Shillingstone Station

We have visited frequently, and the cafe is run by friendly volunteers, and very homely. Usually a selection of cakes and sausage rolls / pasties and sandwiches. Good mug of tea too. There is the railway shop selling mostly rail related books with an overspill in a carriage outside. There is another carriage you can take the cafe food into, and benches outside. Don't miss the hidden garden at the end of the platform up the path; lovely views across the hills. Popular with walkers, cyclists and motorcyclists.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Fantastic Family Day Out - Great Progress Since New Year! Visited as a family on Wednesday and had a brilliant time! The volunteers were incredibly friendly and helpful throughout our visit. The signal box talk was particularly fascinating - really brought the railway heritage to life. It's amazing to see how much work has been completed since our last visit on New Year's Day. You can really see the dedication and progress being made toward getting a full steam train service running again. The passion of the volunteers really shines through. The station cafe is a lovely touch - good selection of snacks, sandwiches and drinks at very reasonable prices. Great that you can choose to sit inside, outside, or even aboard one of the carriages for that authentic railway experience! While passenger services aren't running yet, this is still absolutely worth a visit. Perfect for railway enthusiasts and families alike. Looking forward to seeing the continued progress and hopefully riding behind steam in the future! Highly recommend supporting this wonderful heritage railway project.

Lovely old school cafe, very nostalgic and cosy. Pasties are lovely.

So pleased that our accomodation host at Bowling Green Farm mentioned this Dorset Rail heritage initiative to us. Fabulous place, stacked with information & displays and 'cake on a train'! Great little souvenir shop too. Friendly & efficient staff/ volunteers. Pleased to have been.able to support this initiative in its infancy. Hope to be able to travel on the line, in years to come.

An exceptional day out for all train enthusiasts, a brilliant return to a bygone era run by hardworking and dedicated volunteers who've worked their bums off to make the station into what it is today. The ONLY slight gripe is that charging £4.40 for a pasty is ever so slightly expensive but there we go, it's a minor gripe.

Nice little cafe at this dis-used station. Friendly volunteers running it. Lots of things to have, hot & cold drinks, soup, sausage rolls, pasties, sandwiches, treats, homemade cake. You can eat and drink on the static train carriages. Museum is interesting and there's a few static carriages with various displays. Worth a visit for an hour or so.

This is a little gem of a museum and well worth a visit for a hour or so. The cafe is cute and there’s loads of seating both inside and out. Dropping in as part of you day out is highly recommended.

Well worth a visit. Quirky and well thought out and restored. Lovely garden, nice little tea rooms in a buffet carriage, lots of memorabilia, a small railway museum and it's on the trailway, so it's a good stop off for walkers and cyclists. Kids play area to keep the smaller humans amused too.