Railton And Districts Businesses and Services

Services

•  Accommodation
•  Railton Hotel
•  Sherwood Views (between Railton & Latrobe)
•  Villarette Tea Gardens (Moltema) between Railton & Elizabeth Town

•  Shops/business
•  Service Station & Petrol – open 8am to 8pm, 7 days/week
•  Post Office & Newsagency – open 7 days
•  Supermarket & Hardware – open 7 days
•  Railton Vegie Shop
•  Looking Glass Cottage –   “Fibre Optic Magic”
•  Railton Art & Craft – open daily
•  The Old Garage – Old Wares & Collectables
•  Old Curiosity Shop second hand goods & small nursery – open Fri – Sun
•  Cement Aust – Railton Plant (cement manufactures)
•  Dog Boarding Kennels
•  Navrock Stud – breeders of Beagles
•  Sawmill
•  Bellchambers Joinery - Carpenters
•  Pintar Joinery - carpenters
•  Railton Electrical
•  Seven Sheds Brewery & Meadery, Crockers Road

•  Dining/Food
•  Town of Topiary Tearoom - open Sun – Thurs
•  RSL open daily 4pm – late – meals Friday evenings until 8pm
•  Railton Bowls Club – catering available for groups including bus tours
•  Supreme Pizza – Thurs – Sunday til late
•  Railton Hotel – open 7 days (no meals)
•  Milk Bar & Takeaway – open 7 days/week until 8:30 pm
•  Free Electric BBQ – Lions Park

Visitor Information (White i )
• Looking Glass Cottage – including large range of brochures

Attractions:
•  Topiary over 100 topiary in various locations in Railton – free maps available from most shops in town. Download Map
•  Chainsaw carvings x 3
•  Looking Glass Cottage –   “Fibre Optic Magic” Go To Looking Glass Cottage page
•  Murals - 6 murals in town painted on shops & buildings mainly depicting the history of the area as a part of Kentish – "Tasmania's outdoor art gallery Download Flyer
•  Complementary Topiary Tours – for groups and buses – contact 0417 556 700 – (can personally tailer your tour to include dining options)

Railton History Go To Railton History Page
•  Wide Main Street – said to be once of the widest left in Tas.   Railton had the only railway station in the district back in the 1900's – bullock teams needed to turn in the main street with farmers bringing their produce to the railway station.
•  Cement Works – Commenced at Tasmania Cement Co. back in 1924.
Now owned by Cement Australia and is one of Australia's leading cement manufactures producing over 1.2 million tonnes of cement per annum.
•  Railton Lime Works The Site of the old Railton Lime Works is on Latrobe Road, Railton.   The first Lime kiln was operating around 1870 and was owned by the Langmaid family.  
•  Sykes Sanctuary - left to the young people of Railton by Norman Sykes – one of Tasmania's original environmentalists Download flyer

Activities
•  Trout & Fly fishing
•  Bush Walking – see Walking Tracks
•  Swimming (nearby Mersey River)
•  Fishing (nearby streams & Mersey River) – Fishing licenses available from the Supermarket
•  Cycling (also velodrome at Recreation ground)
•  Squash courts – open to public
•  Tennis courts – open to public
•  Recreational facilities/sport - Football / Cricket
•  Picnic/BBQ's – see Parks

Walking tracks
•  Topiary Trail – over 100 topiary to see
•  Sykes Sanctuary – Rock edicts Download flyer
•  Stoodley Forest Walk (& Redwater Creek Falls) Download flyer
•  Part of the Tasmanian Trail – (horse, cycle or walk from the North to the South of Tasmania)

Parks
•  Lions Park (Free Electric BBQ, covered picnic area with tables & seats, toilets)
•  Railway Park – picnic area
•  Goliath Park (children's play area & toilets)

Other services/attractions/accommodation within the area
•  Whiterock Winery - Kimberley
•  Villarette Tea Gardens – Moltema provide accommodation and fine dining – open for tea/coffee, light to full meals – beautiful gardens
•  Warm Springs at Kimberley
•  Olive Farm & Nursery
•  Youngmans Road Dulverton – Tours
•  Anvers Confectionery (Bass Highway) – between Devonport and Latrobe
•  Latrobe – Axeman's Hall of Fame, Platypus Capital of the World
•  Sheffield – “Town of Murals”
•  Stoodley Forest Walk – Stoodley Download flyer
•  Taste the Tiers Tours - Kimberley

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