TravelTrekker

This is our country at its best. Volunteers running a beautiful tramway for the pleasure and enjoyment of others. It's not brash, expensive, commercial. It is a small friendly enterprise that I am sure gives huge pleasure to many people. I loved it. It was a few minutes each way of the joy of nature and the bluntest running it were super lovely.

Lovely day visiting the tramway. One way was 50p for over 4 years olds and PS1.50 per adult. It takes you to the top and you can walk along across Shipley Glen which is a lovely walk. There is a tea room and a public house with ice cream vans around to help encourage young ones. Afterwards we walked down the hill past the tramway and visited Roberts Park which is a lovely large park with a play area for children. There was also a new train in the park.

This was a fantastic attraction to ride, with cheap journey tickets and staff readily available to buy them! The tram is pulled up a glorious route driverless through the trees which has Christmas lights during winter, accompanied by decorations like a vintage wheelbarrow on the platforms. Last station has a mini exhibition showing the history of the tramway that was interesting, even shown with an old sign as the Tram Stop!

2 minute ride down the track & then a 2 minute ride back up. Popular with children. Parking is difficult at the the top station, don't know what it's like for bottom station. Visited it to fill some time between other visits, the view from the tram at surrounding woodland was really good. Staff are really friendly & funny.

I've lived in the area all my life but I've never been, I wish I had been before cause it's great It's short but beautiful, I never realised just how steep it was until I got there. The volunteers seem passionate about it and you can tell they love working there. The trams are really well made and maintained. The museum has a lot of interesting facts and a nice look at the winch. Theres a nice little shop at the top with a nice selection of souvenirs for the size of the tramway. You can't have an entire day out here but if you are doing something else in the area it's worth stopping by and having a ride, a return trip takes about 10 mins so there's no reason not to go.

Fantastic little tramway. The staff were all so lovely and made my sons day. The day tickets are inexpencive and unlimited, so you can ride up and down a few times. The tramway itself is not big enough to fill the whole afternoon, but Roberts park across the road from the car park is lovely and has a cafe and play park. We thoroughly enjoyed our trip here and will be back again soon.