Famous Trains Model Railway
You reach Famous Trains Model Railway, an attraction, by heading 200 m northwest of Derby. A short trip away is Derby Museum and Art Gallery, 1.9 km off, the first of 40 within 15 km.
Attraction near Derby
Just outside Derby
Famous Trains Model Railway is 200 m northwest of Derby. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
How the seasons run
Afternoons in Derby reach 19–22°C from June to September.
Famous Trains Model Railway
Attraction.
- Type
- Attraction
- Town
- 200 m northwest of Derby
- Official site
- famoustrains.org.uk
Around Famous Trains Model Railway, mapped
Famous Trains Model Railway is in orange, with the places near it numbered as below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns that list Famous Trains Model Railway
Derby tops the 5 for size, at 275,561 people. They run in order of distance, starting where it stands.
Derby
Quarndon
Breadsall
Little Eaton
Compare the 5 towns
| Town | Where Famous Trains Model Railway is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Derby | 200 m southeast of it | 275,561 | 29 |
| Quarndon | 2.6 km north of it | 999 | 15 |
| Breadsall | 4.1 km northeast of it | 795 | 14 |
| Little Eaton | 4.3 km northeast of it | 1,875 | 16 |
| Makeney | 4.7 km north of it | 4,691 | 6 |
Nearby, too
Also close at hand are 3 museums, 2 castles and a cathedral, among 40 within 15 km.
MuseumDerby Museum and Art Gallery1.9 km away2
MuseumPickford's House Museum1.5 km away3
MuseumMuseum of Making2 km away4
CathedralDerby Cathedral2 km away5
Historic house · National TrustKedleston Hall3.7 km away6
Castle · National TrustDuffield Castle6.9 km away7CastleCastleMackworth Castle2.2 km away8
GardenDerby Arboretum3.1 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Questions before you go
Where is Famous Trains Model Railway?
Famous Trains Model Railway is 200 m northwest of Derby, Derbyshire.
What is Famous Trains Model Railway?
Attraction.
When is the best time to visit Famous Trains Model Railway?
June to September are the warmest months in Derby, with afternoon highs of 19–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Famous Trains Model Railway?
Within 15 km: Derby Museum and Art Gallery (1.9 km), Pickford's House Museum (1.5 km), Museum of Making (2 km) and Derby Cathedral (2 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (7)
- Derby Museum and Art Gallery: Janet Roberts from UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pickford's House Museum: sps1955 from UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Museum of Making: Matt Brown, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Derby Cathedral: Nick Moyes, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Kedleston Hall: Hans A. Rosbach, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Duffield Castle: Mike Bardill, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Derby Arboretum: James Haynes, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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