BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251026T010000 RDATE:20260329T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:Europe/London GMT END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250724T220000 RDATE:20251026T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:Europe/London BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:a3acdf05e36f446e5eef9ccaba1b9b46 CATEGORIES:Events CREATED:20260707T123026 SUMMARY:July Steaming Weekend at Crofton Beam Engines DESCRIPTION:Crofton Beam Engines pumping station will be open and steaming the 25th and 26th of July. Site opening times on both days, 10:00 – 16:30.\n \nVisitors can come and see our magnificent beam engines at work pumping water 40 fee t up to feed the Kennet and Avon Canal at its’s highest point, just as they have done for over 200 years.\n \nFor adults and Children: Our engines are housed in a magnificent Grade I listed Georgian Building, spread over four floors. Our two beam engines fill the building and are almost silent when working.\n \nTalk to our knowledgeable volunteers about what you are seeing and how the engines work. Children and adults alike enjoy watching the eng ine drivers at work, controlling several tons of beam on the floor above th em. Next to our engine house is our boiler house, where steam is raised to drive the engines. The skill of stoking a boiler to make the fire as effici ent as possible is clearly demonstrated by our team of boiler people.\n \nD uck Race\n \nOur famous duck race takes place every day at 12:35. Watch the ducks pour out of the our pumps and race away down the leat. Choose your d uck, enter it into the race, entry per duck £1 to win a prize your duck mus t come first or last .\n \nFor children: This weekend’s activities for chil dren include the Crofton Trail, a beautifully designed trail by local artis t Dru Marland. The trail will take you round the site, once completed there is a small prize and sticker for each completed trail leaflet.\n \nCraftin g area: There will be a self-guided crafting area for children to draw, pai nt make items that have interested them when visiting Crofton.\n \nPlay are a: We have a small play area, featuring a beam (seesaw) and a working model set of locks, where children (and adults) can pump water up to the top of the mini locks and then open the lock gates and watch the water flow down.\ n \nOur site:\n \nVisit the Smithy Tea room for tea, coffee cake and more. Enjoy the fantastic views of Wilton Water, the canal and railway. Visitors are welcome to bring a picnic and sit in our grounds.\n \nVisitors can get to Crofton by road or via the canal. We have a car park, including disabled parking. If you want to walk or cycle along the canal towpath across canal bridge 101 and a short walk East along Dark Lane.\n\n \n \nCrofton Beam En gines,\nCrofton,\nMarlborough,\nWiltshire S\nN8 3DW\nEmail: Crofton@katrust .co.uk (mailto:Crofton@katrust.co.uk)\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Crofton Beam Engines pumping station will be open and steaming the 25th and 26th of July. Site opening time s on both days, 10:00 – 16:30.

 

Visitors can come and see our magnificent beam engines at work p umping water 40 feet up to feed the Kennet and Avon Canal at its’s highest point, just as they have done for over 200 years.

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For adults and Children: Our engines a re housed in a magnificent Grade I listed Georgian Building, spread over fo ur floors. Our two beam engines fill the building and are almost silent whe n working.

 

Talk to o ur knowledgeable volunteers about what you are seeing and how the engines w ork. Children and adults alike enjoy watching the engine drivers at work, c ontrolling several tons of beam on the floor above them. Next to our engine house is our boiler house, where s team is raised to drive the engines. The skill of stoking a boiler to make the fire as efficient as possible is clearly demonstrated by our team of bo iler people.

 

Duck Race

 

Our famous duck race takes place every day at 12:35. Watch the ducks pour out of the our pumps and race away down the leat. Choose your duck, enter it in to the race, entry per duck £1 to win a prize your duck must come first or last .

 

For childr en: This weekend’s activities for children include the Crofton Trail, a beautifully designed trail by local artist Dru Marland. The trail will tak e you round the site, once completed there is a small prize and sticker for each completed trail leaflet.

 

Crafting area: There will be a self-guided crafting area for chi ldren to draw, paint make items that have interested them when visiting Cro fton.

 

Play area: We have a small play area, featuring a beam (seesaw) and a working model set o f locks, where children (and adults) can pump water up to the top of the mi ni locks and then open the lock gates and watch the water flow down.

 

Our site:

 

Visit the Smithy Tea r oom for tea, coffee cake and more. Enjoy the fantastic views of Wilton Wate r, the canal and railway. Visitors are welcome to bring a picnic and sit in our grounds.

 

Visito rs can get to Crofton by road or via the canal. We have a car park, includi ng disabled parking. If you want to walk or cycle along the canal towpath a cross canal bridge 101 and a short walk East along Dark Lane.


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Crofton Beam Engines,

Crofton,

Marlborough,

Wilts hire S

N8 3DW

Email: Crofton@katr ust.co.uk

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