List of British private narrow-gauge railways

!Name

!Opened

!Closed

!Gauge

!Location

!Notes

|?

|after 1987

|{{RailGauge|2ft}}

|Newbury, England

|4wDM locomotive in storage

|?

|Present

|Various gauges

|Surrey, England

|Test track a private location near Godalming, Surrey. The trust owns the Vale of Rheidol Railway in Wales

|?

|present?

|{{RailGauge|2ft}}

|Arlesey, England

|

!Name

!Opened

!Closed

!Gauge

!Length

!Location

!Notes

|2004{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/uk/Love-for-Darjeeling-toy-train-makes-Briton-buys-off-worlds-oldest-surviving-locomotive/articleshow/42820938.cms|title=Love for Darjeeling toy train makes Briton buys off world's oldest surviving locomotive|work=Times of India|date=18 September 2014|accessdate=13 January 2016|first=Kounteya|last=Sinha}}

|2023

|{{RailGauge|2ft}}

|Steeple Aston, England,

|A figure of eight layout in Adrian Shooter's garden, operated with the steam locomotive DHR 778.

|1970s

|

|{{RailGauge|2ft}}

|near Maidstone, England

|A short line laid across fields surrounding a private house, open for charity events one Sunday each month during the summer.

|1968{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/herefordandworcester/culture/2003/05/lost_railway_02.shtml |title=BBC Hereford and Worcester article on Bromyard railways}}

|present

|{{RailGauge|2ft}}

|{{convert|1|mi|km}}

|Bromyard, England

|A short line laid on the trackbed of the standard gauge former GWR Worcester-Bromyard branch.

|1962

|2005

|{{RailGauge|2ft}}

|97 yards

|Hinckley, England

|A short line and collection of rolling stock running round the rectory garden. Assembled by the late Reverend Teddy Boston, the line was closed in 2005.

|1967

|1973{{cite news |title=Creekmoor Light Railwaway, Poole, Dorset |date=June 1983 |work=Narrow Gauge News |publisher=The Narrow Gauge Railway Society |issue=83 |url=http://www.ngrs.org/downloads/NGN.1-100/ngn83-jun-1973.pdf}}

|{{RailGauge|2ft}}

|

|Fleetsbridge, Poole, England

|Technically an agricultural railway, its main use was for private passenger trains. Used a small collection of Motor Rail diesel locomotives and Orenstein & Koppel 9239 {{whyte|0-6-0|WT}} locomotive Fojo.

|1990

|2018

|{{Track gauge|2ft}}

|Unknown

|Rowsley South railway station, Peak Rail

|Private railway at, but separate from, Peak Rail. Rail lifted 2018-2019. Some of the trackbed to be used by The Ashover Light Railway Society's new running line.

|?

|present

|{{RailGauge|2ft}}

|

|Eynsford, England

|Short private line in Kent, with ex-Provan Gas Works steam locomotive

|1971

|Present

|{{RailGauge|2ft}}

|{{frac|1|4}} mile

|Hadlow Down, England

|Private railway with occasional open days

|1995

|Present

|{{RailGauge|2ft}}

|300 yards

|Isle of Thanet, England

|A short private line, not open to the public

|2015

|Present

|{{RailGauge|2ft}}

|{{convert|730|yd|m}}

|Kent, England

|Extensive "garden" railway with eight steam and three internal combustion locomotives

|2004

|present

|{{RailGauge|1ft11 3⁄4 in}}

|

|Gwynedd, Wales

|Private railway

|1984

|present

|{{RailGauge|2ft}}

|½ mile

|Ripon, England

|Private railway moving building materials around a housing estate. Uses extremely light track and Lister locomotives

|2004

|Present

|{{RailGauge|2ft}}

| 2 Miles

|Louth, England

|A short private garden line, open to the public on special open days {{cite AV media |people= brokenlashes|date= 6 July 2017|title= SHLR - A trip around the largest private railway in the UK|trans-title= |medium= |language= |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDy31wXp2hE|access-date= |archive-url= |archive-date= |format= YouTube|time= |location= |publisher= |id= |isbn= |oclc= |quote= }}

|?

|present

|{{RailGauge|2ft}} and {{RailGauge|2ft6in}}

|

|Staffordshire, England

|An extensive collection of restored narrow-gauge locomotives running on several miles of track. The railway hosts several open days each year.

|1976

|2000

|{{RailGauge|1ft 11 3⁄4 in}}

|?

|Hersham, England

|Fully signalled private line with one steam locomotive, several 4wDMs and 2 4wBEs. Most of the stock went to the Great Bush Railway on closure. From there the stock moved to Rheilffordd Llechi Sir Caernarfon.

|2009

|Present

|{{RailGauge|2ft}}

| ?

|Northampton, England

|A short private garden line, not open to the public

|1965

|1970

|{{RailGauge|2ft}}

|1/2 mile

|Leamington Spa, England

|Brian Goodchild's private railway featuring Baguley 774, Motor Rail 8575, Hunslet 2207 and Lister 41545.