Sat 10 Oct 2026
Guided walk: Secret Life of the Forest
A 9-mile linear walk through Broxa Forest with Brian Walker from Channel 5's Secret Life of the Forest
Sat 5 Dec 2026
Photo: Marathon , CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Thornton-le-Dale Christmas lights switch-on
The picture-postcard village by the beck lights up for Christmas
These dates are based on when this event usually takes place and have not been confirmed by the organiser for this year. Please check before travelling.
Thornton-le-Dale's lights switch-on. The date is still to be confirmed by the organisers.
Other events coming up
10–11 Oct 2026
Back to the 1940s at Eden Camp
Wartime weekend with re-enactors, vehicles and 1940s music at the prisoner-of-war camp museum
10–11 Oct 2026
Sir Nigel Gresley static viewing days at Grosmont
See the record-breaking A4 locomotive up close in the engine shed, with short cab talks