Crofton Beam Engines

Step into our industrial and social history from a time when steam was king

Opening Days

Next Non-Steaming Weekend - TBA

Next Steaming Weekend - TBA

What's On Opening Times Winter Works Open Day

Private Group Tours 2024

Throughout the year we offer private group tours via prior arrangement on selected days.

A group is a minimum of 8 people.

For more information or to book a visit, please contact us.

Contact Us

Winter Works Open Day (November)

Winter Works Open Day – Saturday 9th November

10:30 to 14:00

We will be pleased to welcome visitors for an opportunity to look “behind the scenes” at our winter maintenance and to speak with our knowledgeable volunteers.

Free entry to the Beam Engines, suggested donations of £5 per head would welcome.

Visitors are also welcome to bring a picnic to enjoy in the grounds overlooking the canal and railway.

Please note that the only access to the site is via the main gate opposite the car park. No access from the lower canal entrance at lock 60. The gate is locked. The pay and display car park will be open on Winter Works Open Days.

the Boiler House from above
Absorbent clay granules on No. 1 Driving Platform
Volunteer working on 2022 winter project
White hard hat hung on bright red pipe in front of bright red boiler
The Lancashire boiler with furnace tube doors removed
Figure in a burgundy boiler suit within a dark furnace tube 32 inches wide. A torch lights the space as they hammer at a brick wall within the tube.
Volunteer working within a boiler furnace tube
Cleaning the boilerA volunteer at CroftonThe Crofton engineWatching the water pump outThe dedicated team of volunteers at CroftonVintage cars as Crofton's Steam GalaOrnate cylinder headPhill Harding driving the engineCrofton Pumping Station in the snow 2019

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