Winter Works Open Days 2025/6
A chance for visitors to see behind the scenes during our closed winter period.
2025/6 Winter Works Open Days
Entry is free to the site on Winter Maintenance days. However a suggested donation of £5 per head would be welcome. There is a charge for car parking.
Opening Times
| Car Park | Site | Station |
|---|---|---|
| 10:30 – 15:00 | 10:30 – 14:00 (last entry at 13:30) | 10:30 – 14:00 |
Winter Work Open Days
| October October | Saturday 4th Saturday 18th |
| November November November | Saturday 1st Saturday 15th Saturday 29th |
| December December | Saturday 13th Saturday TBA |
Gift Aid
We invite visitors to support Crofton and the Kennet and Avon Canal Trust as a registered charity by Gift Aiding their admission.
For full information about Gift Aid, please see our page about Gift Aid.
If you have any enquires, please do ask when you visit.
Private Group Tours 2025
Throughout the year we offer private group tours via prior arrangement on selected days of the week. A group is a minimum of 8 people.
£8.50 per person, includes tea, coffee and biscuits on arrival.
For more information or to book a visit, please contact us.
Car Parking
There is a charge for parking on all open days.
There is a tarmacked and bay-marked chargeable Pay and Display car park at Crofton Beam Engines with 32 spaces for cars, 2 accessible spaces and a bay for motorcycles.
| Up to 2 hours | £1.50 |
| All Day (until 17:00) | £3.00 |
On large steaming and other event days ample additional parking is available in the adjacent field, accessible via the short track to opposite the main gate. The grass surface of this parking area may not be suitable for all vehicles and use is at the driver’s discretion and risk.
Steam Experience
Have you ever wanted to stoke a huge coal fired boiler or operate the oldest fully working beam engine in the world?
Now is your chance!
Accompanied by an experienced and knowledgeable volunteer, you can light and stoke the boiler, work with the Duty Engineer, enter areas not normally seen by the public, prepare the engines for steaming, and finally take control of the oldest, working beam engine in the world.
