Category Archives: Mine
Half Term Mine Tours
Half term already? If you are looking for something to do with the kids/grand kids, we will be running mine tours tomorrow (Tuesday) and Wednesday, and the museum will be […]
Easter Opening Part 2
For the second week of Easter we’ll be opening the museum and running mine tours on Easter Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Check back here to see if we can do […]
Fancy being a Mine Guide?
Our mine guides have asked that we put the word out, to see if there is anyone who would like to join their merry band. They also said something about […]
Half Term
It’s half term again and what better place spend a day out than Apedale! We’re open all week as usual, and on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday the museum will be […]
Can we fix it? Yes we can!
Our team were up into the wee hours last night, working to complete the installation of our new ventilation fan starter system (the grey box on the left of the […]
Mine Maintenance
Unfortunately the mine is going to be closed for a further weekend while we finish the maintenance that we started last week. We are retro-fitting a new starter to our […]
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 […]
New Galleries – AVLR opening and No 7 Entrance
As promised, we’ve added a gallery of pictures from the opening weekend of the Apedale Valley Light Railway. As an additional bonus we also have a series of pictures of […]
New Underground Gallery
Earlier this year, we opened a new gallery in our mine, aimed at education and training. The gallery has been created off the workings used for our tours. It’s driven […]
As Seen On TV
If you’ve been following the new series of the Survivors on the BBC you may have noticed that there was something familiar about the mine that the latest episodes have […]