List of Great Western Railway heritage sites

Great Western Railway heritage sites are those places where stations, bridges and other infrastructure built by the Great Western Railway and List of constituents of the Great Western Railway, its constituent railways can still be found. These may be heritage railways, museums, operational railway stations, or isolated Listed building, listed structures.

Operational GWR style heritage railways

These heritage railways operate on old GWR branch lines. Many other heritage railways and museums also have GWR locomotives or rolling stock in use or on display.

* Bodmin and Wenford Railway, Bodmin & Wenford Railway – Bodmin General railway station, Bodmin General to Boscarne Junction railway station, Boscarne Junction and Bodmin Parkway railway station, Bodmin Parkway (formerly Bodmin Road), Cornwall
* Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway, Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway – Chinnor, Oxfordshire to Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire
* Cholsey and Wallingford Railway, Cholsey & Wallingford Railway – Cholsey railway station, Cholsey to Wallingford railway station (England), Wallingford, Oxfordshire
* Dean Forest Railway – Lydney Junction railway station, Lydney to Parkend railway station, Parkend, Gloucestershire
* Didcot Railway Centre, Oxfordshire
* East Somerset Railway, Cranmore railway station, Cranmore, Somerset
* Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway – , Worcestershire to , Gloucestershire
* Gwili Railway – Bronwydd Arms railway station, Bronwydd Arms to Llwyfan Cerrig railway station, Llwyfan Cerrig, Carmarthenshire
* Llangollen Railway – Llangollen railway station, Llangollen to Carrog railway station, Carrog
* Dartmouth Steam Railway – Paignton railway station, Paignton to Kingswear railway station, Kingswear, Devon
* Plym Valley Railway – Marsh Mills railway station, Marsh Mills, Devon
* Severn Valley Railway – Kidderminster railway station, Kidderminster to Bridgnorth railway station, Bridgnorth, Worcestershire and Shropshire
* South Devon Railway Trust, South Devon Railway – Totnes (Riverside) railway station, Totnes to Buckfastleigh railway station, Buckfastleigh, Devon
* Swindon and Cricklade Railway – Blunsdon railway station, Blunsdon, Gloucestershire
* West Somerset Railway – Bishops Lydeard railway station, Bishops Lydeard to Minehead railway station, Minehead, Somerset

Museums

These museums have a GWR theme or are located in old GWR buildings.

* Buckfastleigh railway station, Buckfastleigh Railway Museum, Devon
* Coleford Great Western Railway Museum, Gloucestershire
* Didcot Railway Centre, Oxfordshire
* Kidderminster railway station, Kidderminster railway museum, Worcestershire
* Newton Abbot#Newton Abbot Town & G.W.R. Museum, Newton Abbot Town and GWR Museum, Devon
* Swindon Steam Railway Museum, STEAM – the museum of the GWR, Swindon, Wiltshire (in the old Swindon railway works)

Listed structures

In addition to the places listed below, there are a great many smaller bridges and other structures that have been given Listed building, listed status. The listing may only cover certain buildings and structures at each location.

World Heritage Site

UNESCO is considering a proposal to list the Great Western Main Line as a World Heritage Site. The proposal comprises seven individual sites. These are Bristol Temple Meads railway station (including Brunel's Company Offices, Boardroom, train shed, and the Bristol and Exeter Railway Offices along with the route over the River Avon, Bristol, River Avon); Bath Spa railway station along with the line from Twerton Tunnel to the Sydney Gardens, Middlehill and Box Tunnels; the Swindon area including Swindon railway works and village; Maidenhead Railway Bridge; Wharncliffe Viaduct; and London Paddington station.

Grade I listed

* Avon Bridge, Bristol
* Bristol Temple Meads railway station
* London Paddington station
* Maidenhead Railway Bridge, Berkshire
* Royal Albert Bridge, Saltash, Cornwall
* South Devon Railway engine houses#Starcross, Starcross pumping house, Devon

Grade II* listed

* Bath Spa railway station, Somerset
* Box Tunnel, Wiltshire
* Bridgwater railway station, Somerset
* Bristol & Exeter Railway Headquarters, Bristol Temple Meads railway station, Temple Meads, Bristol
* Chippenham railway station#Chippenham viaduct, Chippenham viaduct, Wiltshire
* Maidenhead Railway Bridge, Buckinghamshire
* Moorswater Viaduct, Liskeard railway station, Liskeard, Cornwall
* Mortimer railway station, Berkshire
* Bridgwater railway station#Docks branch, Parrett Bridge, Bridgwater, Somerset
* Swindon railway works, Wiltshire (some buildings listed Grade II)
* Windsor Railway Bridge, Berkshire
* Worcester Shrub Hill railway station, Worcestershire

Grade II listed

* Ashburton railway station, Ashburton goods shed, Devon
* Bovey railway station, Devon
* Bradford-on-Avon railway station, Wiltshire
* Chippenham railway station, Wiltshire
* Dawlish railway station, Devon
* Devil's Bridge, Bleadon, Somerset
* Exeter St Davids railway station, Exeter goods transfer shed, Devon
* Exeter St Thomas railway station, Devon
* Exminster railway station, Devon
* Frome railway station, Somerset
* Gatehampton Railway Bridge, Goring-on-Thames, Goring, Berkshire
* Hele and Bradninch railway station, Hele and Bradninch goods shed, Devon
*Leamington Spa railway station, Warwickshire
* Maiden Newton railway station, Dorset
* Minehead railway station, Somerset
* Moulsford Railway Bridge, Oxfordshire
* Penzance railway station, Cornwall
* Reading railway station, Berkshire
* Redruth railway station, Cornwall
* St Austell railway station, Cornwall
* St Erth railway station, Cornwall
* Salisbury railway station, Salisbury goods shed, Wiltshire
* Sandford and Banwell railway station, Somerset
* Slough railway station, Berkshire
* Stoke Canon railway station, Stoke Canon signal box, Devon
* Taunton railway station, Somerset
* Torquay railway station, Devon
* Torre railway station, Devon
* Tregenna Castle Hotel, St Ives railway station, St Ives, Cornwall
* Wells (Tucker Street) railway station, Wells goods shed, Somerset
* Weston-super-Mare railway station, Weston-super-Mare signal box, Somerset
* Williton railway station, Somerset
* Windsor and Eton Central railway station, Berkshire
* Yatton railway station, Somerset

See also

* List of British heritage and private railways
* List of railway museums in the United Kingdom
* National Railway Museum, York

References

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