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Exciting news for 2024, Open day for the RNLI. Both the garden and railway will be open. Possibility of visiting engines as usual I will try and confirm nearer the time **7th July 2024 ** Open Garden at Heywood House Littledale Road Brookhouse for the RNLI Admission £7.00 per adult including refreshments. 1:00pm - 5:00pm Entry by ticket or please pay at the gate. Activities include: Steam Railway rides(£2 for adults, £1 for children), childrens activities, stalls to browse, refreshments and a fabulous raffle! Sorry no dogs with the exception of assistance dogs. The garden will be signposted from A683 at Caton. Heywood House Littledale Road Brookhouse Lancaster LA2 9PW

Exciting news for 2023, Open day for the RNLI **2nd July 2023 ** Open Garden at Heywood House Littledale Road Brookhouse for the RNLI Admission £6.00 per adult including refreshments. 1:00pm - 5:00pm Entry by ticket or please pay at the gate. Activities include: Steam Railway rides(small additional cost), childrens activities, stalls to browse, refreshments and a fabulous raffle! Sorry no dogs with the exception of assistance dogs. The garden will be signposted from A683 at Caton. Heywood House Littledale Road Brookhouse Lancaster LA2 9PW

A reminder that the Garden and Railway will be open this Sunday, 10th July, in aid of the RNLI from 1pm-5pm. Entrance to this event is £6 per adult and includes refreshments. There is also additional attractions, raffle, plant stall etc in the driveway. The railway will be running, and the plan is to run two trains with three engines (two visiting). Small additional fee for the railway. There will be sign posts from Caton. Heywood House Littledale Road Brookhouse Lancaster LA2 9PW

A reminder that the garden and railway are open Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th of June

Just to confirm some details of the three open days for the garden and railway this year, 25th and 26th of June for the local gardening club - the garden is open along with 10-15 others over the weekend. The entrance fee for all gardens (via programme) is £3.50 per person. 10th July the garden and railway is open from 1pm for the RNLI. Entrance is £6 and this includes refreshments and there will also be other stalls and activities to browse etc In both cases the Railway will be running, there may be visiting engines although TBC. Rides are an additional small fee.

I will add further details as they become available but all being well... The Garden and Railway will be open on the 25th and 26th of June 11:00 till 4:30 for the local gardening club along with several other gardens in the village. They will also be open again on the 10th of July for the RNLI from 1:00pm - 4:30. Times may be subject to some adjustment and I will update with further details in the future.

Sadly the event on the 11th July has now been cancelled due to the extension of restrictions. We hope to be able to do something either later in the year or next year. As for the above images, the bridge is progressing well!

It's that time of year again: So far just one date of the 28th June 2020 this one is for the RNLI and will be open from 1:00 - 5:00.

A reminder again that the Railway and Gardens are open tomorrow, 7th July, from 1pm till 5pm for the RNLI. The plan is to have 2 or 3 engines in steam. Entrance is £5 and includes a cream tea and drink. https://rnli.org/find-my-nearest/events/2019/july/open-garden-event

It's that time of year again: So far just one date of the 7th July 2019 this one is for the RNLI and will probably be open from 1:00 - 5:00 but I will confirm when I have the details.

Thank you to everyone who made it to the open day. The RNLI managed to raise a reasonable amount of money and the railway was very busy with 4 engines in steam and a traction engine. Further info and updates about the railway can be found on the facebook group which is here, https://www.facebook.com/groups/LittledaleLightRailway/

Just a reminder guys, 23rd and 24th the garden and railway will be open!

Since the railway was last open there have been some additions to the goods stock plus a rebuild of the station etc so plenty to see!

OK Guys, some news. We have three open days this year if anyone would like to attend. I have also created a Facebook Group for the Littledale Light Railway. https://www.facebook.com/groups/363217274152543/permalink/414089009065369/ However, dates as follows: ------------------------------------------------ 23rd and 24th June gardens and railway are open from 11:00 till 5:00 Entrance fee to the gardens is £3.50 pp (includes access to 10 village gardens in total) Tickets for the train are £1.00 for adults and £0.50 for children. Refreshments available at some locations. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 22nd July gardens and railway are open from 1:00 till 5:00 Open for the RNLI. Entrance is £4.00 including a cream tea. Cheers

I will speak with the management and see what can be done but I think they are wanting a "year of". I think we have opened every year for the last 12 so I think they were wanting a break. Thanks for the kind words and requests!

Sadly chaps we are not doing any public openings this year with the NGS or any other organisation at the moment. If any plans change I will update this thread but for the moment there is no public open days of the garden or the railway.

Hi guys, Thanks for the kind comments. The open days have finished for this year, we did indeed do two for the NGS and one for the Lifeboats. They Heywood Society also visited us this year to see both Tarn Beck and Afon Glaslyn in steam. As yet we have not confirmed any dates for next year. However, the plan is for both engines to be at the 7 1/4 AGM this year down at the bath and west show ground. As some videos from this year have been posted above I won't repeat but there are least 3 if not 4 good videos taken by the Anderson brothers. Eagle eyed viewers will notice the addition of additional freight stock in the form of two tool vans and a brake van which takes us up to a nice rake of L&B style wagons.

To drag an old topic up... This years dates for the Littledale Light Railway public running are as follows. Please be aware these are garden open days where the railway will be running as well. This years dates are for the National Gardens Scheme and the RNLI Morecambe http://www.ngs.org.uk/gardens/gardenfinder/garden.aspx?search=type:advanced-pc:la46hb-d:10-dr:6&id=18773 23rd June (NGS) 11-5 - £3.50 Admission 7th July (NGS) 11-5 - £3.50 Admission 14th July (RNLI) Times and prices to be confirmed! As ever at each event Teas, Coffee and Cakes will be available at additional cost however it is all for charity and for a good cause. Garden / Railway Address Heywood House Littledale Road Brookhouse Lancaster LA29PW

Thank you for all the kind comments! As the "owners son" a very prestigious title!, I cannot take credit for the video posted at the top of the topic. That video was taken by a vistor although to this day I'm not sure exactly who. The previous video the topic refers to was taken by the builder of the engines gradnson as mentioned above, he did close his youtube account but has since reopened it. I have put some links below to some videos of the engine and railway. This years open days were on the 3rd and 24th of june, sadly the 3rd was cold and wet and so subsequently very quiet although it did improve towards the end of the day, the railway was of course running. The 24th fared much better and although we had a couple of showers by 2pm or so the sun was out and the weather most pleasant. Thank you for the advertisment, the charity days often do quite well but as the NGS is such a good cause we could always do with more visitors! Although the garden and railway are open publicly just two or three times a year the railway is run for pleasure much more frequently. Thanks Chris A video taken ont he 24th Our recent visit to weston park, including the odd shot of yours truly driving! I think this is the orignal video the topic was based around And a video of the 2009 7 1/4 AGM showing both engines http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QN4sEo89rRs