Grosmont Engine Sheds

Walk through Stephenson's 1835 tunnel to watch steam locomotives being maintained and restored.

Photo: David P Howard, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Geograph

A footpath from Grosmont station passes through the original horse-drawn railway tunnel of 1835, one of the oldest passenger railway tunnels in the world, to the North Yorkshire Moors Railway's locomotive works.

Here the railway's fleet of steam and diesel engines is stabled, serviced and rebuilt. Visitors can watch from a viewing platform, see engines being prepared for the day's trains and, on quieter days, chat with the volunteers. Children love it.

The path continues past the sheds to join the Rail Trail to Beck Hole and Goathland.

Railways

The Esk Valley Railway

The little railway that makes the valley work: a 35-mile line from Middlesbrough to Whitby with a stop at nearly every village.

Glaisdale

Railways

North Yorkshire Moors Railway

One of the world's great heritage railways: 24 miles of steam through the moors from Pickering to Grosmont and on to Whitby.

Grosmont

Shops & crafts

Grosmont Co-op

A village shop with a difference: an independent co-operative trading in Grosmont since 1867.