Bressingham Steam and Gardens
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Bressingham Steam & Gardens is a steam museum and garden centre located at Bressingham, west of Diss in Norfolk, England. There are three railway lines which take visitors around the gardens:
- The Garden Railway - 10¼ in (260 mm) gauge miniature railway
- The Nursery Railway - 2 ft (610 mm) gauge narrow gauge railway
- The Waveney Valley Railway - 15 in (381 mm) gauge miniature railway
The site also contains a short standard gauge section of track and standard gauge footplate rides are sometimes available to visitors.
The gardens were established by Alan Bloom MBE at Bressingham Hall. He moved to Bressingham after his previous site at Oakington in Cambridgeshire was compulsorily purchased. He was a plant expert of international renown, particularly in the field of hardy perennials. He laid out the Dell garden with its well-known island beds. His son, Adrian Bloom, laid out the Foggy Bottom garden.
Much of the site is given over to commercial horticulture. There is a garden centre on the site, trading as Blooms of Bressingham (a business now owned separately from the Bressingham Gardens and Steam Museum which is a charitable trust). The nurseries themselves are not open to the public.
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[edit] Standard gauge steam locomotives
- LMS Royal Scot Class 6100 Royal Scot built in 1927. Undergoing restoration off site, expected back at Bressingham in June 2008.
- Atlantic 4-4-2 No 900 Henry Oakley. On static display.
- NSB 2-6-0 No 377 King Haakon VII. In working order, restored in 2006.
- LSWR B4 class No 102 Granville 0-4-0T. On static display.
- LB&SCR A1 Class 0-6-0T No 662 Martello. Operational, usually on loan to other railways.
[edit] Steam Tractors
- Garrett 5 ton Steam Tractor Bunty, built in 1924.
- Sentinel 11 ton Timber Tractor Brutus, built in 1930.
[edit] Steam Wagons
- Foden Steam Wagon Boadicea.
[edit] Showman's Engines and Road Locomotives
- Burrell Showman's engine Black Prince, built in 1935.
- Road locomotive President.
[edit] Steam Rollers
- Robey (company) 4 ton Steam Roller Barkis built in 1925.
[edit] External links
- The Museum website
- Blooms of Bressingham
- Diss Express - local newspaper website
- History of Blooms
Other Places in Norfolk
- Bure Valley Railway
- Mid-Norfolk Railway
- North Norfolk Railway
- Wells and Walsingham Light Railway
- Yaxham Light Railway
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