The North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR) is to launch a film trail to showcase the locations that have featured in world-class films and TV series.

The new film trail will be available for visitors to experience from Monday 1 July and will be a permanent addition to the NYMR.

The Railway hopes that both movie buffs and rail enthusiasts will follow the trail and visit locations where some of the most well-known films in cinematic history were filmed.

The locations feature on a map that accompanies the trail and guides visitors to the relevant spots. Visitors may collect the map from the Booking Offices, or downloaded it from the website.

​The North Yorkshire Moors Railway has provided filming locations for some famous films, including:

• Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, as the setting for Hogsmeade station
• Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
• Mission:Impossible – Dead Reckoning
• Dad’s Army
• Downton Abbey.

NYMR’s Goathland Station was used as a filming location for TV series Heartbeat, in which it appeared as Aidensfield Station.

NYMR recently hosted a successful diesel gala, and during the summer holidays, will run free themed activities on Mondays at Pickering station and on Fridays at Goathland station, including:

• Wonderful Wizards –  make wands and hats
• Awesome Archaeology – make your own powerful dial artefact
• Curious Creatures – meet animals up close and watch and a Birds of Prey display
• Super Spies – make a disguise and get involved in a code cracking activity.

Tickets

• Adult All Day, All Line Rover Tickets: £49.50, including 12 months of return travel for free
• Kids (aged 0-15) travel free in 2024.
• To book tickets to visit the NYMR and to find out more about the trail, visit the website.

​”We’ve got lots of free hands-on activities for the whole family to enjoy this summer. If you love film and TV then our brand-new film trail – Lights, Camera, Traction – is for you to explore for the whole school holidays and beyond. Over summer, you can join in with archaeology activities, test your spy skills and meet awesome birds of prey at our drop in activities. There’s definitely something for the whole family.”

Macey Palmer, Learning and Interpretation Officer at NYMR

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