Chasewater Railway

Went today on the Santa special. It was really busy and the queue to see Santa was really long! Yet 3 year old Mollie LOVED the whole experience, and wasn’t bored once! (Think the model railways x 2, just in the area of the Santa queue really helped!).
A grand day out and superb value for money. Santa too was brilliant! Prior to this Mollie has always been a little scared of Santa, but this one put her at her ease, and she walked to the ‘magic curtain’ holding his hand.
Not one present, but FOUR and a commemorative mug made the whole experience a downright bargain.
YES it was very crowded, YES it took a long time, but YES IT WAS WELL AND TRUELY WORTH IT!
Every single member of (volunteer) staff we encountered (including the amazing ‘Fat Controller’ were brilliant!
A definite for the diary for next year!

this makes a lovely trip out for all, the heritage railway is very well run & maintained completely by volunteers usually on saturday and sundays and some weekday specials during school holidays and over xmas etc. there is the chasewater visitor centre, an independantly run water sports centre — currently out of operation i think due to the fact they have drained the lake temporarily — an outdoor park, mini golf, wooden climbing equipment, a small stone built castle overlooking the lake, a stone beach, a wooden bridge and a path to alk around the whole place which is approxiamatley 4 miles ideal for walking or cycling, chasewater is also notorious for bird watchers.
ideal for a short trip out or to make more of a day of it.

i live about 2 miles awy and this just like burntwood library is a relaxing place to be. there is a childerens play area and a café and gift shop. they have recently recovered some ww2 bombs by the dam. it is a beautiful place to be featuring go karting, kyaking and loads of other things. if there is one good place i can reccomend for a great family day out it is here. the railway is greatly reccomended and for the kids they run a santa express train at christmas tim. this is a beautiful place to be. it is higly reccomended.

Chasewater Country Park and Railway is a lovely place. We ended up there by accident! It’s completely free to get in, no parking charge. There is plenty to do but many of the activities are charged for. The cost of most activities is £1.50 each which I think is reasonable when you haven’t had to pay to get in! There is a children’s play area which is free of charge as well as beautiful walks around the large lake which is like being at the seaside. Boats are available to hire on both the small and large lakes. The small lake having kayaks suitable for most ages and the large lake offering sailing boats and motor boat rides as well as lessons. There are loads of ducks and swans on the lakes and they don’t mind people. A cygnet came right up and let me take a picture of it!
We walked along to the railway. We didn’t go on the train but we defintely plan on going back to do so. The prices for the trains are really good (£8.45 for a family of 2 adults and up to 4 children for an all day ticket).
There are a couple of nice cafes. We had a drink in Alfie’s by the train station which is a bar and café. I was amazed (in a good way) that 2 large glasses of coke was just £2. The food prices were reasonable although we had taken a picnic so we didn’t try the food!
I could go on about this place forever. It’s brilliant and if you don’t want to do any of the activities, you won’t have to spend anything if you don’t want to!
The only bad thing I found was that the toilets in the main bit weren’t very nice and the only toilets with soap in were at the train station. There are plenty of toilets though so you don’t have to come all the way back to the start just to go to the loo which is good!

Chasewater as a whole is a very nice place to be, the railway is a great place for everyone including the whole family, it is available all year round and i believe it can appeal to all age groups. There area several special events over the year and again these are for all age groups. As with the station there is a café and this is a really nice place, friendly people and always make you feel welcome a very nice place to be. Great. There are sometimes special events going on there so you just need to look out.

this is a great place for all the family. open all year round, will appeal to all age groups, runs to the chasewater country park. runs special events throughout the year, children will love the santa steam special at christmas. they get to ride on an old fashioned steam engine, meet santa and receive a gift. the station café is also great!