Fawley Museum
Welcome to the Fawley Museum website.
Fawley Museum is a private museum established in the 1960s by the late Sir William McAlpine at his estate near Henley on Thames. It hosts a fine collection of memorabilia and models relating to railways and other forms of transport together with a working standard gauge railway operating on the steepest gradient in the country.
Since its inception, the railway and museum have grown steadily with artefacts and buildings arriving from locations all around the the country. Many buildings have been rescued and reassembled at Fawley Hill to save them from demolition, creating a unique urban landscape in a country estate. More detail of this can be found at our History of the Railway page.
URGENT ANNOUNCEMENT
Owing to the failure of both our steam engine, No 31, and our resident diesel shunter, D2120, this week, we have had no option but to cancel the Invitation Day on Sunday 28th June.
This is quite unprecedented and we apologise to all those visitors who were looking forward to spending the day with us.
All prospective attendees have been e-mailed and are being offered new dates later in the year or a refund.
In the meantime, if you have a spare Class 03, Class 04 or similar that you could lend us......
The museum includes a wide range of interesting and unusual transport artefacts which will appeal to visitors of all ages. The park contains a variety of animals including rheas, peacocks, wallabies and many species of deer. The museum and railway are open on a limited number of days during the year and admission is only by prior application and invitation.
Capacity is limited and tickets are not available on the day. For more information, please visit our Events page.
Our enthusiastic and knowledgeable volunteers look forward to welcoming you to Fawley Museum soon.
Details about the Fawley Hill Estate can be found at www.fawleyhill.co.uk
We hope that you enjoy browsing the pages of the web-site. If you have any comments or questions, please get in touch using the contact form at the bottom of each web-page.
