Free event
About
Historians and model railway enthusiasts alike will love this model railway at Stanley Library!
For nearly 150 years, the Aire and Calder Navigation – built by local engineer William Bartholomew – took coal from South and West Yorkshire pits to Goole for export in compartment boats known locally as ‘Tom Puddings’.
To commemorate this, members of the Wakefield Railway Modellers Society are creating a model of Newland Basin at Stanley Ferry where uniquely, these boats were hauled out of the Navigation and travelled over a mile by railway to St John’s Colliery in Normanton to be filled before returning to the water and starting their journey to the UK’s most inland port.
Come along and see how they are getting along, and hear about their future plans. To help them with their project, they would love to hear any information, memories or stories you may have about the Navigation, boats, railways and collieries that were part of this now vanished piece of local heritage and history.
Venue opening hours
Monday : 9:30 am - 5:00 pm
Tuesday : 9:30 am - 5:00 pm
Wednesday : Closed
Thursday : 9:30 am - 7:00 pm
Friday : 9:30 am - 5:00 pm
Saturday : 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Sunday : Closed
Access facilities
- Accessible Car Parking
- Accessible Toilet
- Assistance Dogs Welcome
- Baby Changing Facilities
- Changing Places Facility
- Guide Dogs Welcome
- Wheelchair Accessible
Venue Details
Find us at
Lake Lock Road, Stanley, Wakefield, WF3 4HU
Phone
01924303130
stanleylibrary@wakefield.gov.uk