Closed under the Beeching Axe of the 1960’s the Avon Valley Railway was preserved by an enthusiastic group of volunteers. Today, 40 years on, three miles of track has been re-laid, locomotives and carriages restored, and the sound of steam can once again be heard along the Avon Valley.
The Avon Valley Railway is a charity dedicated to restoring steam to the Avon Valley. We’ve been operating since the first dedicated volunteers started restoring the line back in the 1970s. Today, some forty years on, three miles of track has been re-laid, locomotive and carriages restored, and the sound of steam can once again be heard along the Avon Valley.
