Due to a power cut we will be unable to open today (8th Dec), and possibly tomorrow, as the estimate for repair is 6pm on Monday. Hopefully it will get fixed sooner, if so we will post here once as we have some news. Hope to see you all soon!
Closed due to power cut (8th Dec)
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Christmas Opening 2023
This year we’re going to be closed on the Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New years day for our Christmas break. The Apedale Valley Light Railway will be running “Winter Warmer” steam trains on 27th December, the last train until the new running season in spring 2024. (11:30am to 4pm, normal fares apply)
Christmas Opening 2022:
- Saturday 23rd December – Normal Hours
- Christmas Eve, Sunday 24th December – Closed
- Christmas Day, Monday 25th December – Closed
- Boxing Day, Tuesday 26th December – Closed
- Wednesday 27th December – Normal Hours PLUS MINE TOURS (and Steam Trains)
- 28th-31st December – Normal Hours
- New Years Day, Monday 1st January – Closed
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Holditch Colliery Disaster Service
On Sunday 2nd July we are holding our Annual Memorial Service for the Holditch Mining Disaster. It starts at 6pm and is held at the front of the building. Its open to all who wish to pay their respects to the 30 men who lost their lives on 2nd July 1937.
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Coronation Opening
We’ll be closed on Saturday 6th May so that our volunteers have the opportunity to watch the coronation or attend events if they wish. The Apedale Valley Light Railway will also not be running on the Saturday. However we’ll be back on Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday running mine tours on both days
Pictured: a few royalty related artefacts from our collection.
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We are Open today! (21st Jan)
The rangers have kept the middle gate closed on the Loomer Road entrance today as it is so icy. However we are open and running mine tours as usual! There is some room to park on the entrance road or on Loomer Road.
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Christmas Opening 2022
This year we’re going to be closed on the 23rd December Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New years day for our Christmas break. However we will be running mine tours on 27th December and 31st December.
The Apedale Valley Light Railway will be running “Winter Warmer” steam trains on 27th December, the last train until the new running season in spring 2023. 11:30am to 4pm, normal fares apply
Christmas Opening 2022:
- Friday 23rd December – Closed
- Christmas Eve, Saturday 24th December – Closed
- Christmas Day, Sunday 25th December – Closed
- Boxing Day, Monday 26th December – Closed
- Tuesday 27th December – Normal Hours PLUS MINE TOURS (and Steam Trains)
- 28th-30th December – Normal Hours
- New Years Eve, Saturday 31st January – Normal Hours PLUS MINE TOURS*
- New Years Day, Sunday 1st January – Closed
* last tour 2pm on 31st December
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Holditch Mining Disaster Memorial Service
On Sunday 3rd July we are holding our Annual Memorial Service for the Holditch Mining Disaster. It starts at 6pm and is held at the front of the building. Its open to all who wish to pay their respects to the 30 men who lost their lives on 2nd July 1937.
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Garden Railway Exhibit
One of our volunteers will be showing off his garden railway this weekend (26th/27th Feb). But there’s no need to worry about the weather as it will be running in the Museum conference room, so pop down and say hello!
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Christmas and New Year Opening 2021
This year we’re going to be closing earlier then usual on the 23rd December for our Christmas Break. We’ll be closed on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New years day. The good news it we’ll be running mine tours on 27th December and 3rd January as they are Bank Holiday Mondays.
The Apedale Valley Light Railway will be running steam trains on 27th and 28th so the you can get your railway fix to tide you over until the spring.
Christmas Opening 2021:
- Thursday 23rd December – 10:30am to 1pm
- Christmas Eve, Friday 24th December – Closed
- Christmas Day, Saturday 25th December – Closed
- Boxing Day, Sunday 26th December – Closed
- Bank Holiday Monday 27th December – Normal Hours PLUS MINE TOURS
- 28th-31st December – Normal Hours
- New Years Day Closed.
- Sunday 2nd January – Normal Hours (with Mine Tours)
- Bank Holiday Monday 3rd January – Normal Hours PLUS MINE TOURS
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Ben’s Visit to the Surface Gallery
Yesterday we welcomed Ben with his grandparents, as the first wheelchair user in our surface mine display based on a training gallery formerly used at Kellingley Colliery, the last deep coal mine in the UK. Our volunteers have done a great job in turning this into a great facility.
We acquired it a few years ago as a bare frame and erected it on site behind the mining cage which would become the entrance to the display. It has been enclosed and dressed with artefacts from our collection to look like a colliery roadway.
It’s a great addition to the site and amongst its uses is offering people who might not be able to do the underground tour, such as Ben, a taste of what it might be like to be in a coal mine.
Inside the surface gallery The very beginning of the project.
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