Visitor Reviews
What families, railway enthusiasts, and visitors love about their journey around Ruislip Lido.
What an absolute gem! Riding behind the steam engine Mad Bess through the woods from Willow Lawn to the beach at Woody Bay made our children's weekend. Watching the locomotive turn on the turntable outside the Tea Room is wonderful.
Britain's longest 12-inch gauge railway is a credit to every single volunteer of the Ruislip Lido Railway Society. The trackwork, signalling, and fleet—especially Mad Bess and the battery conversion of Graham Alexander—are first-class.
We book the Santa Specials and Twilight Express every December without fail. The lights through the woodland at night and the warm welcome (and mince pies!) in the Turntable Tea Room make it a magical Christmas tradition.