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National Tramway Museum

Description: Crich, Matlock, Derbyshire DE4 5DP. Tel: +44 (0)1773 852 565 Fax: +44 (0)1773 852 326.

Newest Review: ... the day we visited there were vintage cars, tanks, jeeps, plane engines, ARP and Home Guard huts as well. We walked down the hill under the Bowes-Lyon bridge and into the tram depot first. If you want to catch a tram, you need to find the nearest tram stop and keep hold of your Old Penny or Half Penny as you need to give it to the conductor on your first ride. He (or she) will then issue ... more

... you with an all day ticket (white on the day we went) which you then have to show on subsequent rides. Check the stop is actually a proper stop as some are just there to allow people to disembark and not there to use for embarking purposes, i.e you can ge...more

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National Tramway Museum: Tramendous Day Out! (1703 words)
by - written on 13/08/09 (Very useful, 59 readings)
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Crich Tramway Museum is currently listed on the Walker's crisps "Gary's Great Trips" as a 2 for 1 offer, for I think it was 10points per voucher. For those not in the know, the above website is where you bank codes from Walkers crisp packets and then use the points gained to download a voucher to visit places of interest for free or reduced prices, such as 2 for 1, kids go free, etc. As I live in Derbyshire, I used the website to search for places in my home county. This search only brought back 4 matches - one of which I want to discuss now. It may be on the site that there are other Derbyshire places of interest but they do not contain Derbyshire ... Read the complete review

Hold Tight Please! (1095 words)
by - written on 10/01/09 (Very useful, 47 readings)
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Despite living only about an hours drive from Crich, and being interested in things like Trams, my last visit to Crich was probably about 10 years ago, and the visit before that I was so young I can hardly remember it. After all these years, I finally went back over the Bank Holiday for another visit. The museum itself houses the largest collection of trams in the country, ranging from 19th century horse trams to some fairly modern ones, from Britain, Europe and the US. It is on a large site in Derbyshire, which contains a period street scene, workshops and exibitions, and about a mile of track out into the hills above the site. There is also a woodland walk ... Read the complete review

National Tramway Museum: Step back in time and ride the trams. (713 words)
by - written on 29/01/02 (Very useful, 94 readings)
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In just a couple of weeks it will be half term and a time when you may want to think of things to do with your children. When it is not the school holiday you may be looking for things to do with out children about. You may think it is a bit early in the year to think of outings but the destination I have in mind is open most of the year. Settled in the middle of Derbyshire is a small town called Crich. This picturesque setting is where you will find one of our national museums, the national Tramway Museum. In 1959 the site in Crich was acquired for the museum. It used to be a mineral railway transporting minerals from the mine. Various buildings have been ... Read the complete review