Where is Launceston Steam Railway?

Launceston Steam Railway is in South-West England, United Kingdom (postcode PL15 8EJ), in the parish of Launceston.

How do I get to Launceston Steam Railway?

The nearest railway station is Launceston, about 0.1 km away. Drivers can use postcode PL15 8EJ.

Is Launceston Steam Railway a protected site?

Yes — Launceston Steam Railway is part of the Cornwall National Landscape (AONB).

How do I get to Launceston Steam Railway?

The nearest railway station is Launceston, about 0.1 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode PL15 8EJ.

Museums · South West England

Launceston Steam Railway

Also known as: Hyns-Horn Ethen Lannstefan

In or near Lawhitton.

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River Kensey - geograph.org.uk - 1596908 — Derek Harper — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence

Plan your visit

Typical visit: 1.5 h–3 h
Best time of year: Year-round
Nearest railway station: Launceston · 0.1 km

Family-friendly
Limited wheelchair access

The Launceston Steam Railway is a 1 ft 11+1⁄2 in (597 mm) gauge narrow gauge railway, in Cornwall, England. The 2+1⁄2 miles (4.0 km) long railway runs from Launceston to Newmills, where there is a farm park. It is built on the trackbed of the former standard gauge North Cornwall Railway.

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Protected designations

Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Cornwall

Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.

From the Wikipedia article

Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.

Background

Visiting

{|class="wikitable sortable" !Number !Name !Builder !Year Visited !Location !Notes |- | |Lilla |Hunslet |1998 |Ffestiniog Railway | |- | |Pearl 2 |A. Civil |2001 |Golden Valley Light Railway | |- | |Dame Ann |Exmoor Steam Railway |2004 |Wales West Light Railway, Alabama | |- |19 | |Sharp Stewart |2009 & 2019 |Beeches Light Railway |Darjeeling Himalayan Railway 778 |- | |Gertrude |Andrew Barclay Sons & Co. |2009 |Exmoor Transport | |- | |Lyd |Boston Lodge Works |2010 |Ffestiniog Railway | |- | | |Roanoke Engineering |2010 & 2011 |Private |Vertical boilered tram locomotive |}

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Coordinates: 50.6410, -4.3650
District: Cornwall
Parish: Launceston
Postcode: PL15 8EJ
Parliamentary constituency: North Cornwall
Nearest railway station: Launceston — 0.1 km
Official site: www.launcestonsr.co.uk

Sources

wikipedia: Launceston Steam Railway (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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