Here is a list of attractions which will be of interest railway enthusiasts. No strict geographical criteria have been employed in their selection, except that each of them lies sufficiently close to Stafford to be a reasonable day trip.

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Amerton Railway Stowe by Chartley, nr Stafford, Staffordshire, ST18 0LA Tel: 01785 850965 Gauge: 2' Length: ½ mile Barrow Hill Roundhouse Railway Centre Campbell Drive, Barrowhill, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S43 2PR Tel: 01246 472450 Gauge: Std Length: ¼ mile Battlefield Line Shackerstone Station, Shackerstone, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV13 6NW Tel: 01827 880754 Gauge: Std Length: 4¾ miles Chasewater Railway Brownhills West Station, Hednesford Road, Brownhills, Staffordshire, WS8 7LT Tel: 01543 452623 Fax: 01543 452623 Gauge: Std Length: 2 miles   Churnet Valley Railway Cheddleton Station, Station Road, Cheddleton, Staffordshire, ST13 7EE Tel: 01538 360522 Fax: 01538 361848 Gauge: Std Length: 3¼ miles   Coventry Railway Centre Rowley Road, Baginton, Warwickshire Tel: Gauge: Std   Crich Tramway Village Crich, Matlock, Derbyshire, DE4 5DP Tel: 0870 6082608   Echills Wood Railway National Agricultural Centre, Stoneleigh, Warwickshire Tel: 01926 498705 Gauge: 7¼" (This railway is on the move - see their website for details!!) Foxfield Steam Railway Blythe Bridge Station, Blythe Bridge nr Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire ST11 9EA Tel: 01782 396210 Gauge: Std Length: 3 miles   Golden Valley Light Railway Butterley Station, Ripley, Derbyshire, DE5 3QZ Tel: 01773 747674 Fax: 01773 570721 Gauge: 2' Length: ~1 mile   Great Central Railway Great Central Road, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 1RW Tel: 01509 230726 Fax: 01509 239791 Gauge: Std Length: 8 miles   Hilcote Valley Railway Fletchers Garden Centre, Bridge Farm, Stone Road, Eccleshall, Staffordshire, ST21 6JY Tel: 01785 284553 Gauge: 7¼"   Hollybush Farm Railway Cannock, Staffordshire Tel: 01922 418050 Gauge: 7¼" Length: ¾ mile   Kidderminster Railway Museum Station Approach, Comberton Hill, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, DY10 1QX Tel: 01562 825316 Fax: 01562 861039   Manor Park Miniature Railway Manor Park, Glossop, Derbyshire Tel: 01924 257494 Gauge: 7¼"   Midland Railway Centre Butterley Station, Ripley, Derbyshire, DE5 3QZ Tel: 01773 747674 Fax: 01773 570721 Gauge: Std and Narrow Length: 3 ½ miles   Moseley Railway Trust Apedale Country Park near Newcastle Under Lyme ST5 7LB Tel: 0845 094 1953 Industrial Narrow Gauge railway equipment. Peak Rail Matlock Station, Matlock, Derbyshire, DE4 3NA Tel: 01629 580381 Fax: 01629 760645 Gauge: Std Length: 4 miles   Rudyard Lake Railway Rudyard Old Station, Leek, Staffordshire, ST13 9PF Tel: 01995 672280 Fax: 01995 672280 Gauge: 10¼" Length: 1 ½ miles   Rutland Railway Museum Rutland Railway Museum, Ashwell Road, Cottesmore, Oakham, Rutland LE15 7BX Tel: 01572 813203 Gauge: Std Length: ¾ mile   Severn Valley Railway The Railway Station, Bewdley, Worcestershire, DY12 1BG Tel: 01299 403816 Gauge: Std Length: 16¼ miles   Steeple Grange Light Railway Bolehill, Wirksworth, Derbyshire Tel: Gauge: 18" Length: ½ mile   Telford Steam Railway The Old Loco Shed, Bridge RoadHorsehay, Telford, Shropshire, TF4 2NF Tel: 07765 858348 Gauge: 5", 2' and Std Length: 1 mile   Toplink Model Railway Railway House, Bridge Road, Horsehay, Telford, Shropshire, TF4 2NF Tel: 07929 333414 Gauge: 'OO'   Tyseley Locomotive Works 670 Warwick Road, Tyseley, Birmingham, West Midlands, B11 2HL Tel: 0121 707 4696 Fax: 0121 764 4645 Gauge: Std   Weston Park Miniature Railway Weston Park, Weston-under-Lizard, Telford, Shropshire, TF11 8LE Tel: 01952 850207 Gauge: 7¼" Length: ½ miles