Crich Tramway Museum & Great Brisitish Car Journey

Join us for a great day out on Fathers Day!

Crich Tramway Village - Home to the National Tramway Museum, is a unique open-air museum and heritage attraction in a picturesque setting in Cliff Quarry at Crich.

The famous railway engineer, George Stephenson, who designed the ‘Rocket’, built the Crich Mineral Railway in 1837 to carry limestone from Cliff Quarry to a battery of limekilns at Ambergate. When the quarry was exhausted, it was converted into a tramway museum. Now known as Crich Tramway Village, it has been an important tourist attraction in Derbyshire since its establishment in 1963. Vintage trams run every few minutes along a period street out into the open countryside with spectacular countryside views.

The museum combines a recreated period village with a working tramway featuring a traditional public house, café, period-style sweetshop, and tram depot. A new café opened in 2025 adjacent to the Red Lion pub. Behind the façade of the Old Derby Assembly Rooms is an exhibition hall that houses trams from all over the world and tells the story of their transformation from horse-drawn to electric motor. The Workshop Viewing Gallery allows visitors to see for themselves the restoration and repair work that takes place daily. The cobbled village street has been carefully restored and is home to an interesting collection of old buildings. Visitors are welcome to browse around the shops and to enjoy a rest and refreshment in either the pub or the cafes. In keeping with the period setting, old-fashioned jars of sweets are on display at the Emporium, and there is a wide range of confectionery and gifts.

Great British Car Journey Museum - This is the story of a British industry which in its heyday was a worldwide force, and its products could be found in all corners of the globe. Its heroes are the popular cars from a bygone era when, for half a century, British cars did literally ‘rule the road’. Many of these cars are now incredibly rare, and they have spent over two years searching for examples to display. For those wanting a real blast of the past they even have classics you can drive.

You will be going on a journey which starts in the early 1920s, when the working family could only dream of owning a car. The journey ends as you venture into the new millennium and most of Britain’s great car factories fall silent, overwhelmed by the same process of globalisation which swept away our once proud ship building and aviation industries. Many of the cars have a very unique place in history and have a story all of their own to tell. As the collection is packed with modern classics you will find yourself going on a very nostalgic tour.

PLEASE NOTE:      Day Excursions are non refundable. Children under 5 are not allowed to travel on the front row seats.

Please Note : If you wish to take a mobility scooter, wheelchair or rollator with you it must be requested at the time of booking. Any such equipment must fold flat for storage or be capable of being broken down into pieces of no more than 20kg. We cannot accept larger scooters (class 3) as these are too large and heavy to lift. We sometimes operate minibus feeders to minimise time, these vehicles CANNOT convey motorised wheelchairs/scooters.