PLATFORM 2 CAFE - GREAT FOOD at RUDYARD STATION

Platform 2 the cafe at Rudyard Station serves great food, hot and cold light refreshments as well as tea, coffee, cans, cakes, confectionary crisps etc.

Our specialities are freshly cooked to order bacon baps, hot dogs, beef batons and beef burgers.

We also serve superb traditional scoop ice cream in cornets, tubs and wafers.

Children's Lunch boxes are available and good value (ham or cheese bap, crisps, biscuit, drink, treat) for £3.25

Our new hot beef baton sandwiches are popular and very good value.

Cream teas as shown below are often served on summer Sundays. Pots of tea or coffee, scones, lots of fresh cream and jam! Or there are other special cakes available in Summer

All our fresh home made sandwich's use bread and spreads suitable for Vegan and vegetarian.

The cafe is a great place to sit, relax and watch the trains and people come and go. The relaxing atmosphere has been commented on by many customers.

A covered picnic area is available at Rudyard Station adjacent to Platform 2 and can be reserved for parties booking food at Platform 2. This is ideal with our Children's birthday party packages

We can also cater for groups by prior arrangement and have done weddings through to a Vegan rail picnic.

Platform 2 Opening Hours

The cafe is open 10.30am to 4pm at Rudyard Station at weekends to the end of October.

Last hot food orders are 3.00pm

A birthday party picnic by the lake can be booked by the side of the lake at Hunthouse Wood Station

LOCATION

Platform 2 is the old full size railway platform at Rudyard Station. This was the Southbound platform and the original flower beds and wall from the 1840's are still in use.

Rudyard Station has a free car park. Its on Rudyard road, the B5331 one kilometre west from the junction of the A523 Leek to Macclesfield Trunk Road. watch out for the brown signs on the A523 which are about one kilometre North of Leek. The post code if you have a Sat Nav is ST13 8PF. This will take you onto Rudyard Road. The entrance to the station is right next to the old railway bridge. Take the ramp up into the car park

Access To Cafe

There is level access to the cafe from Rudyard station car park via the level crossing. The car park is free.

The railway is the best way to see the lake especially if you have any mobility problems - see our disabled access webpage.

We offer learn to drive a steam engine courses and these are very highly regarded by everyone who has undertaken one and make a great gift.

The Railway

We are close to Buxton, Macclesfield, Congleton, Stoke on Trent and Macclesfield and handy for all of Cheshire, Derbyshire, Greater Manchester and Staffordshire.

The Rudyard Lake Steam Railway is in the North Staffordshire Peak District and our steam trains give a great 3 mile return trip along the side of the lake.