Mountsorrel and Rothley Community Heritage Centre
Caring for our History
On Saturday we had a visit from a group of young people from all over the midlands who came to us for a team building exercise ahead of a charity working trip abroad. We set them on the task of laying the last track panel in the back of… Continue reading Young volunteers
Loughborough MP and Education Minister Nicky Morgan has long been a supporter of the Mountsorrel and Rothley Heritage Centre Project. On Friday she took time out from her busy schedule for a tour of the Heritage Centre, quarry area and nature trail. Continue reading Nicky Morgan MP tours the Heritage Centre
In the twelve months of taking pictures around the quarry and Nunckley trail, to-day was the first opportunity to take views in the snow. We hope you enjoy them.
Louis Birch is one of our former volunteers, who is now at college studying a film and television course. He was given 48 hours to make a short film and the topic he was given was restoration. What better subject than the project he spent so much time with a… Continue reading 48 Hour Documentary Competition – Track by Track
First an enormous thank you to everyone that turned out to make our opening weekend an outstanding success. Every train was sold out! We hope you all enjoyed your day and please look out for the Heritage Centre opening in the Spring of 2016. Here are some of our photos… Continue reading Pictures from the Official Opening
Unfortunately steam loco “Colin McAndrew” has had to withdraw from hauling the opening weekend trains due to a mechanical fault. The loco has been replaced at very short notice by LNER Y7 from the Middleton Railway. A big thank you goes to everyone who has been involved in arranging the… Continue reading Opening Weekend change to Loco
With less than a week to go the volunteers have been working hard. Whilst the eco team have been strimming back the roadside verges to ease access for the visitors, the track team have been moving sleepers from the base of Nunckley quarry to make space for parking. Much of… Continue reading Opening Weekend Updates
If you have any questions regarding the Mountsorrel Railway Opening on October 24th/25th take a look below. If your question is not answered then please get in touch through comments.2016@heritage-centre.co.uk or you can leave a comment on our Facebook event at https://www.facebook.com/events/1464944480478498/ and we will endeavour to answer them. When… Continue reading Railway Opening Weekend Q and A
Tickets for the railway opening weekend on the 24th and 25th October are now available at . Tickets are £5 for adults and £3 for children (aged 2 to 15 inclusive). When booking on-line you will need to choose which train you would like to travel on. Tickets are not… Continue reading Railway Opening Weekend Book Now
We now have a date for the official opening of the Mountsorrel Railway Line. The Opening ceremony will take place around 11:15-11:30 on the 24th October with the first train of the day reserved for VIPs. A further five public trains will be available on the Saturday and ten trains… Continue reading Grand Railway Opening 24th October
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