cotswold festival of steam

Things to see and do

An intensive timetable will be operating over the full length of the line with goods trains, local stopping services including at Hayles Abbey Halt, and non-stop expresses.

At Broadway:

• View progress on our newest station
• Browse the Friends of Broadway fundraising shop
• Broadway station café open

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At Toddington:

• Locomotive sheds open to view current projects
• Trade stands
• Goods train brake van rides - A unique way to experience the line, ride on the brake van for a different view! First come first served, an additional ticket is required costing £10, pay on the brake van. Over 16s only.‍
• Footplate rides - Treat yourself to something special and purchase a pre-booked footplate ride on one of our home fleet engines. Bookings will be open soon, check back here later.‍
• Flag & Whistle café
• Traction engines
• Narrow gauge operating steam train rides

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At Winchcombe:

• Carriage & Wagon workshops open to view projects
• Viewing area beyond C&W workshops
• Griddle & Coffeepot Café
• Pug on shunting demos in-between service trains
• Traction engines
• Discovery coach and model railway coach

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At Gotherington:

• Private station grounds open specially
• Ride on the pump trolley
• Good spot for viewing passing trains

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At Cheltenham:

• Steam loco cab visits
• Connecting bus service with Cheltenham Spa
• Original 1912 ticket office open
• Goods train brake van rides - A unique way to experience the line, ride on the brake van for a different view! First come first served, an additional ticket is required costing £10, pay on the brake van. Over 16s only.‍
• Footplate rides - Treat yourself to something special and purchase a pre-booked footplate ride on one of our home fleet engines. Bookings will be open soon, check back here later.