Crich Tramway Village
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We absolutely love this place. It costs just under £50 for a family of 2 adults and 3 kids. We only have 2 kids but still worked out cheaper to purchase this option. The entry price allows you to return for a full 12 months if you keep your receipt. Reasons we love the place, there is so much to do and see even when it's raining like it was when we visited early August this year. You get a coin which allows you entry onto the trams all day and they take you up and down the tramline and you get to see all sorts along the way. One downside is the tram used to take you a lot further but not it only goes up as far as the play park stop and then turns back. Not sure if this is due to unstable ground further round and not sure if this will change again at any point. You can go up and down on the trams as many times as you like and the trams are all different so you get to travel on different ones too. At the end stop there are some quirky little play features but the forest trail back is great. It has gotten a little tired over the years but I'm amazed it's still open post Covid as I'm sure it would have struggled for upkeep during that time. You want can walk back at your leisure and there lots to see on your way with viewpoints, wood carvings, games in the woods, wooden dens etc. so it's great for kids. They have a nice cafe and pub at the main tram station and also a small kids play area plus they also host themed events. When we went it was a 60's event so everyone was dressed up and they had old police cars and bands it was great fun. You can easily spend all day here as there is lots to do. Usually I would knock off a star for the fact that some things are a little tired but honestly I really didn't bother us that much as we had so much fun. Oh and also they now also have a tram museum for the trams not operating so you can walk around and have a look at all the trams which is pretty cool.
Karl IsehakKarl Isehak
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This is very much an outdoor place so pick a dry day for your visit. Set around a working tramline (originally a railway line serving quarries), there are relocated buildings, tram sheds with lots of trams, a museum with artifacts and a few interactive displays for younger visitors, a pinting shop (display), a 'pub', a coffee shop and a sweet shop. There is also a gift shop. It's a great place to visit if you are a tram enthusiast, there are several from Blackpool along with other towns and some examples of horse drawn trams. If you like history in a more general sense, you will find the displays and aspects of social history interesting. Trams pass up and down the line regularly and a ride 'there and back' is included in your entry fee. The views of the old quarries and associated machinery from the tram ride show how industrial the surrounding countryside once was. The tramway village is not entertaining as such. You do need to have an interest in trams or history to fill a couple of hours. If not, it could prove to be a relatively short and expensive visit. The ticket is an annual pass and if you plan to return it does make the entry price much better value. Visiting when they have a special event on does offer more as they have additional displays, music and pop-up food vendors. Pick your first visit carefully (summer, when there's something special taking place) and then return (within the year) at your leisure and see a different selection of trams in action. Having been here once and spent just over two hours looking round, I don't see a reason to return any time soon, but that doesn't mean ever.
JnibJnib
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Returned to Crich for a visit having been there on previous occasions as we have a ticket that lasts for a year. We were a little disappointed to start with as currently (Sept 2021) the track in the top part of the route is damaged due to an accident a few weeks back, so the trams are only able or go up half the route to just past the Cark Park stop. Anyway, this made us so the woodland walk which previously we hadn't done....wow!! Absolutely loved it and never didn't realise how good it was. If you have young children it is a must. There are countless wood carvings and bits to explore along the route, including view points overs the valley, and places to sit and eat. Some of the wooden features where interactive such at the drums, dice, hop scotch and more. Even as adults we thoroughly enjoyed the walk. Every dad with surely pull the sword from the stone 😂 I know I did!! Apart from the track being damaged, the only negatives for me about Crich Tramway was the lack of foresight to put a baby changing table in the mine area toilet, which is huge and large enough to accommodate one, and the coffee from the cafe! Possibly the worst coffee I've had in recent years and I'm not joking. If you are a coffee lover, just don't! Clearly some cheap catering flavourless variety. I'm not going to drop stars as I can go without a coffee for a day, and organised parents with have a changing mat, it would just be a nice addition. All in all, a place defo worth visiting, especially the traditional sweet shop and Ice cream parlour.
Daniel Burton PhotographyDaniel Burton Photography
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Great place, able to go back in time. It was really interesting to see the London names on the old trams here, like Blackfriars Bridge, brought back memories as ai used to go over that Bridge regularly to get from Camden Town to Balham and Dulwich. Also holds your attention as you watch a number of service men scurrying around the tram getting on board and ringing the bell, another sweeping the floors and another calling "all aboard" then watching the tram moving past another to proceed down the track whilst the cables above are snuggled onto the electric power cables overhead. At times, there would be up to three trams within 50 meters of each other. Also interesting if you look out for it is when one of the service men is holding in one hand a cable that directs the contact of the tram onto the power grid above and with another hand uses an attachment to release the contact off the power grid slightly, then bring it across to another section of the power grid and releases it back on to make contact. The purpose of this is to allow the tram to change track and pass anothervtram next to it, then pullminto the final stop, allowing passengers to disembark. Then, all is reversed to allow the tram to proceed back again. Nice bit of shunting. You could stand there for hours watching this. If you really wanted to, you could buy a ticket to the village and spend a day there. Great place to go back in time. Everything was very clean too. I would recommend a visit here.
Anthony EleftheriouAnthony Eleftheriou
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Picturesque, steeped in history and plenty to do! We're a family of 4 with 2 older teens, it's a great day out for all ages. Would be incredibly engaging for school trips too We visited mid week, at the very end of the 6 weeks summer holidays. Parking was plentiful and easy to navigate. We were greeted by the two staff on the front desk, although serving others at the time. Made us feel so welcome. We had prebooked our tickets, although not necessary. Included in the price is a FREE return visit throughout the year. Set in part of a picturesque little village with a tramway through the middle which is free to ride as many times as you like. Original parts of machinery for the Lead mines along the track, which you can take pictures of, explore and read about. A woodland walk with wooden sculptures is part of the magic. Engaging all ages and creating something really special within. Gift shop, cafe, pub and ice cream parlour all feature at Crich Tramway village. Fairly priced. Staff outstanding. Dog friendly. Steeped in history. Incredibly clean And they have a T.A.R.D.I.S for any of you Dr Who fans!! Please visit and help keep the magic of Crich alive.
Katrina GKatrina G
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What can I say?. My Mrs & I decided to go last Saturday morning as I had never been before. I had read on the internet about it, and with me being originally from Stoke on Trent and they had a pub that was taken down brick by brick from Stoke, to be rebuilt again at the Tramway just sounded amazing. What a fantastic place... and what a day to have picked to visit.. turned out to be an anniversary, and so there were loads of trams running plus a brass band that were playing at around 12 o'clock. Went to see the pub from Stoke, which is beautiful (slightly biased? No...) then bought a load of Bon Bons from the sweet shop, which were how I remember them being, not soft in the middle like we seem to get now.. The trams were fabulous, lots of care, love, and attention, no doubt to keep them in such condition. The Brass Band were Tutbury Brass Band, who we sat and watched for the whole 2 hours they played... absolutely brilliant playing new and old tunes that we sat tapping our feet too. We will definitely return, and if you have never been, well, I am sure you will have wonderful day out.
Darren PepperDarren Pepper
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Village, The National Tramway Museum Crich Tramway, Cromford Rd, Matlock DE4 5DP, United Kingdom
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The National Tramway Museum is a tram museum located at Crich, Derbyshire, England. The museum contains over 60 trams built between 1873 and 1982 and is set within a recreated period village containing a working pub, cafe, old-style sweetshop and tram depots.
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