 back
Six years, two boilers' worth of tubes and a lot of tea: how the volunteers put the line's oldest engine back in steam.
Engine shed
How the points work
A short tour of the signal box at Millbrook, the levers, and why the train always knows which way to go.
Signal box
The first autumn run
The beeches turn in about three weeks. We timed the first Autumn Colours train for the middle of them.
Journeys
The Signal Box, once a season
New journeys, special days before they sell out, and news from the engine shed. Four letters a year.
Your seat is waiting
Tickets for every journey are on sale now. Children under five ride free, dogs ride in the brake van.