National Rail Museum

This afternoon we went to the National Rail Museum. It came highly recommended by Kaija and John who were here just a few weeks ago, however I'm not sure Danielle was quite as enthusiastic as they had been.

The museum was a twenty minute walk from our accommodation and as we stated walking it was beginning to drizzle so we were prepared for some grumbling from the kids. However, about 2 mins into our walk we stumbled across a shuttle bus that offered to take us directly to the museum so we hopped on board and the kids were all smiles.

Train nerds would love this place, but for us I think we were expecting it to be more interactive. They have a huge collection of locomotives and carriages, but only one carriage was able to be entered, all the rest were for looking only. Probably half the museum is currently closed for upgrades, so maybe when that is complete it will offer a better experience for non-enthusiasts.

The kids enjoyed the kids play area. It was designed more for toddlers than kids our age, but they still had a lot of fun there.Read more