Upcoming Events
Have a look below to find out what's happening around the Country over the coming months.
Father's Day
16 Jun 2013
Steam Trains are just made for Dads! Your Dad, whatever his age, will enjoy a day out at the IWSR - Whether it’s reminiscing about travelling on steam trains as a boy, checking out all the engineering stuff, or maybe he’s secretly dreamt of being a train driver! The Railway’s Refreshment Rooms will be open all day for meals and refreshments.
Tickets - Steam Train fares: Adult £10.50, Child (5-15) £5.50, Infant (0-4) FREE, Family £26.50 (2 Adults & 2 Children).
Admission to Havenstreet Station for non-travellers £3.00
For full details please contact: 01983 882204 www.iwsteamrailway.co.uk
This event is being held at: Isle of Wight Steam Railway
Evacuees Week
24 Jun 2013 - 28 May 2013
In conjunction with Island schools - contact for more details.
This event is being held at: Isle of Wight Steam Railway
A Midsummer Night’s Steam
29 Jun 2013
A new event for 2013!
A rare evening service of steam trains! … Chill-out on a summer’s evening. Take ‘The Sundowner’ for a relaxing trip through the evening countryside, and enjoy a tale or two of the Island’s railways from years gone by. To make your evening complete relax with supper at sunset in The Calbourne Room, out on our covered patio, or ‘alfresco’ in the Station Garden. A real treat on a Summer evening!
Trains will be running through the day as normal and will be followed by a special timetable of evening trains.
Tickets – Steam Train Fares:
All-Day Ticket including evening trains: Adult £12.00, Child (5-15) £6.00, Family £30.00 (2 Adults & 2 Children)
Please Note: Standard fares apply until 5pm
Admission to Havenstreet Station for non-travellers £3.00
For full details please contact: 01983 882204 www.iwsteamrailway.co.uk
This event is being held at: Isle of Wight Steam Railway
New Availability at Derwentwater Youth Hostel
1 Jul 2013 - 4 Jul 2013
We have had a cancellation for Monday 1st July 2013 so can now offer the following beds in a prime week for school groups:
Monday 1 July 50 beds
Tuesday 2 July for 3 nights – whole hostel is available – total of 88 beds
Please get in touch if you need any other information.
Tel: 017687 772246
This event is being held at: Educational Visits
The Seven Egg, Clare Woods Solo Exhibition
6 Jul 2013 - 29 Sep 2013
In 2013 the focus of our visual arts programme will be drawing. Exhibitions in the Terrace Gallery and on the State Floor will explore aspects of drawing throughout history and in contemporary practice.
Clare Woods, has recently had major solo shows at the Hepworth Wakefield, the Southampton City Art Gallery and Modern Art London. Early this year she also installed her commission for the Olympic Park using over 80,000 painted ceramic tiles. This exhibition will present new work made in response to the landscape and collections at Harewood. Not known for her sympathetic depiction of the verdant glory of the British countryside, her work has a sinister and savage edge yet in its entirety presents a startlingly beautiful form.
Visit the Harewood website for more details: http://www.harewood.org/whats-on/exhibitions/1/995
This event is being held at: Harewood House & Gardens
The 1940's Experience
6 Jul 2013 - 7 Jul 2013
Extraordinary Times … Extraordinary People!
Inspired music and dance … Silk stockings and military machines … Men in uniforms and spivs doing deals – pure nostalgia! Jitterbug your way back to the 1940s, experience travel by steam train, and relive the hustle and bustle of a country railway station where war time activities collide with every day rural life.
Be ‘wowed’ by the stunning female trio ‘The Three Belles’ singing spankingly good songs from the swing era, and jitterbug along with the Cinque Port Lindy Hoppers. Try the hairstyles and fashions of the day, tuck into corned beef hash and spam fritters in The Refreshment Rooms, and sample an ale from The Spitfire Bar! Get up close and personal to an array of civilian and military vehicles, and marvel at the farmyard threshing machine working in the shadow of a magnificent Spitfire fighter plane – Plus there’s a daily raffle for a chance to sit in the Cockpit! Climb aboard the traditional fairground, laugh along with the Punch & Judy shows, enjoy 40s music and take a stroll past 1940s street-scenes and displays Relive our ‘Finest Hour’ - Experience the exciting and most dangerous 1940s … But be wary of Viv the Spiv!
Tickets, which include Steam Train fares - Adult £13.00, Child (5-15) £6.50, Infant (0-4) FREE, Family £32.50
(Please Note: All tickets are valid for one day)
For full details please contact: 01983 882204 www.iwsteamrailway.co.uk
This event is kindly sponsored by Wightlink
This event is being held at: Isle of Wight Steam Railway
Clog Festival
13 Jul 2013 - 14 Jul 2013
The Clog Festival, starting in the mills, when workers wearing clogs would tap their feet in rhythm of the machines, it has now developed into a precise form if dance, with intricate foot movements. Saturday from 10.30 until 2pm, Sunday from 11.30 until 3pm.
This event is being held at: Skipton Castle
Victorian Weekend
20 Jul 2013 - 21 Jul 2013
A living, breathing historical experience …
Rediscover a forgotten world of Sherlock Holmes, Victorian maids, steam train travel, and ladies in bustle gowns. Be astonished with Mr Alexander's Travelling Show featuring astounding acts of juggling, balancing, uni-cycling and all manner of skills. Watch as ‘Queen Victoria’ arrives from her home at Osborne by royal train, before taking tea and knighting some deserving subjects!
You’re welcome to come dressed in period costume - or you can hire them when you arrive - and enter our ‘Mr and Mrs’ and ‘Master and Miss’ competition. See the Victorian soldiers encampment and discover a little of Victorian life from our series of interesting talks on the era. Plus, browse the Victorian stalls offering a wealth of treasures and take a trip down 'memory lane' with nostalgic music from the good ole’ days of the music halls.
Tickets, which include Steam Train fares - Adult £10.50, Child (0-15) £FREE
(Please Note: All tickets are valid for one day)
For full details please contact: 01983 882204 www.iwsteamrailway.co.uk
This event is being held at: Isle of Wight Steam Railway
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