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🚂 PANTO EXPRESS
See Father Christmas whilst enjoying a steam train ride AND watch a pantomime – all in one amazing Christmas experience! This year, it’s bigger and better than ever!

🎭 START YOUR JOURNEY WITH A PANTO
(25 minutes)

Start your journey with our family-friendly pantomime, Jack and the Beanstalk, in our festive Visitor Centre. Enjoy your performance and then make your way to the Booking Hall to board the steam train.

🎅 NEXT TRAIN RIDE & MEET FATHER CHRISTMAS - KEEP YOUR GOLDEN TICKET!
(25 minutes)

You will be shown to your compartment where you will be visited by Father Christmas, who makes his way along the train to present a special golden ticket to all the children.  

🤶 AFTER THE TRAIN RIDE MEET MRS CLAUS & THE ELVES AT THE MUSEUM
After the train ride, your adventure continues in the museum with our brand-new experience! You will be magically transported to Santa’s workshop, where you can meet Mrs Claus and the elves, and your child can exchange their golden ticket for a gift of their choice.

🚻 TOILETS
Please note there are no toilets on the trains, but plenty around the site for you to use before your train ride.

👶BABY INFORMATION
NB Babies under 12 months are £8 and do NOT need a seat but will still receive a present. Seats are not allocated for babies. Pushchairs are not permitted on the train but can be left undercover on the platform.

DATES:
▪️Saturday 30th November
▪️Sunday 1st December
▪️Saturday 7th December
▪️Sunday 8th December
▪️Saturday 14th December
▪️Sunday 15th December
▪️Saturday 21st December
▪️Sunday 22nd December

SESSION TIMES:
Arrive by         Panto              Train
10:00
               10:25               11:15
10:55               11:15               12:05
11:50               12:10               13:00
12:45               13:05               13:55
14:00               14:20               15:05
14:55               15:15               16:00

🎟 TICKET PRICE'S
▪️Bronze tickets: £22.50pp
(shared standard compartment)
▪️Silver tickets: £24.50pp
(private standard compartment for 6-8 people)
▪️Gold tickets: £26.50pp
(private First-Class compartment for 6 people)
▪️Babies: £8.00 
(under 12 months)

*Pre-booking are essential. All bookings are subject to a £3 fee per booking.


🎅 EVENT DETAILS
Take a 25-minute steam-train ride over a historic narrow-gauge railway that’s more than 100 years old, and run by enthusiastic volunteers.

COST:
🔸️Adult (13 and over): £13
🔸️Child (2 to 12, including present): £14
🔸️Child (under 2, including present): £9

OPERATING DATES 2024:
▪️
Sunday 1st December
▪️Wednesday 4th December
▪️Saturday 7th  December
▪️Sunday 8th December
▪️Wednesday 11th December
▪️Saturday 14th December
▪️Sunday 15th December
▪️Wednesday 18th December
▪️Thursday 19th December
▪️Friday 20th December
▪️Saturday 21st December
▪️Sunday 22nd December
▪️Monday 23rd December
▪️Tuesday 24th December 

 🚂 WHERE WILL THE STEAM TRAIN RUN?
Please note that our Santa trains only operate between Page's Park Station and Leedon Loop over our suburban section of track, and trains do not travel to Stonehenge Works or Munday's Hill.

🎅 MEET SANTA BACK AT THE GROTTO
Meet Santa on arrival back at Page's Park grotto, where children up to 12 will receive an early present. 

And to help you with your present-hunting, our shop at Page’s Park station has the best selection of Thomas products, and much more besides.

🧑‍🎄 PRE - SCHOOL WEDNESDAY SPECIAL!
DATES: 4th & 11th December 2024

Specially geared towards our youngest visitors, term-time on the dates above are the ideal time for parents or grandparents to bring pre-school little ones for a quiet word with Santa.

🎫 HOW TO BOOK
Simply click on the event link which will take you to the website. Choose a date and time to travel.

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Time: 18:00

🚜 TRACTOR LIGHT CONVOY 🚜

EVENT DETAILS
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The Farmers Christmas Lights Tour is back for another year in aid of Garden House Hospice Care and promises to be bigger and better than ever, bringing wonderful festive cheer tractor-style a few days before Christmas.

⛄️The convoy of tractors and farm vehicles will be draped in flashing lights, snowmen, snowflakes and Christmas trees. No paintwork will be left untouched as they parade the streets Baldock, Letchworth and Hitchin in a sight that is sure to put a smile on the faces of everyone.

1️⃣ BALDOCK - 6:00pm - Convoy begins in Clothall Road, Baldock at 6pm making its way through the High Street.

2️⃣ LECTHWORTH - 6:45pm - Arrives via Pixmore Way, Letchworth, circling Broadway Gardens roundabout, onto Eastcheap and Leys Avenue.

3️⃣ HITCHIN - 7:30pm - Leads into Hitchin, ending at St Marys Car Park for the perfect finale of fairground rides, treats and all the thank yous we can offer!

💝 OUR AIM FOR DONATIONS
Our aim is to raise £50,000 in donations, which will pay for one week of care for all patients on our Inpatient Unit over the festive season, including the cost of nursing and our doctors, and running costs like water and keeping the unit clean. Every pound raised will really will help!

Volunteers will be visible with collection tins on the night, or you can donate through our website, via JustGiving or by texting TRACTOR to 70460 to donate £5. Texts will cost the donation amount plus one standard network rate message.

Time: 17:30

🎅 We are super excited, the Santa run is coming to Flitton/Greenfield 2024.

🛷 SANTA'S ROUTE
📍 STARTING POINT: FLITTON & GREENFIELD VILLAGE HALL

Santa tracking will be live during the schedule below via the event link. Please donate to support local charities. If the tracker is not working, please visit our Facebook page. Ampthill & District Round Table Facebook

🗺 SUNDAY 21ST DECEMBER ROUTE
This is a rough guide and we will be going to as many as we can on and off the route. The time it takes to get round each route is very dependent on the weather and collectors on the evening.
You can see the map in the photos below.

❗️PLEASE NOTE
All dates and times are approximate and subject to change. Exact routes will be confirmed on the day.

🔔 Keep an ear out for Santa on the Sleigh. Merry Christmas!

Time: 16:00

🚜 WHERE WILL SANTA BE ON BUS TRACTOR?
Starting at the entrance of the farm from 4pm, he'll be travelling in style on our trailer, heading to Church Street and then over to Blunham.

Along with his team of happy elves, Santa will be spreading Christmas cheer and welcoming charity donations along the way.

✨️🎅 Keep an eye out for the twinkling lights on our trailer and listen for the festive Christmas songs as we pass by. We can’t wait to share the magic.

🐮 REMEMBER....the farm is free entry.
Entry to Knotts is free, please see our other posts for more events and farm fun.