By Road
Follow the brown tourist signs for the Outlet Centre, Great Western Heritage Area, or the ‘M’ for STEAM Museum sign.
STEAM can be found to the left of the Food Court entrance of the Outlet Centre.
STEAM can also be reached through the ‘at home’ section of the Outlet Centre.
Retain your admission ticket and claim free parking at the Outlet Centre car park. Details are available when visitors buy their admission tickets at STEAM.
There are two Park-and-Ride services in Swindon which will take you into the town centre. STEAM is a 10- to 15-minute walk from the drop-off point. The Copse Park-and-Ride is based just off the A419 at Groundwell, the other is in Wroughton just off the A4361. Both are clearly signposted. The adult fare is £2.20 return.
By Rail
Swindon Station is on the main London Paddington to Bristol line.
(If you travel to Swindon on First Great Western, you can get a 20% discount on normal admission prices by buying your admission ticket at the same time you buy your FGW rail travel ticket. For more information please visit the First Great Western website - http://www.firstgreatwestern.co.uk/Content.aspx?id=1728 )
There is a taxi rank just outside the station.
Walking from Swindon railway station – turn right outside the station and walk along Station Road towards Emlyn Square, staying on the right-hand side of the road. Walk through the second underpass on the right – signed Great Western Business Centre, and up the ramp at the end.
At the top of the ramp, you will see the National Monuments Record Centre on your right. Walk past the NMRC, turn left and follow the pedestrian route to STEAM. At the far end, turn left for the main entrance.
This is a 10- to 15-minute walk.
Maps
For a map of the area around STEAM, please see Multimaps (http://uk.multimap.com/p/browse.cgi?pc=sn22ta)
A map showing routes to STEAM is available as a downloadable PDF file:
Getting to Steam (22Kb)
Address and Contact Details
STEAM – Museum of the Great Western Railway
Kemble Drive
Swindon
SN2 2TA
Tel: 01793 466 646
Fax: 01793 466 615
Textphone: 01793 466 618
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