Railway Children
Contact Information
Blackburn Empire TheatreAqueduct Road
Ewood
Blackburn
Lancashire
BB2 4HT
Tel: 01254 685500
The children’s classic by E. Nesbit centres on the lives of three children whose comfortable, middle-class existence ends when their father is arrested for a crime he didn’t commit. Bobbie, Peter and Phyliss leave their London home and move (with their mother) to a small cottage in Yorkshire where life is very different. Here, they develop a love for the railway where they have a series of adventures, including preventing a train accident, rescuing a boy injured in a tunnel and coming to the aid of a Russian exile.
This adaptation, for all the family, is full of humour, but it is also faithful to the original and is written with great tenderness and insight.
Road Directions
On the A666 between Blackburn and Darwen at Ewood Leave M65 at junction 4 follow signs to Blackburn
Public Transport Directions
Bus Service No 1 is a direct service from Blackburn, Darwen & Bolton. Contact Blackburn Visitor Centre for details of public transport from where you live 01254 688040 Alternatively, for public transport information out of our normal office hours contact: Travel Line: 0871 200 2233 (for bus services around the Lancashire area) National Rail Enquiries 03457 48 49 50