The Echills Wood Railway is a miniature hobbyist railway in

Kingsbury Water Park Kingsbury Water Park is a country park in north Warwickshire, England, not far from Birmingham and lying on the River Tame, West Midlands, River Tame. It is owned and managed by Warwickshire County Council. It has fifteen lakes situated in over ...

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, England. A feature of the railway is its gnome village, a collection of

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s donated by the public. The gnome village was vandalised in September 2016, when several of the ornaments were damaged. The incident prompted members of the public to donate replacements following an appeal by railway members. Local newspaper, the ''

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'' also backed the appeal. The attraction was destroyed for a second time by vandals in April 2017.

References

External links

Echills Wood Railway siteEchills Wood Railway Observer Pages
for regular updates on the railways activities. his site is no longer active 7¼ in gauge railways in England Miniature railways in the United Kingdom Kingsbury, Warwickshire {{England-rail-transport-stub