How to get to the Museum and Study Centre
The Centre is accessed through the Kirtley Museum on the Swanwick Junction site of the Midland Railway Trust.
From Butterley station you may go by a train or take the lineside path - this may be muddy after heavy rain.
By public transport.
To Derby by train or coach .
91 and 92 link Derby Bus Station and Butterley every 30 minutes Monday to Saturday, and every hour on Sundays. 40, 41, 44 and 45 link the Derby Rail to Derby Bus Stations every 7 minutes Mondays to Saturdays, and every 15 minutes on Sundays: alternatively it is about a 15 minute walk.
To Alfreton by train and then bus 9.1, 9.2 and 9.3 to Butterley Station every 15 minutes Mondays to Saturdays and every hour on Sundays.
Bus times may be checked on the Traveline East Midlands web site or by calling 0870 608 2608. The Midland Railway timetable gives details of their services.
By car.
Following the brown tourist signs will direct you straight to Butterley Station.
If it is more convenient to your travel arrangements and you wish to go direct to the SwanwickJunction site then please follow these directions:
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From the North via M1
Leave M1 at Junction 28 and join the A38 towards Derby;
leave the A38 at the 3rd exit;
follow the brown tourist signs for the Midland Railway Centre;
at the traffic lights at Swanwick Church (Steam Packet Inn on left) TURN LEFT:
at the next set of traffic lights turn RIGHT (Co-op on right);
continue until you reach the Newland's Inn on the right and immediately turn RIGHT along Coach Road, a private road. (beware of the two speed humps and the pot-holes);
fork right and follow the lane to the entrance gates to the Midland Railway Centre. - From the South via M1
Leave M1 at Junction 26 and follow A610, (signposted Ripley):
continue as far as Codnor;
at the traffic lights in the Market Place turn right along un-numbered road towards Leabrooks;
continue until passing through trees, at the bottom of the hill turn LEFT into Coach Road and continue as A above. - From South via Derby
Travel North along A38 and follow the brown tourist signs to the Midland Railway Centre, then follow the directions in A above.
Car Parking
If travelling to Butterley there is ample car parking outside the station.
If travelling to Swanwick
Junction please park in the car park outside the main gates
and walk through the Museum site to the Kirtley Museum Building. Please be aware that much of the walking surface is not an asphalt
surface and may be muddy.
Please DO NOT bring cars down to the Museum & Study Centre.
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