Even if you are not a train enthusiast, you will enjoy the tour by a professional tour guide and the opportunity to come back in the evening for the Light and Sound Show. Very unique experience.

The day tour was great, informative and told in a way to keep you interested. Such history! It’s good to see people really doing their utmost to keep it alive. The night “Sound and Light Show” is absolutely fantastic. We’ll done to everyone who put...More

Peterborough is/was a railway town and Steamtown attempts to showcase their history and what is left of it. Knowledgeable guides in the daytime and a good "Sound and Light" show at night.

This is an interesting reflection into a past railway centre, friendly guide staff, some unique items when it formally operated (it had three gauge lines to service ie a turntable with three rail gauges etc). Static displays of locos and carraiges were well presented, as...More

The history of the railways in this area is really interesting. We went on the night tour 'Sound and Light tour' which was a fantastic display. We sat in a carriage and saw a video of the history of the railways in Peterborough and surrounding...More

Having travelled through Peterborough on a number of occasions without pausing..this time we set aside 2 days - and what a great decision. SteamTown is as good a static, but living, steam train experieince as we have seen anywhere in the world and we have...More

This place is a great place to experience the amazing history of this amazing, great small community. I also really enjoy trains, so it was a great experience.