Skip to main content
  1. Home
  2. Discover
  3. Find Attractions
  4. Elham Valley Line Trust Countryside Centre & Railway Museum

Elham Valley Line Trust Countryside Centre & Railway Museum

Heritage and Gardens
Arts, Culture and Entertainment

The Railway Museum was created in the 1980s, to capture the history of the Elham Valley Railway Line which ran through the picturesque Elham Valley between Canterbury and Folkestone, from 1884 to 1947.

Visitors can see a model railway and step into a replica signal box. There is also a miniature railway, and a working scale model of the Eurotunnel terminal at Cheriton.

The Countryside Centre is housed in a 290 year old barn, moved from land now lying beneath the Channel Tunnel terminal. It was moved and reconstructed at its current location, next to the Railway Museum, alongside part of the original embankment to the historic line and has now been renamed George’s Barn in honour of George Wright who had the vision and tenacity to coordinate the relocation of the barn to become what it is is today.

Address

Peene Folkestone
CT18 8AZ

Links

Coaches welcome
Groups welcome
Guide Dogs, Hearing Dogs and Registered Assistance Dogs welcome
Restaurant / Cafe / Tea shop
Suitable for families
Visit Folkestone and Hythe
Visitor Information Service
Folkestone Town Council
The Town Hall
1 – 2 Guildhall Street
Folkestone
CT20 1DY
01303 213173
tourism@folkestone-tc.gov.uk