Crofton Beam engines Evening Steaming and Star Gazing

We will be holding a special evening steaming accompanied by Star Gazing on Saturday the 26th of September 2026.

We’ll be running our two beam engines into the late evening with lower than normal lighting in our engine house. This will give an impression of Crofton in the Georgian era when it first operated.

An evening of Astronomy: Crofton is located in a ‘dark skies’ area, so to help us celebrate our evening steaming, local astronomers will have their telescopes set up for visitors to marvel at the heavens (weather permitting!). Richard Fleet will give one of his popular presentations during the evening entitled “How Old Are We?”. This will at our concept of age, our own and the Universe. The first lecture at 7pm and the second at 8pm, so you will have plenty of opportunity to see our engines working and to take in the talk. Once it is dark there will be plenty of opportunity to view the night sky through the telescopes of our local astronomers. It will be a full moon and some feint objects may not be visible. Please dress warmly and bring binoculars.

We’ll have refreshments available from Smithy Tea Room.

Entry is £10 per adult, under 16 go free, NB Annual Steaming passes will not be valid for this special event. Please visit our web site for more details about the event, Crofton Beam Engines and our steaming days.