Bressingham Steam Museum Needs Your Help

Bressingham Steam Museum is a railway museum located near Diss, Norfolk. Approaching its 60th anniversary celebrations in 2021, the museum is facing financial difficulty due to being unable to open because of the Covid-19 lockdown. It would be devastating for such a wonderful local attraction to close and therefore I am looking to raise some money to support it through this difficult time.

I have been visiting Bressingham since I was about 4 years old (I am now 23!) and it holds a very special place in my heart having sparked my life-long interest in railways - the picture is of a (much) younger me standing next to a huge driving wheel belonging to the “Royal Scot.”

About the Museum

Created by Alan Bloom, the museum has been the home of many famous steam locomotives over the years such as “Oliver Cromwell” and the “Royal Scot,” both of which have since returned to the mainline. It has a variety of narrow-gauge railways and a short stretch of standard gauge railway. As well as the railways, the museum has a stunning garden that was started by the late Alan Bloom himself.

With a varied and fascinating collection of locomotives, traction engines and other vehicles, as well as the beautiful gardens, Bressingham is a brilliant place to visit, whether you are interested in railways or not and therefore I think it is incredibly valuable and we should do all we can to help the museum get through this difficult period.

I have no association with Bressingham apart from being a life-long visitor with a desire to do all I can to help them out!

Info: https://www.bressingham.co.uk/home.aspx

Registered Charity Number: 266374 (Bressingham Steam Preservation Trust)

All photos from Bressingham Steam Museum website (except photo of myself). All credit to the Museum.