www.hfstephens-museum.org.uk

Holman Fred Stephens

The Colonel Stephens Railway Museum is a wonderful museum in Tenterden which has recorded the career of Holman Fred Stephens, light railway promoter, engineer and manager, his family, his railways and his successors.

The Museum

The museum houses a range of artefacts from the Colonel Stephens railways, including some family photographs, his boyhood books, his toy steam train, a range of pre-war road signs. and a display of artefacts from the Paddock Wood and Hawkhurst Railway, featuring totems from the branch line stations of Horsmonden, Goudhurst and Cranbrook. However one of the main features of the Colonel Stephens Museum is the carefully reconstructed Salford Terrace office used by Colonel Stephens to manage and maintain his railway empire

Opening Days 2011

19 March 2011 and then on Kent and East Sussex Railway (KESR) operating days until October.

Admission Charges

Adults: £1.50
Children: aged 9-16 50p
Children under 8: free

Car Parking

There is a free car park on site.

Visitor Comments

"An absolutely fabulous experience"

"Loved the Museum"

"Fantastic Museum, lots of interest"

"Superb, Wonderful"

"Full of information and memories"

Disabled Access

Wheelchair access is available to all areas, except for viewing one of the video presentations which involves two steps.

Bookshop

The Railway Museum has a bookshop which sells a wide range of second-hand books and magazines.

Help and Advice

The enthusiastic Museum staff are always on hand to offer help and advice.