6th October 2026
100 years ago, on 6th October 1926, the last English municipally owned horse-drawn tramway closed down in Morecambe. This occurred just before Morecambe Corporation replaced the 2½ mile route along…
Dennis Roberts visit to Crich Tramway Village on Tuesday 26th September 2023 was an emotional…
29th Sep, 2023
The National Tramway Museum’s oldest tramcar, Oporto 9, celebrates its 150th anniversary this year! The…
12th Sep, 2023
The first successful cable operated tramway in the world – the San Francisco-based Clay Street…
1st Sep, 2023
A tramcar in the National Tramway Museum (NTM) collection at Crich Tramway Village, which originally…
22nd Aug, 2023
Crich Tramway Village Great Traveller Reviews Earn it a Place Among Travellers’ Favourites Crich Tramway…
15th Aug, 2023
Blackpool 645 tramcar has been acquired by the National Tramway Museum in Crich as a…
19th Jul, 2023
This year marks the 125th anniversary since the construction of Blackpool and Fleetwood ‘Rack’ 2,…
14th Jul, 2023
We’re currently utilising Ripley Library’s community display case to showcase a selection of items from…
22nd Jun, 2023
2nd June 2023 marks the 60th anniversary of the first public operation of a horse-drawn…
2nd Jun, 2023
On 25th May 1973, the first section of tramline was inspected and commissioned for use…
25th May, 2023
At precisely 3:30pm on 15th May 1903, the start of electric tramcar operations on London…
12th May, 2023
On Monday 15th May there will be a photo opportunity at Crich Tramway Village, home…
4th May, 2023
On the morning of 23rd April 2023, a carefully planned tramcar swap took place. Leeds…
23rd Apr, 2023
A Model Tram and Bus Exhibition will take place at Crich Tramway Village on Saturday…
27th Feb, 2023
Crich Tramway Village workshop team have been busy working on the vintage tram collection, in…
3rd Feb, 2023
Crich Tramway Village workshop staff and volunteers are delighted with the investment into new machinery…
9th Dec, 2022
Derbyshire is preparing for the arrival of a thought-provoking anti-violence monument as it begins its…
24th Nov, 2022
Our Victorian horse cabmen’s shelter has recently been restored through an Arts Council National Lottery…
14th Nov, 2022
On this day 63 years ago, the tramways in Leeds finally closed. Some routes had…
7th Nov, 2022
Engineering conservationist, Ray Hooley, who rescued what is now the world’s oldest working excavator from…
19th Oct, 2022
60 years ago today, the people of Glasgow started to bid farewell to the city’s…
2nd Sep, 2022
150 years ago today, on 19th August 1872, Glasgow’s first horse-drawn tramway began to operate….
19th Aug, 2022
We are pleased to say that our Victorian cabmen’s shelter from Bradford is now open…
1st Aug, 2022
We have a fantastic range of events lined up for August, so as well as…
28th Jul, 2022
Whilst Crich Tramway Village is obviously known for its trams, we also have a significant…
1st Jul, 2022
We are pleased to announce that following some essential safety work, the vintage trams are…
29th Jun, 2022
Although we are not currently able to run trams, our conservation workshop team are never…
16th Jun, 2022
Earlier this year we made plans to decorate one of the horse trams in the…
27th May, 2022
To coincide with HM The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, we have been looking through our photographic…
Friday 22nd April was a momentous day at Crich when LCC No. 1 ‘Bluebird’ moved…
23rd Apr, 2022
Halle 902 has just returned from Blackpool, where it has been on loan since May…
We are pleased to announce that our steam tram ‘John Bull’ will be featuring as…
20th Apr, 2022
We are delighted to have achieved runner up in two categories of the Heritage Railway…
10th Apr, 2022
There’s a lot to look forward to for everyone this Easter at Crich Tramway Village….
1st Apr, 2022
After a difficult couple of years, Crich Tramway Village managed to open for some time…
4th Mar, 2022
There have been various infrastructure checks and up-grades, which have required us to move the…
24th Feb, 2022
The Workshop team are working hard on the LCC1 restoration project. There has been so…
26th Nov, 2021
If you wish to help The National Museum at Crich and yourselves, you can order…
8th Nov, 2021
Our Patron, HRH Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester visited Crich Tramway Village on 20th October….
22nd Oct, 2021
One of the next projects for our conservation workshop will be to reconstruct an operational…
1st Sep, 2021
