By Road
Follow the brown tourist signs for the Designer 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 Designer Outlet Centre.
STEAM can also be reached through the ‘at home’ section of the Designer Outlet Centre.
Retain your admission ticket and claim free parking at the Swindon Designer Outlet Centre car park. Details are available when visitors buy their admission tickets at STEAM.*
* Free parking is not available during special weekend events (i.e. Swindon Railway Festival, Great Western LEGO Show, Christmas at STEAM). Car parking charges for special weekend events in the Swindon Designer Outlet car parks are £1 for up to five hours and £12 thereafter.
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:
How to Find us (PDF)
Please note: free parking is not available during special weekend events (i.e. Swindon Railway Festival, Great Western LEGO Show, Christmas at STEAM). Car parking charges for special weekend events in the Swindon Designer Outlet car parks are £1 for up to five hours and £12 thereafter.
Address and Contact Details
STEAM – Museum of the Great Western Railway
Kemble Drive
Swindon
SN2 2TA
Tel: 01793 466637/466626 or 466646 (information line)
Fax: 01793 466 615
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