Useful links
Here are some links to other websites you may find useful. Just click on the blue titles to go through--and don’t forget to click on “Back” afterwards!
If you have any other suggestions for appropriate links, preferably on a reciprocal basis, please email us with details.
General information
Experience Bedfordshire: If all you know of Bedfordshire is Toddington Services, then take a look at this site--you may be pleasantly surprised! Especially useful if you want to find somewhere to stay in the area, or to plan an itinerary.
Culture 24: News and information about Britain’s lively cultural and heritage scene.
Days Out UK: Online version of one of the leading UK tourist attractions handbooks.
Familyrapp.com: A comprehensive one-stop reference point for parents.
East of England: Although within walking distance of its western boundary, we are officially part of the East of England region. This official tourism website covers the surprising variety of things to see and do between Leighton Buzzard and the Norfolk coast.
Kingswood House: Bed-and-breakfast accommodation within walking distance of Page’s Park station.
Local News: Video news and events in and around Bedfordshire, brought to you on your PC.
Picture The UK: Shows you where to go and what to do, with the emphasis on good photography.
Visit Britain: Britain’s official tourism website, especially useful if you are visiting from abroad.
Vale-Web: A comprehensive guide to Aylesbury & the Vale and surrounding towns.
Railway sites
Ashover Light Railway Society: Like our own line, the Ashover was built from 2ft (610mm) gauge war-surplus materials and equipment, but sadly closed in 1950. Now there is a scheme to revive the most picturesque section in rural Derbyshire.
Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway: Another standard-gauge heritage railway within easy reach, reviving a Great Western branch line on the edge of the Chiltern Hills.
Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Society: The British-based group for those who follow the fortunes of this fantastic 2ft (610mm) gauge railway in the foothills of the Himalayas.
Froissy-Cappy-Dompierre: Our French twin railway. Within easy reach of the Channel ports, and the last survivor of the 600mm gauge lines of the World War 1 battlefields--so sharing some history with the Leighton Buzzard Railway. Has an English translation.
Golden Valley Light Railway: The 2ft (610mm) gauge railway at the standard-gauge Midland Railway Centre, Derbyshire.
Greensand Railway Museum Trust: Our associated charity, responsible for restoring WDLR778, the World War One 4-6-0T by Baldwin, and soon to embark on an exciting new project.
London Midland: The main franchise operator of the passenger services through Leighton Buzzard’s main-line station.
Lynton & Barnstaple Railway: The “other” LBR is one of England’s lost railway treasures, a 600mm gauge line which ran through glorious North Devon scenery, but closed in the 1930s. Read all about the reopening of the first short stretch, and their big plans for the future.
Industrial Narrow Gauge Railways: Specialist website set up by individual enthusiasts, with useful information and links.
National Railway Museum: All about the British national railway historical collection, based at York, from which we have items on loan.
Talyllyn Railway: This is the line that started the railway preservation movement, back in 1951. Still going strong.
UK Heritage Railways: Everything you ever wanted to know about Britain’s heritage railway scene, with lots of links to individual websites.
The Leighton Buzzard Railway offers these links in good faith, but accepts no liability for their operation or content.
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Last updated 1st October 2009
