Special Events 2008

A number of special events take place throughout the year.
Events planned for 2008 are listed below - click on the title to see more information about the event.
Scroll down to see the full list of events

For more information on any of the events listed above, or if you would like to take part in any of the events, please contact us.

Children's Days

18th May, 22nd June, 20th July, 17th August, 14th September

Children's days are extra special for the younger members of the family. As well as the usual fairground and railway attractions, additional children's activities are provided.  Subject to volunteer availability, we will aim to run as many of our children's rides as possible and hopefully two locos will be in steam on the miniature railway.  The additional activities will be varied on different days to provide more variety for returning visitors. The current planned line up for 2008 is as below, with all the additional activities included in the standard admission price:

    For all days we have a bouncy castle and Funtastic Faces face painting, plus

18th May
 Captain Alphabets Punch & Judy shows & puppet friends
Silly Scott - Fun and games with Silly Scott with magic shows, balloon modelling, mix & mingle fun.

22nd June
Dickie Richards Punch & Judy & Magic show
Mr Giant's circus theme shows, circus skill fun & balloon modelling

20th July
Silly Scott - Fun and games with Silly Scott with magic shows, balloon modelling, mix & mingle fun.
Tricky Nicky the Clown

17th August
Dickie Richards Punch & Judy & Magic shows
Tricky Nicky the Clown

14th September
Silly Scott - Fun and games with Silly Scott with magic shows, balloon modelling, mix & mingle fun.
Captain Alphabets Punch & Judy shows & puppet friends

For more information, please see the Children's Days Page.

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Commercial Vehicles Gathering

20th April

A gathering of a wide range of commercial vehicles.  

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Magic Lanterns

4th & 5th May

Magic Lanterns were the first devices used to project images onto a screen or wall. The display at Hollycombe will include original Magic Lanterns and very early images.

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Railway Weekend

31 May & 1st June

The focus is on as much railway activity as possible, visiting model railways and  visiting locos on  the narrow gauge and/or miniature railway.  Activities such as goods trains and double heading may also be operated if practical. 

On the Narrow Gauge Railway we intend to run service using our resident Hunslet, Jerry M, with Palmerston visiting from the Ffestiniog Railway and another surprise visitor.  On the Standard Gauge, we hope to have the ex Cadeby Peckett and on the Miniature Railway we will be seeing a visit from a railbus and tram engine and hopefully some other visitors as well as our residents; Jennifer, Tess & Bob.

Live steam model railways of various gauges will also be operating in the large indoor facility.

Palmerston - currently visiting from Ffestiniog Railway

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Schools Days

24th,  26th June and 8th, 9th October

Special educational days for schools, providing the opportunity for schools to have an educational day out and enjoy themselves at the same time.  Children will see many attractions from the Edwardian age, see the development of Steam Power, Road and Rail Transport.  More details are available on our Schools Page or click on the Schools Button in the menu bar to the left of the screen.

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Festival of Steam

Hollycombe's premier steam event of the year

5th & 6th July

This will be the biggest event of the year at Hollycombe with many visiting road engines and possibly some visiting rail locos as well.  We will also operate as much as possible of our own steam attractions.

For more photos from previous years, please see the Festival of Steam Page

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Fairground at Night

20th & 27th September, 4th, 11th &18th October; 7pm to 10pm

Experience the atmosphere of the steam fair by night on one of our special open evenings. These evenings are great fun and rides are colourfully illuminated offering interesting photographic opportunities.

A separate reduced admission price applies to these evenings.

Photo courtesy of Jan Wright Photography.

Photo courtesy of Jan Wright Photography.

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Allcomers Day

12th October

Last day of the season.  Visiting engines are welcome and we steam as much as possible of our own attractions.

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