2024 Autumn Gala

Name: 2024 Autumn Gala
Start: 2024-09-28T10:00:00+01:00
End: 2024-09-29T12:00:00+01:00
Location: The Lynton & Barnstaple Railway

Regular train service each day, with all engines in steam, including visiting loco 'Palmerston', courtesy of the Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railway
7¼" gauge railway in operation
16mm garden railway
Classic vehicles and displays
Marquee attractions
Tea Room, BBQ and Real Ale Bar
Free children’s games & bouncy castle
West Country Tommies - WW1 re-enactors on Saturday and Sunday
Miniature traction engines

Ticket Prices

New for 2024! We are offering a pre-booking discount to visitors who per-booked online via our website! Please see below a list of prices for this year both in advance and on the day!

Ticket Type	Pre-booked (Online)	On the Day
Adult	£14.00	£16.00
Young Person (14-21 years	£8.50	£9.00
Child (Under 14 years)	Free	Free
Disabled Person	£8.50	£9.00
Carer	Free	Free
Family (2 adults & up to 3 young people)	£36.00	£38.00

Travel in comfort in our first class compartment!

First class upgrades will be available on the day at Woody Bay Station from 11:30 onwards. For £3.50 per person take part in a return journey from Woody Bay to Killington lane.

Car Parking

Free car parking will be available at Killington Lane.

Please make your way to Woody Bay Station and follow the signs for Killington Lane.

Disabled parking will available on a first come first served basis at Woody Bay Station (EX31 4RA).

Gala Timetable

Click here: 2024 Gala Timetable

Check back frequently for more information!

28th Sep, 10:00 am - 29th Sep 2024, 12:00 pm

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Visiting Locomotive: Palmerston

We are excited to announce 'Palmerston' no.4 as our visiting locomotive for this year’s Autumn Gala, courtesy of the Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railway !

Built for the Ffestiniog Railway in 1864 and named after the chairman of the Welsh slate, copper and lead mining company quarry at Blaenau Ffestiniog 'Palmerston' was one of the original locomotives.

'Palmerston' was in continuous use although much rebuilt until the mid 1930s when it was converted to a stationary boiler for war work at Boston Lodge.

From the 1930s till the 1970s Palmerston was little more than a rusting hulk and was nearly cut up for scrap in the late 1950s.

'Palmerston' was then restored to steam between 1974 to 1993. Following its boiler overhaul in 2024, 'Palmerston' is currently based at the Vale of Rheidol Railway before travelling to us here at the Lynton & Barnstaple Railway.

A massive thank you to our friends and colleagues at the Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railway for their help!

Meet the home fleet!

We will have our home fleet joining 'Palmerston' for the weekend!

Bagnell 2819 ‘Sir George Newnes’

We are super excited to have 'Sir George Newnes' make their first gala appearance since being overhauled and re-named. Click here for further information about Sir George Newnes.

Kerr stuart 2451 ‘Axe’ Last gala appearance before overhaul.

Catch 'Axe' at his last gala before their overhaul! Click here for further information about Axe.

Baldwin 762 ‘Lyn’

'Lyn' will also be making an appearance at Gala hauling passengers services throughout the weekend. Click here for further information about Lyn.

West Country Tommies - World War 1 re-enactors

Appearing on Saturday the 28th and Sunday the 29th of September.

Chelfham Station - L&BR Gala

Chelfham Station, EX32 4RP, will be open both Saturday and Sunday of the Gala weekend 10.00-17.00.

All visitors can enjoy visiting the award winning Chelfham Station, seeing the restored station building, working signals, and now both platforms completely cleared of sheds and clutter finally giving the station its 1930s Southern Railway appearance.

A signposted trackbed walk north towards Bratton Bridge is also possible. As usual a limited range of refreshments of teas, coffees, savories, cakes and biscuits will be available for cash or card donations. The secondhand bookshop with some L and B souvenirs will be open which now also includes a range of donated model railway items.

All monies received over the weekend will go towards further restoration at Chelfham.

OTHER

Events & Experiences

Click here for Santa Speicals details! Dates: 14th -24th of December (we are closed 16th &17th)

Click here for New Year Service details! Dates: 28th of December to 1st of January (we are closed from the 25th,26th and 27th of December)

Click here for our webshop, which includes our 2025 Eric Leslie Calender, Christmas Cards and gifts!

2024 Autumn Gala