As part of our Caphouse Machine Rally (our Heritage Open Days event), we will once again allow access to visitors to see inside the Coal Screens Building – a rare survivor of what was a very common structure across the English coalfields.

Learn from a former miner about how coal was brought out of the ground and even get an up close look at the last wooden headgear in Europe.

During this unique experience, discover how miners’ productivity and pay was measured, how the coal was screened so it could be graded for different markets and how waste was removed from coal.

You’ll need a good head for heights and be happy with steep and narrow stairs to enjoy this rare opportunity to go behind the scenes and see inside the plant where coal was sorted for nearly 100 years!

Join us for an afternoon tea as part of 1940s Day! Enjoy delicious food and live music

Remember coal mining? Come and listen to the story of the mining industry, told in original songs, all written and performed in folk style by Alan Wood, one of Yorkshire’s finest singer/songwriters, supported with a spoken narrative by John Snook.

The show highlights the changes that took place in society throughout that period and, whilst it inevitably mentions the disasters and tragedies that accompanied coal mining, it also has lighter moments, and illustrates how mining influenced wider changes within other industries and society in general.

Join in the fun with a classic game of pass the parcel as we celebrate our beloved ponies turning 21!

Each layer unwrapped will reveal a surprise—what horsey treats and goodies await inside? Whether you're playing or cheering along, let's make this a birthday to remember!

Meet knitting historian & writer, Ashleigh-ellan Kavanagh, and learn how women have long used creativity as political power.

This talk explores how women have long used creativity as political power—from suffragettes’ handcrafted fundraising campaigns, to the Knit a Brick protest, to the viral Pussyhat Project. Audiences will gain insight into how art, craft, and collaboration have reshaped movements and claimed space in public discourse.