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Easter Activities
Easter weekend is almost upon us and we’ve got our fingers crossed for a bit more of the nice weather that we’ve had recently. We’ll be running mine tours on […]
Mine Tours Sat 24th March
Due to a large booking, mine tours will be limited on Saturday 24th. We plan to run public tours at 12:00pm, 3:30pm and 4:30pm. Sorry for any inconvenience, we’ll be […]
AVLR Easter Event
Pop down to Apedale for a bit of Easter fun, courtesy of the Apedale Valley Light Railway. And if you call by before then have a go on our Easter […]
An Apedale Locomotive at the Beamish Museum
This was a surprise:- one of the original locomotives, “Newcastle”, that was run by the Midland Coal, Coke & Iron Co. in Apedale Valley has turned up at the Beamish […]
The AVLR 2012 season starts soon
One month to go before the start of the Apedale Valley Light Railway’s 2012 season which kicks off with a diesel service on 31st March. The following weekend is Easter, […]
British Empire Medal recipient’s certificate presented to museum
Lucy Burrell (10) presents a certificate awarded to her Great-great-great Grandad, George Wilshaw to the Heritage Centre. The certificate commemorates his receiving the British Empire Medal for services to mining […]
Santa Special Pictures
You can now see pictures from the Apedale Valley Light Railway Santa Special 2011 on our facebook page. We hope everyone who came had a great time, we certainly did! […]
Gleision Colliery Disaster Appeal Fund
After the disaster at Gleision Colliery earlier this year we decided that we should raise money for the appeal fund. Yesterday we were able to hand over a cheque for […]
Santa Special 2011
Well, it will soon be Christmas and Santa will be coming to Apedale again, courtesy of our friends at the Apedale Valley Light Railway and their Santa Special Service. It […]
Changes in the Museum
We’ve been busy beavering away in the museum on our cottage display. It’s always been one of our most popular displays, but one thing that have talked about for a […]