Trago Mills Leisure Park
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Trago Mills Leisure Park is situated at Trago Mills
Regional Shopping Centre, Newton Abbot
, and covers over 100 acre (0.404686 km²). It was opened shortly after the construction of the permanent store buildings, and has continued to grow since then. It is home to a wide selection of rides, most notably the Bickington Steam Railway
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The Bickington Steam Railway
is a 10¼" inch gauge railway runs from the centre of the Leisure Park to the front car park, loops round three lakes, then returns to the 'Leisure Central' station.
The leisure park is also home to The Trago Mills Model Railway
. Constructed in a purpose built building it is believed to be one of, if not the largest model railways in the country. The layout is controlled by an analogue block system utilizing 3 - 4 control units per loop, dependent on sections, and one control unit per shuttle. When running at full capacity the layout can support thirty trains running completely independent of human control.
Also situated at the leisure park is The Den, an animal park which is home to a large collection of animals. Ponies, Pigs, Parrots, Rabbits and many other animals, all of which are free to see.
Trago Mills
Trago Mills is a chain of British department stores situated in the West Country. They are sited in the town of Falmouth, and on the outskirts of two other towns at Liskeard, Cornwall and Newton Abbot, Devon. Large department stores were formerly sparse in the rural west country and Trago Mills has...
Regional Shopping Centre, Newton Abbot
Newton Abbot
Newton Abbot is a market town and civil parish in the Teignbridge District of Devon, England on the River Teign, with a population of 23,580....
, and covers over 100 acre (0.404686 km²). It was opened shortly after the construction of the permanent store buildings, and has continued to grow since then. It is home to a wide selection of rides, most notably the Bickington Steam Railway
Bickington Steam Railway
Located at Trago Mills Regional Shopping Center, Newton Abbot, the Minimum gauge Bickington Steam Railway was opened in 1988, using equipment recovered from the Suffolk Wildlife Park, which itself was taken from Rudyard Lake. It was built by Brian Nicholson, the headmaster of Waterhouses School in...
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The Bickington Steam Railway
Bickington Steam Railway
Located at Trago Mills Regional Shopping Center, Newton Abbot, the Minimum gauge Bickington Steam Railway was opened in 1988, using equipment recovered from the Suffolk Wildlife Park, which itself was taken from Rudyard Lake. It was built by Brian Nicholson, the headmaster of Waterhouses School in...
is a 10¼" inch gauge railway runs from the centre of the Leisure Park to the front car park, loops round three lakes, then returns to the 'Leisure Central' station.
The leisure park is also home to The Trago Mills Model Railway
Trago Mills Model Railway
The Trago Mills Model Railway is one of the largest OO gauge model railways in the UK, situated within the Leisure Park at Trago Mills shopping centre, Newton Abbot....
. Constructed in a purpose built building it is believed to be one of, if not the largest model railways in the country. The layout is controlled by an analogue block system utilizing 3 - 4 control units per loop, dependent on sections, and one control unit per shuttle. When running at full capacity the layout can support thirty trains running completely independent of human control.
Also situated at the leisure park is The Den, an animal park which is home to a large collection of animals. Ponies, Pigs, Parrots, Rabbits and many other animals, all of which are free to see.