Bookings have opened for this years Santa Specials. We will be open on the evenings of Saturday 9th and Saturday 16th December. Please get in touch to secure your space as availability is limited.
Bookings Open for Santa Specials
Volunteer Day – Saturday 4th March
All Just a little reminder that there will be folk on site at Steamworks from 10am this Saturday who will welcome volunteers old or new who are interested in helping the Trust in any way. Our public open days commence
Happy New Year
OK, I am a few days early, but the sentiment is the same. We would like to thank everyone who visited us in 2022 and look forward to welcoming all visitors in 2023. Our planned open days for 2023 can
Santa Specials – Call for Volunteers
Bookings for our Santa Specials on 10th and 17th December are going well, the 17th is almost fully booked but there are still spaces available on the 10th. Please ring 01502 725422 during office hours Tuesday to Friday to check
Change at the top
Following the AGM and Board meetings held over the weekend of 19th and 20th November the Directors are pleased to announce the appointment of John Bennett as Trust President with Nick Evans taking over as Chairman in addition to his
Bookings Open for Santa Specials
We are pleased to announce that bookings are now open for our Santa Special events. These are taking place on Saturday 10th and 17th December between 4pm and 7:30pm on each day. Each family books their departure time from our
Volunteer Saturdays Restarting
After the pandemic hiatus we are planning to restart volunteer days at Steamworks on a Saturday. These will initially be the first Saturday of the month commencing 5th November. We will start about 10am and finish between 3 and 4pm
Half Term Opening
This Sunday, 23rd Oct, sees the last of our daytime opening days for 2022. Steamworks will be open to visitors from 1pm to 4pm. The cafe and shop will be open, trains will be running on our miniature railway and
Heritage Open Day
Steamworks will be opening on Sunday 11th September 2022 between 1pm and 4pm to join in the country wide Heritage Open Days event organised by The National Trust. More information about this event can be found at https://www.heritageopendays.org.uk
No wheels on my wagon
Volunteers had a busy Wednesday again this week despite the warm weather. The strip down of the RNAD chassis continued with the removal of the wheelsets. A donated shed was extracted from the pile and errected near the main gate