# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Discovery Days
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 28 May, 2026 at 10:30 am – Thu, 28 May, 2026 at 04:00 pm (+01:00)
- **Event Description**: Travel back in time to the golden age of the Great Western Railway and savour the sights, sounds and smells of steam as you explore this 21-acre living museum with trains dating from Victorian times to the 1960s.

Explore this 21-acre living museum and unearth almost two centuries of railway history.  Trains will not be running, meaning there's the chance to get up close and see them at close quarters. Pick up our colourful Centre Guide and stroll through the original 1932 Engine Shed and see magnificent preserved locomotives – find 5900 Hinderton Hall, climb onto the footplate and listen to Archie, the driver, and Stan, the fireman, prepare their loco! Listen out for the sounds of a working engine shed and see if you can hear Stan fetch his supplies from Jonah, the storeman.

On a Discovery Day, you can expect to see everything open as usual. Our restaurant, shop and museum welcome visitors and the engine shed displays, carriage and wagon, signalling centre, museum and transfer shed are all accesible. Some of our visitors actually prefer to visit when it’s quieter. There’s definitely more time to take in the splendour of the engines and time to soak in the surroundings.

Sometimes you’ll be lucky enough to see us performing shunting moves as we do move our stock around regularly. There’s always a programme of work to be done in our locomotive works and elsewhere and occasionally a large shunt takes place, meaning you can see some of these projects in the open air. You can even sometimes see steam tests taking place.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/didcot/discovery-days/200029926684726
- **Event Categories**: performances, Entertainment
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Didcot
- **state**: EN
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: Didcot Railway Centre
- **lat**: 51.612757171748
- **long**: -1.2445117257483
- **full address**: Didcot Railway Centre, Didcot Parkway Station,Didcot, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Discovery Days being held?
  - **A:** Discovery Days takes place on Thu, 28 May, 2026 at 10:30 am to Thu, 28 May, 2026 at 04:00 pm at Didcot Railway Centre, Didcot Parkway Station,Didcot, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Discovery Days?
  - **A:** Discovery Days is organized by Didcot Railway Centre.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Discovery Days is ideal for art lovers, trade professionals, collectors, and exhibition enthusiasts exploring the latest in their field. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Didcot, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Discovery Days sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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