Dec 23, 2016 | Community, Latest News
On 5th November 2016 we were delighted to name one of our roads at Victoria Park ‘Hyde Road’ in memory of Geoff Hyde. Geoff Hyde was a founder member of the Tramway Museum Society (TMS) being present at the initial meeting, at which he was appointed Assistant...
Dec 20, 2016 | Latest News, Outside works
Closure of Crich Tramway Village for the winter allows our Outside Works team to carry out maintenance and development tasks without disrupting the tram service. In August 2015 we obtained a substantial amount of new tram track which was initially stored on the North...
Dec 13, 2016 | Curator's Choice, Latest News, Tramway Engineering
The advantage of the closed season at the Crich Tramway Village is the ability it gives us to make progress on restoration projects. Our current major restoration project is LCC1 ‘Bluebird’, which, as our regular followers will know, was recently re-united with its...
Nov 23, 2016 | Latest News, Tramway Engineering
‘Bluebird’ is taking shape again. An important stage was reached today in the restoration of LCC1, when the roof was reunited with the main framework of the tramcar. The overhead wiring in the area of the Bandstand at Crich Tramway Village had been re-aligned to give...
Nov 22, 2016 | Community, Family Friendly, Latest News
Crich Tramway Village won the Sandford Award for the second time this year and was notified back in July this year. Our Learning and Participation Manager, Jan Barratt, went to Worcester Cathedral on Monday 21st November to receive the award. Jan is pictured above...
Nov 7, 2016 | Community, Events
At our special event on Saturday 5th November, for Museum members and invited guests, the opportunity was taken by James Harkins to give a big ‘Thank You’ to Lynda Wright. ‘Thank you for saving my life!’ Visitors to our 1940’s events might recognise James as a...
Oct 28, 2016 | Community, Events, Family Friendly, Latest News
Thursday 27th October was Super Heroes Day at Crich Tramway Village, but we also celebrated local heroes. (pictured above are: Back row: Mayor of the Borough of Amber Valley, Councillor Richard Iliffe; Esme Woolley; Danielle Kirk; Clare Sales; Mike Snow; Tramway...
Oct 26, 2016 | Curator's Choice

Andrew our Financial Controller, recently helped us restore an old match box vending machine which we found in our loft. Continue reading to find out more…
Oct 26, 2016 | Community, Events, Latest News, Tramway Engineering
On Sunday, 23rd October, the Branch Line Society hired Leeds 399 to tour Crich Tramway Village. The Branch Line Society’s aim is to ride on train and tram tracks that are not normally used in service and we were pleased to help them in achieving their purpose and...
Oct 24, 2016 | Curator's Choice
We have recently purchased an important ledger dealing with the activities of the Imperial Tramways Company between 1885 and 1898. This was offered to us by Alistair Moffatt, a book dealer from Totnes in Devon who alerted us to its contents and historic interest. The...