It’s 50 years since man first walked on the moon. Now you can enjoy an immersive lunar experience at Enginuity, near Ironbridge in Shropshire when artist Luke Jerram’s enormous 7-metre spherical Moon sculpture is installed at the museum from 21 October to 10 November. Themed events will be held underneath the installation.
The awe-inspiring touring artwork was created using detailed NASA imagery of the lunar surface with an approximate scale of 1:500,000 – each centimetre of the 7-metre spherical sculpture represents 5 kilometres of the moon’s surface!
Internally lit, the installation gives visitors a surreal up-close experience by fusing lunar imagery and moonlight with a surround sound composition by BAFTA and Ivor Novello award-winner Dan Jones.
Dine under the Museum of the Moon on 24 October at a special fundraising dinner with a champagne reception, raffle, live auction and speaker from the Lunar Society. Tickets for the ‘Ironbridge by Moonlight Dinner’ are £55 each, or a table of 10 is £500. For more information and to book tickets email Adam Siviter, Fundraising Manager at fundraising.manager@ironbridge.org.uk or call 01952 435 900. Funds raised from the evening will help to support the Museum’s heritage conservation and education work, as well as contributing towards the Fund for the Future appeal.
Over the centuries, the moon has been interpreted as a god and as a planet, been used as a timekeeper, calendar and to aid night time navigation, and inspired artists, poets, scientists, writers and musicians the world over. Museum of the Moon allows you to make your own interpretation of the moon and its place in the world, contemplate the various beliefs and mythologies surrounding the moon and consider the latest moon science.
One of the 10 Ironbridge Gorge Museums, Enginuity is open from 10am until 4pm; entrance is £9.50 adults, £8.50 60 plus and £6.50 children 5-16, under 5s free. Some activities a small additional charge, in addition to the museum entrance fee.
Make the most of daytime visits to the museums with a great value Annual Passport Ticket, which allows multiple visits into all 10. It costs £26.50 per adult, £20.50 for seniors, £16.50 for children (16 years or under), £70 for a family of two adults and all their children and £50 for a family with one adult; under 5s free (terms and conditions apply). Passports can also be bought online in advance saving 5% and individual entry tickets are available at each museum. Activities will vary from day-to-day and some additional costs will apply.
For further information, call the Ironbridge Tourist Information Centre on 01952 433 424 or visit www.ironbridge.org.uk. The Gorge is easily reached via the M54 motorway exiting at Telford junction 4 or 6.
Twelve men have walked on the moon. But how many have spent an entire season with the Emperor Penguins in Antarctica? Maybe more, likely less. Lindsay McCrae has – and this is his wonderful and frank story.
**SORRY DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED**
Andy and Margaret Watchorn will perform a concert of traditional music from Northumberland and beyond in The Methodist Church, Broad Street, Ludlow
on Thursday 24th October starting at 7.30pm – £8 on the door (accompanied children under 12 free)
Expect a lively and informal evening of driving dance tunes and lyrical slow airs, plus songs and stories, featuring Northumbrian smallpipes, fiddle, hummelchen, guitar and voice, as well as Swedish bagpipes and nyckelharpa.
Shropshire’s largest farmers market, boasting 35 stalls of fresh local produce including meats, dairy, fruit and vegetables, baked goods, artisan charcuterie, apple juice, plants and some craft. Every 2nd and 4th Thursday throughout the year, for more information see www.localtoludlow.org.uk
Peep! Peep! Thomas the Tank Engine is back at Llangollen Railway Station for a Day Out With Thomas.
A Day Out With Thomas event now travel to CORWEN.
This fun-filled event offers children and their families the opportunity to take a ride with Thomas, meet The Fat Controller and enjoy trips on Thomas up and down Llangollen Station, you can ride in Rickety and Clarabelle as many times as you like. Take the Big steam Engine to Corwen and then go to Carrog to the puppet show
See Rusty and Dusty… and have some fun
The event, which has been held at Llangollen Railway for many years, is an excellent day out for all Thomas fans and there’s plenty for the whole family to enjoy.
A Fantastically FUN Family Event!
Day Out With Thomas™ is an all day event and gates open at 10am.
To ensure all activities on offer can be enjoyed we recommend visitors arrive before 2pm.
Ticket Prices
Adults £19
Seniors £17
Children £11.50
Family (1 Adult + 1 Child) £27.50
Family (1 Adult + 2 Children) £38.00
Family (2 adults + 1 Child) £41.00
Family (2 Adults + 2 Children) £55.00
Children aged under 2 FREE
Your all day ticket includes:
Brake Van Rides with Thomas & Clarabel at Llangollen Station
Unlimited travel on the Steam trains and Thomas
Access to our Activity room which includes;
Face Painting
Stickers
Thomas DVD screening
Colouring & Craft Workshop
Day Out With Thomas Certificate
Balloon Modeller
Story Telling
Live Story Re-enactments
Puppet Show
A Day Out With Thomas is an all day event, no matter what time you show up, there will always be something to entertain the children. However, we do recommend that you arrive at the station before 2pm to make use of the whole day.
Our Day Out With Thomas event is NOT an event that sells out so we will have tickets no matter what time you arrive at the station. To get the most out of your day please arrive early as the ticket price is the same all day
Peep! Peep! Thomas the Tank Engine is back at Llangollen Railway Station for a Day Out With Thomas.
A Day Out With Thomas event now travel to CORWEN.
This fun-filled event offers children and their families the opportunity to take a ride with Thomas, meet The Fat Controller and enjoy trips on Thomas up and down Llangollen Station, you can ride in Rickety and Clarabelle as many times as you like. Take the Big steam Engine to Corwen and then go to Carrog to the puppet show
See Rusty and Dusty… and have some fun
The event, which has been held at Llangollen Railway for many years, is an excellent day out for all Thomas fans and there’s plenty for the whole family to enjoy.
A Fantastically FUN Family Event!
Day Out With Thomas™ is an all day event and gates open at 10am.
To ensure all activities on offer can be enjoyed we recommend visitors arrive before 2pm.
Ticket Prices
Adults £19
Seniors £17
Children £11.50
Family (1 Adult + 1 Child) £27.50
Family (1 Adult + 2 Children) £38.00
Family (2 adults + 1 Child) £41.00
Family (2 Adults + 2 Children) £55.00
Children aged under 2 FREE
Your all day ticket includes:
Brake Van Rides with Thomas & Clarabel at Llangollen Station
Unlimited travel on the Steam trains and Thomas
Access to our Activity room which includes;
Face Painting
Stickers
Thomas DVD screening
Colouring & Craft Workshop
Day Out With Thomas Certificate
Balloon Modeller
Story Telling
Live Story Re-enactments
Puppet Show
A Day Out With Thomas is an all day event, no matter what time you show up, there will always be something to entertain the children. However, we do recommend that you arrive at the station before 2pm to make use of the whole day.
Our Day Out With Thomas event is NOT an event that sells out so we will have tickets no matter what time you arrive at the station. To get the most out of your day please arrive early as the ticket price is the same all day
6.30pm & if demand again at 7.45pm please ring for details £5 per adult and £3 per child ( please note that not suitable for younger children as involves going into dark rooms and being scared!). Join us if you dare for a tour of the Castle where you will encounter the “Ghosts” who will tell their tales. Tearoom will be open prior to the tour. Ring to reserve your tickets on 01691 662500 or e-mail info@whittingtoncastle.co.uk
Scary goings on at Oswestry Market. Free prizes, spooky games, face painting
Peep! Peep! Thomas the Tank Engine is back at Llangollen Railway Station for a Day Out With Thomas.
A Day Out With Thomas event now travel to CORWEN.
This fun-filled event offers children and their families the opportunity to take a ride with Thomas, meet The Fat Controller and enjoy trips on Thomas up and down Llangollen Station, you can ride in Rickety and Clarabelle as many times as you like. Take the Big steam Engine to Corwen and then go to Carrog to the puppet show
See Rusty and Dusty… and have some fun
The event, which has been held at Llangollen Railway for many years, is an excellent day out for all Thomas fans and there’s plenty for the whole family to enjoy.
A Fantastically FUN Family Event!
Day Out With Thomas™ is an all day event and gates open at 10am.
To ensure all activities on offer can be enjoyed we recommend visitors arrive before 2pm.
Ticket Prices
Adults £19
Seniors £17
Children £11.50
Family (1 Adult + 1 Child) £27.50
Family (1 Adult + 2 Children) £38.00
Family (2 adults + 1 Child) £41.00
Family (2 Adults + 2 Children) £55.00
Children aged under 2 FREE
Your all day ticket includes:
Brake Van Rides with Thomas & Clarabel at Llangollen Station
Unlimited travel on the Steam trains and Thomas
Access to our Activity room which includes;
Face Painting
Stickers
Thomas DVD screening
Colouring & Craft Workshop
Day Out With Thomas Certificate
Balloon Modeller
Story Telling
Live Story Re-enactments
Puppet Show
A Day Out With Thomas is an all day event, no matter what time you show up, there will always be something to entertain the children. However, we do recommend that you arrive at the station before 2pm to make use of the whole day.
Our Day Out With Thomas event is NOT an event that sells out so we will have tickets no matter what time you arrive at the station. To get the most out of your day please arrive early as the ticket price is the same all day
Llanfair Caereinion station and the train will be spookily decorated and the last train will return to Llanfair in eerie dusk.
Come in costume and join in the fun – edible treats for those who do!
Spot the ghosts and creatures haunting the railway line for a prize.
For a small charge – At Llanfair Caereinion you may have a go at the toss the pumpkin game, halloween tin bowling and Facepainting will be available too!
Normal fares apply on all trains
Wacky games for all the family.
‘Mummy Wrap’ is hilarious – see what masterpiece you can create with one roll of toilet paper!
Play ‘Pass the Pumpkin’
Try to be the last one standing in our ‘Musical Monsters’ game
Enjoy the stunning Autumnal landscape whilst following the Halloween Trail to find our hidden storytellers throughout the Follies. Follow the trail and meet the characters along your journey. Once you reach the end enjoy a story in the caves with our professional storyteller who will make your magical journey come to life.
Halloween Trail, storytelling and craft activities are all included in standard child admission price. Aimed at under ten years old you can expect a range of halloween themed areas but nothing too gruesome or scary.
From 10am-3pm throughout Half Term, you will also get a chance to meet some hootingly feathered friends in our Visitor Centre courtesy of Shropshire Falconry!
Halloween trains at Cambrian Railways.
6.30pm & if demand again at 7.45pm please ring for details £5 per adult and £3 per child ( please note that not suitable for younger children as involves going into dark rooms and being scared!). Join us if you dare for a tour of the Castle where you will encounter the “Ghosts” who will tell their tales. Tearoom will be open prior to the tour. Ring to reserve your tickets on 01691 662500 or e-mail info@whittingtoncastle.co.uk
Antiques and collectibles fair, we hold it the last Sunday of every month. Cambrian House Emporium Oswestry.
Spooky storytelling on the eerily decorated train as it creeks through the dark and creepy Dee Valley, dare you ride with us? Who knows what frights will await us at Carrog.. step off the train at Carrog and walk in to the mist and lights of the scary stories and things that go bump!! In the dark….will we make it back or will the ghouls of the night take us to a station lost in time…
Dress to scare the ghosts themselves!!
Bar available on board for a bit of Dutch Courage!
Shockingly scary story and light show at Carrog Station where things really will go bump in the night…!!!
6.30pm departure.
Not suitable for children under 3 years of age.
BOOK EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT. THIS EVENT SOLD OUT FOR THREE YEARS RUNNING.
Adults – £19, Children – £12
6.30pm & if demand again at 7.45pm please ring for details £5 per adult and £3 per child ( please note that not suitable for younger children as involves going into dark rooms and being scared!). Join us if you dare for a tour of the Castle where you will encounter the “Ghosts” who will tell their tales. Tearoom will be open prior to the tour. Ring to reserve your tickets on 01691 662500 or e-mail info@whittingtoncastle.co.uk
6.30pm & if demand again at 7.45pm please ring for details £5 per adult and £3 per child ( please note that not suitable for younger children as involves going into dark rooms and being scared!). Join us if you dare for a tour of the Castle where you will encounter the “Ghosts” who will tell their tales. Tearoom will be open prior to the tour. Ring to reserve your tickets on 01691 662500 or e-mail info@whittingtoncastle.co.uk
6.30pm & if demand again at 7.45pm please ring for details £5 per adult and £3 per child ( please note that not suitable for younger children as involves going into dark rooms and being scared!). Join us if you dare for a tour of the Castle where you will encounter the “Ghosts” who will tell their tales. Tearoom will be open prior to the tour. Ring to reserve your tickets on 01691 662500 or e-mail info@whittingtoncastle.co.uk
Bring your little monsters along to experience our Halloween Spooktacular!
Fancy dress is encouraged for the kids and adults, we want to see your best fancy dress costumes as there are some special prizes to be won!
We had such fun last year and are excited to have plenty of spooky activities for all the family.
– Devilish Doughnut tree
– Apple bobbing
– The FEAR challenge
– Face painting
– Fire breathing
– Stilt walkers
£1 per person on entrance to the Castle. Come dressed up, bring a torch and follow the procession through the village and back to the castle. Visit the witch for your treat, watch the fire show demonstration and go through the bridge of terror if you dare! Take refreshments in the tearoom.
6.30pm & if demand again at 7.45pm please ring for details £5 per adult and £3 per child ( please note that not suitable for younger children as involves going into dark rooms and being scared!). Join us if you dare for a tour of the Castle where you will encounter the “Ghosts” who will tell their tales. Tearoom will be open prior to the tour. Ring to reserve your tickets on 01691 662500 or e-mail info@whittingtoncastle.co.uk
Fantastic annual firework display. Best in town and all money goes to charity. Children just £1
Get fired up on Fireworks Night, Saturday 2 November, at Blists Hill Victorian Town. As well as the spectacular family fireworks display on The Green see molten iron being poured into moulds during the dramatic iron casting demonstration in the Foundry.
The gates open at 6pm allowing plenty of time to explore the Town’s Victorian streets and atmospheric buildings. Wrap up warm, tuck into hot food or a cup of chocolate from the café and enjoy the smell of coal fires burning as you make your way down to the Town’s Green for the show. You will be able talk to the townsfolk in their cottages, shops and other places of work and hear about life in the late 1800s.
The highlight of the night will be the fantastic fireworks extravaganza accompanied by music, which will start at around 7.30pm and light up the night sky over the Ironbridge Gorge.
Tickets will be available from this website in late Summer.
Please note, if we need to cancel this event because of bad weather it will be rescheduled for Saturday 9 November. We will not be offering refunds for weather cancellation unless ticket holders can’t make the rescheduled event. We suggest making sure both dates are free in your diary before booking.
Fun and Fireworks
Sunday 3rd November 2019
Enjoy an evening train journey to Carrog and on the way back stop off at Glyndyfrdwy Station for Fireworks. On board bar selling alcohol and soft drinks. hot refreshments available to purchase at Glyndyfrdwy Station.
Book early to avoid disappointment. This event has sold out for seven years running.
Train departs Llangollen Station at 6pm and returns approx 8.30pm.
Fares
Adults – £18, Children – £12, under 3s are FREE!
Join the award winning writer of short stories, Cynan Jones, as he talks about his new novel Stillicide, a series of interconnected dystopian stories telling of a future Britain fighting for water….
Join us for an evening with one of the nation’s best loved chefs as Rick Stein returns to the food he loves best with his new book Secret France.
We have one vision and that is to rock the night away with an evening of great food and music…
3 course meal, live entertainment and DJ
£32.00 per person
Arrival: 7.00pm
Dinner 7.45pm
Carriages 12.30am
To help raise funds for the RJAH Veterans Fund, Oswestry
Murder on The Llangollen Express
Shylock Nolmes, the world’s greatest detective is back on the case in the wilds of Wales. Join our valiant Victorian for an evening of serendipitous sleuthing, devious detection and marvellous merriment as he travels on Llangollen Steam railway to investigate a Murder most foul’
A pasty and a sweet is provided and the on board bar* is open.
There are prizes for solving the crime and a special award for best costume *cash only
Please arrive for 6:30pm train departs at 8:00pm with an approximate return time of 9:00pm
Please note you may have to share a table
YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BRING YOUR OWN FOOD OR ALCOHOL TO THIS EVENT, NO DOGS ALLOWED
Shropshire’s largest farmers market, boasting 35 stalls of fresh local produce including meats, dairy, fruit and vegetables, baked goods, artisan charcuterie, apple juice, plants and some craft. Every 2nd and 4th Thursday throughout the year, for more information see www.localtoludlow.org.uk
The wonderful Blists Hill Morris Gang will be entertaining the crowds with traditional dances in the lower part of the Town at 11.15am, 2pm & 3pm.
Performances will likely take place near to the Ironworks and, when the sun is shining, they’ll be roaming the Town. Check with costumed staff on the day for details.
You can watch, and even join-in, some traditional Morris dances and other activities and around lunch time the musicians may be found performing in the New Inn Public House.
Fresh from this year’s Rugby World Cup, Booka Bookshop are thrilled to present an Evening with England coach Eddie Jones!
Brilliant, honest, combative – Eddie Jones is a gigantic yet enigmatic figure in world rugby and a true legend of the game. In My Life and Rugby he tells his story for the first time, including the full inside story of England’s 2019 World Cup campaign.
Booka Bookshop are thrilled to present an evening with Lemn Sissay, one of Britain’s best loved, award-winning poets and performers, who will be joining us to talk about his highly acclaimed memoir, My Name is Why.
Huge staging for all the local choirs and schools. VIP guests and fun family characters, Street food, fireworks and of course great lights. 4pm until 6.30pm
The Trials Of Cato, a band that arrived fully formed and functioning from Beirut in the winter of 2016, have since torn a shape very much their own into the canvas of the UK folk scene. Hailed as “one of the real discoveries on the folk circuit in recent times” by BBC Radio 2’s Mark Radcliffe, their live show “invariably stuns audience wherever they play” (FATEA Magazine). Whether plying their trade busking, performing in front of thousands at festivals across Europe, or frequently selling out their own club shows, The Trials of Cato have the wind behind them.
Collection of food and craft producers from around the County
Drinks reception at 7pm
3 course dinner at 7.45pm
Carriages 1.00am
£50.00 per ticket
Live music from The Review, Auction and Raffle on the night
Antiques and collectibles fair, we hold it the last Sunday of every month. Cambrian House Emporium Oswestry.
Shropshire’s largest farmers market, boasting 35 stalls of fresh local produce including meats, dairy, fruit and vegetables, baked goods, artisan charcuterie, apple juice, plants and some craft. Every 2nd and 4th Thursday throughout the year, for more information see www.localtoludlow.org.uk
A magical adventure by Land Rover through the illuminated woodland to see Santa in his real hillside Grotto.
Arrive at the Hawkstone Park Follies visitor centre and check in for your trip. After a warming festive drink you’ll be whisked off in one of our Land Rovers across the Park, through the Grand Valley, under the Wishing Arch and up the steep hill to Santa’s spectacular network of caves.
Santa’s elves will keep you entertained as you wander around the decorated, fairy-lit caverns and tunnels until you finally arrive at your destination – the magical grotto itself! Every child will receive a gift from Santa.
You’ll have the opportunity to meet Santa’s reindeer and enjoy the illuminated woodland fantasy. You can even finish off your visit with a Christmas meal in the beautifully renovated Hawkstone Park Hotel restaurant.
Pre booking is essential and spaces fill up quickly!
