List of funiculars in the United Kingdom

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There are a number of funicular railways in the United Kingdom. Many are known as cliff railways rather than funiculars.

A car of the Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway

Contents 1 List of railways currently in use 2 List of closed or never-opened railways 3 See also 4 External link

[edit] List of railways currently in use

• Aberystwyth Electric Cliff Railway, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales [1]
• Babbacombe Cliff Railway, Torbay, Devon
• Bridgnorth Cliff Railway, Bridgnorth, Shropshire
• Bournemouth, Dorset
  • East Cliff
  • Southbourne (Fisherman's Walk)
  • West Cliff
• Cairngorm Mountain Railway, Aviemore, Scotland
• Centre for Alternative Technology Cliff Railway, Machynlleth, Powys [2]
• The Leas Lift, Folkestone, Kent
• Hastings, Sussex
  • East Hill
  • West Hill
• Great Orme Tramway, Llandudno, Conwy [3]
• Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway, Lynton, Devon [4]
• Llechwedd Slate Caverns Railway, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Gwynedd [5]
• London Millennium Funicular, London
• Lizard RNLI Cliff Railway, Lizard Point, Cornwall
• URBIS Museum, Manchester
• National Coal Mine Museum
• Padstow RNLI Cliff Railway, Padstow, Cornwall
• Saltburn Cliff Railway, Saltburn, North Yorkshire
• Scarborough funiculars, Scarborough, North Yorkshire
  • Central Tramway
  • St Nicholas Cliff
  • South Cliff Lift
• Sennen Cove, Cornwall, private funicular
• Shipley Glen Cable Tramway[6], Shipley, West Yorkshire
• Southend Cliff Railway, Southend,Essex

[edit] List of closed or never-opened railways

• Clifton Rocks Railway, Bristol
• Constitution Hill Railway, Swansea
• Devil's Dyke 'Steep Grade Railway', Brighton

[edit] See also

• Funicular railways
• List of funiculars
• List of funiculars in Switzerland
• Rail Transport
• UK topics

[edit] External link

• Funicular Railways of the UK