When trains came to Thornbury…

In one of our downstairs rooms, you can find out all about the railway that used to run between Thornbury and Yate.  It carried passengers, freight, troops and, even, horses.  Many local people have memories of the railway.  If you do, too, please share them with us when you come into the museum.

As well as exploring the display in the museum, you can also take a ‘virtual’ walk along the route of the railway from the comfort of your own home!

Thanks to a brilliant collaboration between the museum’s own Meg Wise, Claire Jaggard of My Thornbury and Chipping Sodbury photographer Rich McD, we can offer you an online photographic walk along the line of Thornbury’s railway.

Many thanks to Meg, Claire and Rich for putting this walk together.

Check it out.  There will be so many things you didn’t know about Thornbury’s railway line!

And don’t forget to check out the museum display as well.