Saturday 17 May 2008

The GWR's Cotswold Festival of Steam

Saturday 24th May - Sunday 1st June - Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway “The Friendly Line in the Cotswolds” at Toddington, Winchcombe and Cheltenham Racecourse Stations.

The 2008 Cotswold Festival of Steam marks four important milestones - 40 years since the end of steam on British Railways - 40 years since David Shepherd took delivery of “Black Prince” - 60 years since the nationalisation of Britain’s Railways - 100 years since the first through expresses ran over the Stratford-Cheltenham line between the Midlands and the West Country.

The Festival takes place over two weekends - Saturday, Sunday and Monday 24th - 26th May and Saturday and Sunday 31st May - 1st June. Between the two weekends a normal timetable will operate using visiting locomotives. While the main focus is on steam locomotives, on Sunday 1st June at approx 15.00, the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight will make a flypast at Toddington Station with the Lancaster bomber and Hurricane and Spitfire fighters.
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Where to find us and what we do

Farncombe Estate is situated just outside the Cotswold village of Broadway. We are approximately 50 minutes from Oxford, Birmingham and Bristol and easily located from the M5, M40 and M42.

There is a direct rail service from London Paddington to Moreton in Marsh which is our nearest rail station. To help rail travellers we offer a return taxi collection service from the station.

For a location map and further directions please visit our website.