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Groudle Glen Railway

Place

A 2ft-gauge miniature railway built in 1896 by entrepreneur Richard Broadbent to carry Victorian tourists from Groudle Glen down to a small headland zoo that once kept sea lions and polar bears. It closed in 1962, but volunteers began restoring it in 1982 and reopened it in 1986; the original 1896 locomotive Sea Lion still runs on the line, now operated as a charity on summer Sundays.

Sources

  • Wikipedia; Groudle Glen Railway official site
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