Classic Car Sunday

Middleton Railway's brand new special event for 2024.

Enjoy the sights and sounds of a range of vintage vehicles which will be on display at our Moor Road site.

Entry prices are the same as normal meaning you can enjoy unlimited train rides, a snack in our cafe, vintage vehicles on display and even some sunshine (we hope!).

Best in show contest and a few other little surprises planned for the day.

Come along for a great family day out. If you have a vehicle you’d like to display, please drop us a message.

David O'Doherty: Tiny Piano Man

The disheveled prince of €10 eBay keyboards tries to make you feel alive with a new pageant of laughter, song and occasionally getting up from a chair. It’s gonna be a big one.

Star of 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (Channel 4), Live At The Apollo (BBC) and Along For the Ride with David O’Doherty (Channel 4).

★★★★★
‘A masterclass’
Irish Times

★★★★★
‘Rarely a moment when the audience isn’t buckled over in laughter’
Time Out

★★★★½
‘Live comedy doesn’t get much better’
Age

Model Railway Exhibition

Admire the models set amongst the real thing in our Engine House. You can also travel on a full-size steam train.

There is also the opportunity to drive a full-size locomotive, as we will be operating a footplate experience on one of our locomotives – when did you last do that at a Model Railway Exhibition? A suggested donation of £5 and no need to book in advance, just turn up on the day. Please note that you must be at least 18 years old and not older than 76 to take part in the footplate experience.

Mark Thomas: Gaffa Tapes

Mark’s now famous mix of stand-up, theatre, journalism and the odd bout of performance art has made him one of our oldest surviving alternative comics. Often referred to as the ‘godfather of political comedy’ (among many other things), Mark has been performing comedy for nearly 40 years. With a recentish step towards theatre in his last few shows, Mark is back to his finest stand-up form and anti-Tory sentiment in Gaffa Tapes as he sets out on the road.

If you don’t know what Mark does, ask your parents.

Make a Spinning Ring in a Day with Toby Cotterill

In this session you’ll craft your own unique, silver spinning ring to take home with you. During the session you’ll cover basic jewellery making techniques including annealing, piercing, texturing, soldering and polishing, to create a ring with up to two spinning bands, in a choice of texture and materials.

Some people use these kinetic rings as a form of meditation as you can rotate the inner band/s and take a mindful moment for yourself.

Jason Rebello

Celebrated British jazz pianist Jason Rebello was labelled a veteran by critics at 19 and over the next decade won most of the major jazz music awards.

Rebello toured for numerous years and appears on several recordings with Jeff Beck and Sting. Technique, diversity and adaptability have enabled Jason to work with artists across the musical spectrum such as Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Pee Wee Ellis, Joss Stone, Madeline Peyroux, Manu 
Katche and recently Charlene Soraia.

Rose McLachlan

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Piano Sonata no 18 in D Major, K576
Leoš Janáček - Piano Sonata 1.X.1905
Nitzan Vardi - Nocturne: As They Come & Go, from "22 Nocturnes for Chopin"
Caroline Wright - Nocturne: Reflections, from "22 Nocturnes for Chopin"
Zoe Rahman - Nocturne for Chopin, from "22 Nocturnes for Chopin"
Sergei Rachmaninoff - Variations on a Theme of Corelli, op 41

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