Fawley Museum
Welcome to the Fawley Museum website.
Fawley Museum is a private museum established in the 1960s by the late Sir William McAlpine at his estate near Henley on Thames. It hosts a fine collection of memorabilia and models relating to railways and other forms of transport together with a working standard gauge railway operating on the steepest gradient in the country.
Since its inception, the railway and museum have grown steadily with artefacts and buildings arriving from locations all around the the country. Many buildings have been rescued and reassembled at Fawley Hill to save them from demolition, creating a unique urban landscape in a country estate. More detail of this can be found at our History of the Railway page.
The museum includes a wide range of interesting and unusual transport artefacts which will appeal to visitors of all ages. The park contains a variety of animals including rheas, peacocks, wallabies and many species of deer. The museum and railway are open on a limited number of days during the year and admission is only by prior application and invitation.
Capacity is limited and tickets are not available on the day. For more information, please visit our Events page.
Autumn Update
Our 2026 public programme has now come to an end and we are getting to grips with all those tasks that require attention throughout the autumn and winter months. This includes overhauling or servicing equipment, carrying out maintenance of the track and signals and lots of painting, both inside and outside.
Our 2027 programme is coming together nicely and will include seven Invitation Days, spread unevenly between April and September. We will also be hosting private visits during the year.
If you would like to join in, please drop us a line using the addresses on the Events page or through the form below.
We are always on the lookout for new volunteers. If you like to be close to railways or rail artefacts, we have a wide range of tasks for all types of skills on the railway and in the museum. We are a sociable bunch and currently meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Drop us an e-mail at enquiries@fawleymuseum.co.uk or through the form below.
Michael Knowles arrives for the NTT Awards at a very wet Fawley in his beautifully restored 1928 Bentley Bobtail
Our enthusiastic and knowledgeable volunteers look forward to welcoming you to Fawley Museum soon.
Details about the Fawley Hill Estate can be found at www.fawleyhill.co.uk
We hope that you enjoy browsing the pages of the web-site. If you have any comments or questions, please get in touch using the contact form at the bottom of each web-page.
