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Santa Specials
Imagine the excitement of a Steam Train journey to Santaland! Our magical Santa Special services run on various dates and times in the weeks before Christmas, details of which are below. They depart from Sheringham station and take passengers through some of Norfolk’s most beautiful winter scenery whilst the adults are served sherry and mince […]
British Military Weekend
Discover Britain in wartime as the British Motor Museum hosts an impressive collection of British Military vehicles, living history re-enactments and a special WW1 history display.
Fairground At Night
Step back in time to experience the magical nature of the Edwardian fairground as the sights, sounds and smells all come alive as darkness falls! Please note that normally only the Fairground will be operating on these evenings.
Newbury 4×4 & Vintage Spares Day
Largest Land Rover Autojumble in Europe plus large Vintage Spares Section alongside, over 800 plus traders usually attend! Long established large International event, come along for a day out looking around lots of stalls. Plots outdoors from £25, admit 1 vehicle with/without a trailer plus 2 adults. Plots indoors in the new huge hall, 6m […]
Westonzoyland Pumping Station Museum – In Steam
Head for the imposing chimney stack of the pumping station rising out of the marshy Somerset Levels and come and see our ‘new’ 1924 Robey Portable Boiler in steam. The use of steam power on ‘The Levels’ to reduce flooding and control drainage of the low lying moorlands commenced at Westonzoyland in about 1830, when the […]
Autumn Rally
Our very popular end of season rally – steam engines, cars, stationary engines, demonstrations, displays, and miniature railway rides (free to children). Find out about the story of drinking water in our new Discovery Zone. Enjoy an informative stroll around our Waterworks with everything fully open, restored machinery in operation and our volunteers on hand […]
Scottish Vintage Bus Museum, Guide Sundays
We are very proud to be rated as a 3 star visitor attraction by Visit Scotland.
Ellenroad Engine House Steaming Days
The Engine House is open and steaming on the first Sunday of each month – come along! Most steaming days feature other attractions Free parking Light refreshments available at the Engine House Cafe Picnic area with seating Limited disabled access with a motorised chairlift up to the Engine House. Unfortunately we do not have disabled […]
STEAM UP’S! – First Sunday in the month from May till October 2017
Come and see 12 giant steam engines in full steam including the engine that used to open London’s Tower Bridge. Home made refreshments are available in the gallery overlooking the 1879 Gimson Beam Engine. Guided tours will be happening throughout the day, come and experience our working collection at the first open day of our […]
Steam Sundays @ The Whitwell & Reepham Station
Victory will be steaming again today £50 driver experiences available Train tickets are £2.00 an adult and £1.00 a child or a family ticket is £5 Train Time Depart 12:30, 13:00, 13:30, 14:45 and the last train 15:15 Member travel free Free entry to the site Food and drink will be available in the Station Kitchen […]
Steam-Up Open Day
The NWLSME have been around for over 40 years. Please have a look around the web site to find out more about our Club. Whether you’re an experienced model engineer or an enthusiastic beginner I’m sure you’ll find something that interests you. Our society caters for a wide range of interests including locomotives in the […]
Open Day @ Dogdyke in Steam
Dogdyke Steam Drainage Station, off A153, east of Tattershall Bridge, Entrance via Bridge Farm. Our 1856 Bradley and Craven beam engine in steam, powering a scoop-wheel drainage pump, also a 1940 Ruston and Hornsby oil engine powering a centrifugal pump. Also a small museum and tea room. Steam Engine; Stationary Steam; Working Demos. Also we […]
Vintage Festival of Light Ashover
Vintage rally and illuminations. Display of vintage vehicles and engines, childrens rides and attractions, stalls and crafts, santa sleigh and grotto, live music and real ale bar all weekend.
Autumn Crankup
The last major Crankup of the year with all the engines running. In 2017 the volunteers are working on a number of new engines and hopefully a number of these will be running at this event. The new engines include several large steam engines and a very large twin cylinder Crossley diesel from Gold Corner […]
Patrick Edwards Tractor Jumble and Spares Day
Saturday 7th October 2017. Large selection of classic and vintage tractor spares, machinery parts, tools, and all manner of workshop and shed clearance items! Held at Langley Farm, Little Clanfield, Oxfordshire, OX18 2RZ. Buyers: £4 each from 8am. Sellers: £20 (up to 7.5T) or £50 (HGV), turn up from 7:30am. No need to book , just […]
Maidstone Vintage Toy Fair
This long running established Toy Collectors Fair, started as an Autojumble and Collectors Fair on the 8th November 1980. A previous Autojumble Event had closed on the 7th of May 1979, which had taken place in the Agricultural Hall area of the Maidstone Market. At this period of time, this was a vibrant Cattle, Poultry, […]
Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway Events
Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway 2017 Events for Timetable Please check website for up-to-date open times before the event. Easter Monday 17th April – Easter Eggspress. An eggciting combination of steam trains, the Easter Bunny and a host of activities bringing Easter fun for all the family. Make your own Easter bonnet and wear it on your visit. […]
Autumn Tractor World Show plus Sunday Classic Commercial Show
Autumn Tractor World Show at Newbury Showground indoors in the new exhibition hall plus outdoors. Displays of veteran, vintage, classic and new tractors and implements, trade stands, specialist parts suppliers. Saturday HJ Pugh vintage auction sale, Sunday vintage sort out and agrijumble spares day. Sunday classic commercial and truck show Regional and National club stands […]
ESSMEE Open Weekend 2017
Come along with your model traction engine and take advantage of the large area of traffic-free tarmac roads around the site, or bring your own 5inch or 7.25inch loco and run on our 1/2 mile dual gauge ground level track. Saturday evening barbecue and night run. On site camping and caravanning pitches available with electric […]
Engines Operating
The Society was formed in 1994 with the purpose of restoring the triple expansion steam pumping engines that remained on the Brede site. Two Tangye engines with their ram pumps and well pumps were installed as part of the original Waterworks concept in 1904. They were joined in 1940 by a third pump manufactured by […]
The 6th Prickwillow Ploughing Festival: October 7th and 8th
In conjunction with TWH Clarke and Son of Green Farm. Heavy Horses, Vintage/Classic Tractor Ploughing, working displays and stationary engines, classic cars, static tractors and commercials, craft and trade stands, bygones and demonstrations, children’s rides and activities. Application forms for exhibitors available early 2017. Real Ale Bar, catering, live music and family entertainment. A fabulous Fenland weekend […]
Tractors & Stationary Engines rally
Tractor & Stationary Engine Rally. Two weekend dates this year! 29th April – 1st May 2017 7th & 8th October 2017 John Marshall Yard main rd Kingsley Bordon Hants GU35 9LW On the B3004 01420 474 298 / 07803 237 694 10am-4pm Free Admission All Proceeds to Macmillan
Great Electric Train Show
The Great Electric Train Show returns to the British Motor Museum on 7 & 8 October 2017 with more than 25 layouts and over 30 traders on display.
Milton Keynes Organ Festival
A great weekend to experience the wonderful sounds of mechanical organs from large fairground organs to small hand organs. Milton Keynes Museum will be transporting visitors to the days of fairground fun with the return of its popular Organ Festival this October. Organs were the soundtrack of the fairground, and the music making machines are […]
The Southern Re-enactment & Fair @ Bursledon Brickworks
Interested in history? You’ll love this event!
Autumn Railway Day
Saturday 7th October 2017, 11.00am – 4.00pm. Admission to museum free (Plus small charge for Railway Rides). Refreshments available also picnic tables in the grounds.
Steaming Day
Middleton Top winding engine house contains a pair of beam engines both driving a common crank geared to a winding drum around which the incline rope ran. They were built by the Butterley Company, near Ripley, Derbyshire, during 1828-29 and completed during December 1829. They are the world’s oldest rotative beam engines still on their […]
Garstang Autojumble
Car and Bike Autojumbles Outdoor pitches all £15.00 Indoor plots also available from £10.00 Well established since 1997 Hamilton House, on A586, off A6, Garstang, Preston, PR3 0TB Admission 9am – 1pm, Adult £3.50, Child under 14yrs FREE Refreshments – Free Parking SELLING AT GARSTANG Outdoor stalls No need to book just turn up from […]
Autumn Running Day
Our big event and a great day for enthusiasts, including this year a birthday celebration for some of our preserved Birmingham Buses
The Southern Re-enactment & Fair @ Bursledon Brickworks
Interested in history? You’ll love this event!
National Stirling Engine Rally at the Waterworks Museum – Hereford
Now a popular annual event, the Stirling Engine Rally is always well attended. In 2016, the Waterworks Museum opened a new exhibit to celebrate the bicentenary of the first Stirling patent in 1816, to accompany the Museum’s full size hot-air engines.
British National Ploughing Championships & Country Festival
Magnificent heavy horses, vintage tractors, steam ploughing engines, trade stands, crafts – a great day out for all the family!
13th Annual Transport Collectors’ Fair
The Samuel Ledgard Society was formed in 1998 at the Rose & Crown Inn, Otley during the second annual reunion of devotees of this well known and much respected bus company.
Cressing Autumn Food & Home Fair
Cressing Temple Autumn Food Home & Lifestyle Event 14/15 October 2017 Saturday 14th & Sunday 15th October 2017 Cressing Temple Autumn Food Home & Lifestyle Open: 10am to 4pm Set in the grounds of lovely Cressing Temple Barns between Witham and Chelmsford in Essex, you can enjoy a huge range of stalls set within the […]
Chester Train, Model & Toyfair
Chester Toyfair has been a favourite for over 30 years of collectors and enthusiasts. Offering both new and pre-owned models. The Cheshire County Sports Club, Plas Newton Lane, Upton, Cheshire, CH2 1PR For more information please contact Tony Oakes Fairs 01207 652773 or tony.oakes19@gmail.com
New Forest Craft Cider Making
Come and join us at New Forest Cider, Burley for our annual Craft Cider making Weekend Saturday 14th October 11.00am – 4.30pm & Sunday 15th October 11.00am – 4.30pm. Learn how cider has been made for centuries along with more up to date methods. We also have plenty of rural crafts being demonstrated over the […]
End of Season Steam Up
14th October 2017 from 4pm onwards Annual Evening Charity End of Steam Up at New Leathern Bottle Public House, Jealotts Hill, between Maidenhead & Bracknell Berkshire. Full size Steam Traction Engines and Miniature Steam Engines, vintage commercial vehicles, tractors and motorcycles. Beer and Cider Festival, Barbeque, charity stalls. Free admission and car parking. We can […]
Ripon 4×4 Spares Day & Land Rover Autojumble
Held twice a year since 2009, trade/sellers plots indoors or outdoors from £25 per vehicle, any size of vehicle with/without a trailer. Free parking, well behaved dogs welcome, admission adults £4.50, under 15’s free Traders from 7am – 9am, public 9am – 1pm, Saturday traders set up by prior arrangement. Traders book online instantly or […]
Rundles & Eptons Steam Up
Rundles & Eptons Steam Up New Bolingbroke, Boston, Lincs, PE22 7LN Sunday 15th October 2017 10:00 – 16:00 Admission £3.00 Engines, Organs, Commercial Cars, Oil Engines & Models alan@rundles.co.uk 01205480431
Amberley Museum – Classic Land Rover Day
After a popular 2016 event, Landrover Day will be returning for 2017. See a wide range of exhibiting Landrovers from across the series, some original and some unique in design.
Open Day – 15th October
Come and enjoy the Steam Events of 2017. 11:00am till 4 pm. The Museum is located on Oborne Road, Sherborne, Dorset DT9 3RX. There is limited parking on site, additional parking available nearby on Oborne Road The September Weekend Open Days are part of Dorset Heritage Week from 11:00 until 4:00 p.m Open Days in Sunday […]
Trolleyday at The Trolleybus Museum
Home to the World’s Largest Collection of Preserved Trolleybuses Please see the website for details of each date Located between Doncaster and Scunthorpe, The Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft houses the world’s largest collection of historic trolleybuses, together with a number of other vehicles including period motor buses. The Museum offers a fascinating day out for […]
Steam Trains and Fair Organs Oktoberfest
The Oktoberfest is a festival of fascinating vintage mechanical fairground organs and features a host of additional attractions including an Old time children’s fun fair; Craft, trade and produce stalls; Model fairgound exhibition; Hand-turned street organs; Model traction engine rides; Refreshments and real ale bar; and a Display of vintage vehicles by the Brooklands Museum. Plus […]
Charity Days 2017
Our regular public open afternoons are popular with families and entrance is free. Opening times 2pm-5pm 17th September & 15th October Train rides are available on both our ground level and raised tracks.Tickets are £1.50 each or £5 for five. You can keep unused tickets for travel on a later date. Our outdoor “garden” railways […]
Public Open Afternoon
Our regular public open afternoons are popular with families and entrance is free. Opening times 2pm-5pm Train rides are available on both our ground level and raised tracks.Tickets are £1.50 each or £5 for five. You can keep unused tickets for travel on a later date. Our outdoor “garden” railways will be running, as will […]
Halloween Children’s Day
Tuesday 17th October 2017, 11.00am – 3.00pm. Admission to museum free (£2.50 for activities & small charge for train rides). Halloween crafts, traditions and trails around the museum. Refreshments available in the LMTA café. The site narrow gauge railway will be running subject to weather.
Kempton Park Autojumbles
Kempton Park Motorcycle Autojumbles have run Autojumbles at Kempton Park race course for over 30 years and these events are renowned as the best motorcycle Autojumble in the UK with visitors and traders from all over Europe in attendance. The portfolio of events consist of 7 one-day jumbles across the year with two of them […]
Lowestoft Model Engineering & Model Making Exhibition
The fourth Lowestoft Model Engineering and Model Making Exhibition (LOWMEX) is an event organised and run by the Halesworth and District Model Engineering Society. Featuring hundreds of super model exhibits including trains, traction engines, boats, planes, clocks, trucks, military modelling and much more. trade stands, refreshments, free parking a family friendly event. Following on from the continued […]
Witney Model & Collectors Club Show
St. Mary’s Church, Witney, Oxfordshire OX28 4AW Organized by Tony Martin Tel: 01993 705304 Email: stobart26@sky.com Enquiries to: Cliff Manion, WMCC Publicity Officer 93 Newland Mill, Witney, Oxfordshire OX28 3SZ Tel: 01993 772940 Email: jackiemanion@talktalk.net Admission Adults £3 Accompanied children under16 50p. Open 10am-4pm Free 3 hour parking in town car parks. Refreshments available. Exhibits […]
1960s Weekend
Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 October 2017 Greater Manchester’s buses 1960s style! Experience 1960s bus travel in Greater Manchester Display of buses which served the county in the 60s Free heritage bus service to and from the Manchester Victoria area every 20 minutes Frequent free heritage bus services around the local area with photo opportunities […]
Steaming Weekend
Come and see Kempton’s great Triple… in miniature! It’s just one of the spectacular models made from that childhood favourite, Meccano. More than a dozen enthusiasts have contributed their magnificent creations to make this the best Meccano display ever… so don’t miss it!
Steaming Day
Steam Events The Pumping Station is in steam 8 times a year on the dates listed below with all engines running including the James Watt beam engines, the Linby colliery winding engine and miniature railway. Please note that the steam plant is very old and therefore we cannot guarantee everything will be running and, although […]
Halloween Week
Spooky goings-on at the North Norfolk Railway this Halloween! Halloween Week 21st – 29th October 2017 While our witches and warlocks are conjuring up an exciting Hallowe’en spectacular for 2017 why not check out what was on offer last year. Grisly Grotto at Weybourne Open daily between 22nd October – 30th October. Do you dare […]
Halloween Fairground at Night
Enjoy the fairground at night with a spooky theme as you experience the magical nature of the Edwardian fairground as the sights, sounds and smells all come alive as darkness falls! Lots of games and fancy dress competition, so come dressed to scare! A free bus link is being arranged between Sainsbury’s Liphook and Liphook […]
Normous Newark Autojumbles
A great day out for any car or motorcycle enthusiast, the ‘Normous Newark Autojumble offers a vast array of parts, restoration services and related products for a variety of vehicles on ten separate Sundays throughout the year. Each ‘Normous Newark Autojumble sees Newark Showground filled with hundreds of inside and outside trade plots, as well […]
Cars and Coffee Meet
Cars and Coffee Meet Fourth Sunday in each month 9am to 1pm Come along and join our monthly enthusiasts meet. Bring along your classic or modern vehicles together with anything of interest Steam Pump Tea Room open serving breakfasts, hot/cold food, home make cakes and refreshments Unless shown below otherwise the Miniature steam train […]
54th Scottish Ploughing Championships
22nd and 23rd October – 54th Scottish Ploughing Championships at West Fenton, North Berwick by kind permission of W Courtenay Morrison & Co.
Coleham Pumping Station Open Days
Coleham Pumping Station is Shrewsbury’s original sewage pumping station, commissioned in 1900. The Pumping Station is operated on behalf of Shrewsbury Museum Service by volunteer members of Shrewsbury Steam Trust, who started renovation in 1990, after the station had been derelict for 20 years. The station is mostly funded by voluntary contributions. Come and enjoy […]
Association of Bexley Charities ’78 Autumn Fair
Association of Bexley Charities ’78 presents a Grand Autumn Fair United Reformed Church Geddes Place, Bexleyheath DA6 7DJ (near the Broadway Shopping Centre) SATURDAY 28th October 2017 9.45 am – 1.00 pm A variety of charity stalls selling * Christmas Gifts and Cards * CDs and DVDs * Collectables * Jewellery * * Chutneys * […]
Steam Engines Running
This unusual and fascinating museum used to be one of the best kept secrets among Cheshire’s many attractions. Over the past few years it has undergone some major changes and is now recognised as one of the Country’s leading specialist museums. Situated just south of Manchester on the site of the old Anson Colliery, it […]
Autumn Steamings at Bolton Steam Museum
Our volunteers have rescued and restored 30 old stationary steam engines – the engines which once powered the cotton and woollen mills of the North of England. Most will be running in steam on these 2 days only from 10.00 am until 4.00 pm. We have the largest collection of working textile mill steam engines […]
Steaming Days @ Claymills Victorian Pumping Station
1st & 2nd January 2017 (10am – 5pm) One of Britain’s largest restored pumping stations in steam. Lots of children’s activities. Twenty nine stationary steam engines. Four large beam engines two in operation. This magnificent site was built in 1885 to pump the brewery effluent of Burton-on-Trent to a Sewage Farm for treatment. In 1900 a large […]
Steaming – World Heritage Site Discovery Days
Middleton Top winding engine house contains a pair of beam engines both driving a common crank geared to a winding drum around which the incline rope ran. They were built by the Butterley Company, near Ripley, Derbyshire, during 1828-29 and completed during December 1829. They are the world’s oldest rotative beam engines still on their […]
Twilight Running Day
Our season finale and part of the nationwide “Museums at Night” Festival. We stay open until early evening so that our visitors can enjoy the atmosphere of twilight bus rides
Museums at Night: the Ghostly Engineer and other Stories
Saturday 28th October 2017 7.00pm – 10.30pm Museum Admission £3.50 ( Tickets available in advance from all Leicester Museum sites & Visit Leicester in Gallowtree Gate. Pre book to avoid disappointment. Tours not suitable for children under 10 years) . Come along to an evening of chilling story telling in our engine house. Discover the […]
Lincoln Autojumble
We offer a large scale autojumble held at a former RAF base with the use of an original aircraft hangar to accommodate inside pitches. Outside pitches have the option of hard standing on the former runways. Ideally located, near Caenby Corner at the junction of the A15 and A631 and only 10 miles from the […]
The Kettle Autojumble
The Kettle will be boiling for you at Church Farm, Kettleburgh, Nr Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP13 7LF (2 miles south of Framlingham) Event dates: Monday 29th May Sunday 30th July Sunday 29th October Set up the day before encouraged. From 8am to 1pm Early birds (before 8am) – £5.00 Entry for adults and children – £3.50 […]
Penrith Autojumble
2016 Penrith Autojumble Car and Bike Autojumbles All Hardstanding plots Inside and Outdoors only £10.00 Penrith Auction Mart, Skirsgill, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 0DN Admission 9am – 1pm, Adult £3.50 On site Farmer’s cafe – Free Parking
Malvern 4×4 Spares Day & Land Rover Autojumble
Sunday 8th January 10am-2pm Organisers of Land Rover and vintage autojumble events. You can now register to trade and exhibit online. For further information please click on latest events or call Mark Woodward on 016974 51882 Malvern 4×4 Spares Day & Land Rover Autojumble, Wye Halls, Three Counties Showground, Malvern, Worcs, WR13 6NW. Drive in and […]
Coldharbour Mill Steam Day
Join the Coldharbour Steam team when they fire the Lancashire Boiler and bring to life their steam collection to life. in steam will be the Pollitt and Wigzell mill engine, a Brotherhood Beam Engine as well as an original waterwheel. The heritage heritage looms and spinning machines will also be running in this beautifully preserved […]
Halloween Steam Up! @ Bursledon Brickworks
Our biggest Steam-up Sunday of the year!
Waterworks Museum – Hereford: Open and In-Steam
Museum open and all exhibits operating in-steam. One of 20 in-steam days in the 2017 visitor season (1 April to 31 October): April 9, 16, 17 and 30 / May 1, 14, 28 and 29 / June 11 and 25 / July 9 and 30 / August 13, 27 and 28 / September 9, 10 and 24 […]
Bring & Buy Sale
Just what is on sale? Whatever is trundled along which can include: Tractors – Cars – Stationary Engines – Water Pumps – All manner of spares Trailers – Toys – Models – Magnetos – Spanners – Lathes – Books – Paint You never know what – so come along and sell/buy/browse, and above all else […]
Cotswold Oil Engine Bring & Buy Sale
Just what is on sale? Whatever is trundled along which can include: Tractors – Cars – Stationary Engines – Water Pumps – All manner of spares Trailers – Toys – Models – Magnetos – Spanners – Lathes – Books – Paint You never know what – so come along and sell/buy/browse, and above all else […]
Ardingly Autojumble & Spares Auction
Ardingly Autojumble & Spares Auction indoors at the South Of England Showground , Ardingly Nr Haywards Heath, West Sussex , Rh17 6TL Sunday November 5th 2017 Opens 10am Admission £3.00 Free Parking Enquiries 01784 471431 Stalls 07982 333107
November Transport Festival
Displays, visiting vintage and classic vehicles, sales stands, refreshments, and a variety of buses and coaches operating free services including from Lincoln Railway Station and local ‘park and ride’ (from Teal Park, Whisby Road (just off A46 Lincoln by-pass / Whisby roundabout.) Includes twilight ‘City Tour’ at 5 pm. Please use our bus services – […]
Droitwich Train, Model & Toy Fair
A great little fair with a big personality, offering a warm welcome to both collectors and enthusiasts of various models of road vehicles, trains plus books, spares etc; 10:30am-2:00pm – £2.00 entry Droitwich Leisure Centre, Briar Mill, Droitwich, Worcs WR9 0RZ For more information contact Tony Oakes – 01270 652 773
International Model Boat Show
ONE OF THE UK’s LEADING MARINE MODELLING EXHIBITIONS Visit the only 3 day marine modelling exhibition in the UK. The annual International Model Boat Show, widely regarded as one of the UK Leading Marine Modelling Exhibitions, took place from the 11th to 13th November at the Warwickshire Exhibition Centre and celebrated its 19th successful year. […]
Twilight Trolleyday
Located between Doncaster and Scunthorpe, The Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft houses the world’s largest collection of historic trolleybuses, together with a number of other vehicles including period motor buses. The Museum offers a fascinating day out for all the family. We are open to the public on specific event days, generally between Easter and November, when visitors can ride on a […]
Kiddermister Train, Model & Toy Fair
50 Plus tables offering a great selection of new and used models, plus Hornby Dublo layout. A great day out for collectors and enthusiasts and don`t forget we are very near to the Severn Valley Railway. 10:30am-2:00pm – £1.50 entry Gilt Edge Leisure Centre, Zortech Avenue, Kidderminster, Worcestershire DY11 7DY For more information contact Tony Oakes – […]
Access All Areas
An exclusive behind the scenes tour, the Access All Areas experience includes: A tour of the Museum with one of our experts: Get closer than ever before to our unique Collection and enjoy the opportunity to get inside one of our rare vehicles. A guided tour of our Archive & Library and Supporting Collections Study Centre: See […]
Stoke-on-Trent Train, Model & Toy Fair
A great little fair with a big personality, offering a warm welcome to both collectors and enthusiasts of various models of road vehicles, trains plus books, spares etc; 10:30am-2:00pm – £1.00 entry Fenton Community Centre, Manor Street, Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire ST4 2PT For more information contact Tony Oakes – 01270 652 773
An Edwardian Workers’ Christmas @ Bursledon Brickworks
Come and enjoy a different Christmas event!
Christmas at a Victorian Potters’ Mill
Shirley’s 1857 potters’ mill in steam driven by the 1820s beam engine with steam generated with a 1903 Cornish boiler. Santa’s grotto. Christmas themed craft activities for children. Artist blacksmith and other activities. Attractive canal side location in the heart of Stoke-on-Trent
Sedgemoor Vintage Sort Out
SEDGEMOOR VINTAGE SORT OUT. APRIL 2ND & DEC 3RD 2017 R.O.F. 37 CLUB PURITON SOMERSET. TA7 8AD 2 MILES FROM J23 M5. CONTACT PAUL BAKER 07785765826. ADMISSION PUBLIC £2 TRADERS FROM £5 (CAR OR VAN) LANDROVER AND TRAILER £10 LARGER VEHICHLES CHARGES BY NEGOTIATION. (Somerset)
Christmas Event
Our regular public open afternoons are popular with families and entrance is free. Opening times 11am-3pm Sunday 3rd December Train rides are available on both our ground level and raised tracks.Tickets are £1.50 each or £5 for five. You can keep unused tickets for travel on a later date. Our outdoor “garden” railways will be […]
Santa Specials
2017 – Santa Specials on Saturdays 16 and 23 December, Sundays 3, 10 and 23 December. Pre-booking highly recommended to be sure of your desired date and time (and its cheaper!). £9.50 each Adult/Child pre-booked (babies under 1 are free – please bring a present for Santa to give if you wish) £9.00 each Adult/Child pre-booked […]
Public Open Day – Christmas Special
Our regular public open afternoons are popular with families and entrance is free. Opening times 2pm-5pm Train rides are available on both our ground level and raised tracks.Tickets are £1.50 each or £5 for five. You can keep unused tickets for travel on a later date. Our outdoor “garden” railways will be running, as will […]
Christmas Toys and Steam Day
Sunday 3rd December 2017 1.00pm – 5.00pm Standard Admission charges apply (Small charge for train rides. No on site parking available so use the National Space Centre Car park) . Start the festive season with a visit to the Abbey Pumping Station Museum. Enjoy listening to the Christmas music whilst taking in the festive environment. […]
Members Day – Open To The Public
The Visitor Centre on Gillingham Pier, and the ship herself will be open on Saturdays as usual in 2017 from 11th February (half term holiday) until 16th December. Normal opening times will be 11am to 4pm with last admissions strictly at 3pm. We now have all 4 of the ship’s public spaces accessible to visitors […]
40s Christmas at the Waterworks
Join us as we step back in time and re-live a 40’s Christmas here at the Waterworks. Families can have fun making decorations and playing games their great grandparents would have enjoyed! With mulled wine, traditional fayre in café, working steam engines and a ride on the railway it’s a truly nostalgic treat this Christmas. […]
Winter Warm-Up at Bolton Steam Museum
Wednesday 28th December 2016, Thursday 29th December 2016; 10.00am – 4.00pm each day. Our volunteers have rescued and restored 30 old stationary steam engines – the engines which once powered the cotton and woollen mills of the North of England. Most will be running in steam on these 2 days only from 10.00 am until […]
Grand New Year Steam Up
The season’s highlight is the Grand New Year Steam Up, a chance to see all the Museum’s majestic engines powering into 2018. Families can enjoy seasonal activities and the café will be open and serving hot food throughout the Steam Up, giving Christmas cooks a well-earned rest! Event is free with standard museum admission prices. Buy […]
Westonzoyland Pumping Station Museum – In Steam New Year’s Day
Head for the imposing chimney stack of the pumping station rising out of the marshy Somerset Levels and come and warm up in front of our ‘new’ 1924 Robey Portable Boiler. The use of steam power on ‘The Levels’ to reduce flooding and control drainage of the low lying moorlands commenced at Westonzoyland in about […]
Steam Toys in Action
Sunday 4th February 2018 1.00pm – 5.00pm Admission Adults £3.00 accompanied children free (Plus small charge for train rides. No on site parking available so use the National Space Centre Car park). This will be our 28th year of this popular event – the biggest gathering of steam toys in Europe. 100’s of toy steam […]
Chiltern Hills Vintage Vehicle Rally
20th May 2018 Over a thousand Classic and vintage vehicles, Cars ,Buses, Motorcycles and scooters, tractors, stationary engines. Autojumble and Trade Stands Food stalls and Licenced bar Childrens rides and fun dog show free public parking Public entry £6 per adult – Children under 14 free