Ferrovie panoramiche e patrimonio ferroviario

The 5 stops fall in 4 parts of Britain, and the two furthest apart, Broadway railway station and North Yorkshire Moors Railway (Pickering station), are about 256 km apart in a straight line. Treat it as a menu rather than one journey: pick the stops in one or two destinations and give each a day or more.

• York (1 stop): National Railway Museum. York guide.
• Manchester (1 stop): Liverpool Road Station. Manchester guide.
• The Cotswolds (1 stop): Broadway railway station. The Cotswolds guide.
• Outside our city guides (2 stops): North Yorkshire Moors Railway (Pickering station) and Ribblehead Viaduct (Settle-Carlisle line).

To travel between destinations, see getting between regions and our rail tickets guide. For weather and daylight by month, see when to go to York, Manchester or The Cotswolds. Opening times change with the seasons, so check each stop's own website before you set out.

Access and family notes come from the same data as our area guides: 0 of the 5 stops are reported as fully or partly step-free, and 0 are marked family-friendly. Reports come from venues or OpenStreetMap contributors, so confirm with the place before you travel.