A beloved steam locomotive with a cheeky face and a number 1 plate, Thomas is the star of the Railway Series books by Reverend W. Awdry. He is a Really Useful Engine, puffed up with pride, and loves to chuff along the tracks of the Island of Sodor, carrying passengers and freight with his faithful coaches Annie and Clarabel.
Many of the delights of Bromley are in the bigger centres - the sausage shop of Beckenham High Street, the Charles Darwin Mural of Market Square - and from this, Downe House in Downe; perhaps the cradle of our understanding of evolution as we know it today. But one of Bromley's finest attractions is this heartfelt topiary/wooden crafted memorial to Thomas the Tank Engine, whose blue wheels sit under an immaculately pruned chassis, with resplendent drainage attachments mimicking our favourite locomotives funnel: with his cheery smile and slightly dead-eyed gaze casting wonder on the streets of Elmer's End. Where are his tracks? Why is he so far from the isle of Sodor? We will never know: but amidst endless roads of 1930s housing, a beloved figure of British literature offers a charming and important reminder on the effect that locomotives have on children's imagination. Better than the Crystal Palace dinosaurs.
By far the most Thomasey of Tank Engines. I had tried all sorts of things to cure my existential angst before visiting, antidepressants, medical MJ, swinging, Reiki, talking to animals.... But once I saw this, I felt a sudden sense of peace and calm. I knew that all living things were a fabric in the space/time continuum and that my perceptions of reality were a mere distortion, a local lens so to speak in the view of something much greater. Since then I have realised strangers by chance could be my mother or my sibling if I were born in different circumstances and it's just chance they are strangers. Can you call strangers strangers, if they could be your siblings by chance? I now approach them with the same love and compassion I would with a spouse or loved one and feel that if I manage to leave this world with this feeling, the feeling from visiting this Thomas, it will not matter what my bank account balance is or what trinkets I have in my drawer as I pass onwards.
An icon of Beckenham, no trip to South London is complete without visiting this little blue engine. Masterfully crafted and perfectly maintained, this tribute to Thomas has been enjoyed by countless visitors and we thank the owner for providing this joy for free.
Lovely little Thomas train. Well maintained and always brings a smile to my face when i see it.
Brilliant, show-stopping, fantastic, life changing, inspirational, magical, amazing Only seen it from the car once or twice but its still good
Presents an intellectual and philosophical challenge to the cultural desert of the suburbs in the way that only topiary really can. Challenging and not for the faint hearted.
Getting tickets in advance recommended
Good for kids
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Many of the delights of Bromley are in the bigger centres - the sausage shop of Beckenham High Street, the Charles Darwin Mural of Market Square - and from this, Downe House in Downe; perhaps the cradle of our understanding of evolution as we know it today. But one of Bromley's finest attractions is this heartfelt topiary/wooden crafted memorial to Thomas the Tank Engine, whose blue wheels sit under an immaculately pruned chassis, with resplendent drainage attachments mimicking our favourite locomotives funnel: with his cheery smile and slightly dead-eyed gaze casting wonder on the streets of Elmer's End. Where are his tracks? Why is he so far from the isle of Sodor? We will never know: but amidst endless roads of 1930s housing, a beloved figure of British literature offers a charming and important reminder on the effect that locomotives have on children's imagination. Better than the Crystal Palace dinosaurs.
By far the most Thomasey of Tank Engines. I had tried all sorts of things to cure my existential angst before visiting, antidepressants, medical MJ, swinging, Reiki, talking to animals.... But once I saw this, I felt a sudden sense of peace and calm. I knew that all living things were a fabric in the space/time continuum and that my perceptions of reality were a mere distortion, a local lens so to speak in the view of something much greater. Since then I have realised strangers by chance could be my mother or my sibling if I were born in different circumstances and it's just chance they are strangers. Can you call strangers strangers, if they could be your siblings by chance? I now approach them with the same love and compassion I would with a spouse or loved one and feel that if I manage to leave this world with this feeling, the feeling from visiting this Thomas, it will not matter what my bank account balance is or what trinkets I have in my drawer as I pass onwards.
An icon of Beckenham, no trip to South London is complete without visiting this little blue engine. Masterfully crafted and perfectly maintained, this tribute to Thomas has been enjoyed by countless visitors and we thank the owner for providing this joy for free.
Lovely little Thomas train. Well maintained and always brings a smile to my face when i see it.
Brilliant, show-stopping, fantastic, life changing, inspirational, magical, amazing Only seen it from the car once or twice but its still good
Presents an intellectual and philosophical challenge to the cultural desert of the suburbs in the way that only topiary really can. Challenging and not for the faint hearted.
