Moira Furnace Museum And Country Park
About Moira Furnace Museum And Country Park
Set in open parkland, alongside a stretch of the Ashby Canal. Moira Furnace is a blast furnace that produced iron from 1806, now restored to an outstanding landmark.
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Has anybody lost some little gloves in our park?
Look, new signs!
A re-brand and new opening times, now official and on display.
What do you think? We'd love to hear your thoughts on the re-brand and the new opening times.
... Comment below 😄
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Today's boat trip CANCELLED
Due to illness and staff training we will not be running the boat today as previously advertised. Sorry if you were planning on coming down.
We will be doing it next week and throughout the closed season so keep your eyes on here for more updates.
... Once again, sorry for the inconvenience.
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The Moira Canal Festival 18th - 19th May 2019
Returning once more, the Ashby Canal Trust are once again putting on their massively popular event for one and all. The weekend will see plenty of entertainment on and off the water for young and old.
... This event raises money for the continued upkeep of the stretch of canal from Donisthorpe to the Conkers basin, and to the ultimate goal of linking this up with the Ashby Canal to recreate the canal in full.
Tickets are £5 for adults, £2.50 for children.
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Enjoy living today even though it is a Monday. The sun is shining and Moira Furnace country park is open and ready to be explored.
On case you missed it, the article from the Burton mail on our recent live stream paranormal event. Catch up on their Facebook page Haunted LIVE
WINTER BOAT TRIPS ❄️🛥🛥🛥❄️ Our volunteers have done a fantastic job on servicing the engine of the Joseph Wilkes, and, to ensure it continues to run smoothly, we will be taking him out every: Wednesday at 1pm for a full canal run. We will be going: ... Through the locks to the Conkers basin, Turning around, heading back up, past the furnace On to Donisthorpe and then back.
The trip will be around 2 - 2.5 hours in total and we have room for around 10 passengers. We will be charging just £5 each for this experience as we will be running the boat whether we have any passengers or not.
If you would like to come for a ride, no need to book, just turn up no later than 1pm at the canal near the boat any Wednesday in February or March with your £5 and we will welcome you aboard!
Please be aware, we will be sailing in almost all weathers (apart from if the canal is frozen) so come prepared with warm, waterproof coats and maybe even a flask of something warm and wet.
ALL ABOARD!!!
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A fantastic article in the Burton Mail about our recent live stream event with Haunted LIVE. We look forward to seeing everyone here over the next year, whether you are hunting for ghosts or not 👻😄
I had the pleasure of spending an hour on Radio Leicester tralking to the wonderful Jimmy Carpenter today. Catch from about half an hour in talking about the Furnace, the canal festival and the recent spooky goings on among many other things.
I had a great time and I hope those watching enjoyed it too!
Events like this really help to draw out the history of a place and increase people's awareness of such a historically important location. Whether you believe it all or not doesn't matter, it cases debate and chatter but it only goes to increase the profile of Moira Furnace which will hopefully see it surviving long into the future.
Thank you Haunted LIVE, we had a blast! (Excuse the pun)
It's getting rather interesting in here now!
If you haven't already, search for Haunted LIVE here on Facebook to see the live paranormal investigation here at the Furnace!If you haven't already, search for Haunted LIVE here on Facebook to see the live paranormal investigation here at the Furnace!
Are you tuning in?
Haunted LIVE at 9pm!
In just 3 hours, check out HauntedLIVE to catch their live investigation of our buildings. They will need your eyes and ears to help them and I will need your support as, despite being a sceptic, it doesn't stop me from being a big wuss! It might worth watching just for my reactions. 😂🤣👻😮👻😱
Tomorrow!
Don't forget, we will hosting Haunted Live tomorrow (Tuesday 5th Feb) from 9pm - 11pm. Will we find anything? What will happen? Tune in to their Facebook page to find out!
Turn on, tune in and enjoy! It's very exciting. I'll be there, trying not to scream. 👻
Looking forward to a fantastic conference on all things heritage here in Leicestershire and Rutland.