West Riding Small Locomotive Society (WRSLS)
ENTRY
Free
WHERE
Tingley
What it’s like
Free rides on a working miniature railway, open Sunday afternoons from April to September.
The main event here is a ride behind a proper little steam or diesel locomotive, built small enough for a child to sit on but real enough that it actually pulls them round the track. There's no fence to watch from, you queue up and get on. Given that it's free entry, that's a decent afternoon for the price of whatever you spend in the café.
The catch is the window. It only runs Sunday afternoons, 1pm to 4pm, and only from April to the end of September. Miss that three hours and there's nothing to see, so it's worth building the rest of your Sunday around it rather than squeezing it in as an afterthought. There's no booking mentioned.
The café runs the same hours and keeps it simple: hot dogs, burgers, chips, a chip butty if you want to go full trackside, plus tea, coffee and hot chocolate. Prices are low, £3.50 for a burger, £1 for a Yorkshire Tea.
If you've got a train-mad child with a birthday coming up, the party offer is hard to beat for the money: unlimited rides for 25 guests plus a gazebo, two tables, cloths and chairs, all on a Sunday in season. It saves you hauling your own gazebo out of the shed, which is no small thing.
Facilities
Need to know
- Food
- On-site café serving hot and cold drinks (tea, coffee, hot chocolate, canned drinks from 20p-£1.50), hot food (hot dogs, burgers
- Parties
- Birthday parties available Sundays April-end of September
- Only open Sundays, April to end of September, 1pm to 4pm
- Entry is free, so the only cost is café food
- Café food is served 1pm to 3:30pm, so don't leave your chip order to the last minute
- Party slots include a gazebo and seating laid on for you
Plan your visit
How much does it cost?
Entry's free. You just pay for food and drink at the café if you want any.
Do we need to book?
There's no booking mentioned, so you turn up on the day within the Sunday opening hours.
When is it open?
Sundays only, 1pm to 4pm, from the start of April to the end of September.
Can we have a birthday party there?
Yes, on Sundays through the season. It includes unlimited train rides for 25 guests, a gazebo, two tables, cloths and chairs.
Is there food on site?
A café runs the same Sunday hours, serving hot dogs, burgers, chips, hot drinks and chocolate bars, mostly £1 to £3.50.
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