Four children set off for an adventure in the season’s most-talked about blockbuster The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe – and their journey starts right here in the Midlands.
Sharp-eyed film fans have been thrilled to see the young stars travelling through the picturesque Severn Valley on their way to rescue a mystical world from an everlasting winter.
Now staff at the Severn Valley Railway are getting up steam to cope with a flood of film buffs after the release of hit movie.
The steam heritage line between Kidderminster and Bridgnorth is featured at the start of the film when the young heroes become wartime evacuees.
Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy travel aboard the no.7802 Bradley Manor locomotive to stay at a country mansion where they find the wardrobe which provides them with the gateway to the magical world of Narnia.
Railway staff are preparing for a flood of extra visitors attracted by the film.
