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FREE tickets are available for children 11 & under.
Carers accompanying disabled visitors have FREE entry to the Festival. Special FREE car park area for Blue Badge holders.
Dogs on leads are welcome.
Fri 17th May 10:00 – 23:30
Sat 18th May 10:00 – 23:30
Sun 19th May 10:00 – 18:00
Ride on a loco from a Victorian railway station with the steepest standard gauge railway track in the world. Tickets can’t be booked in advance so be sure to visit the station ticket office as soon as you get here to book your place.
Take a look round Fawley Museum, which has one of the largest collections of small railway artefacts in the country. Tickets cannot be booked in advance, so please visit the station ticket office as soon as you get here to book your time slot for the the museum.
Over 20 species of animal in our animal sanctuary can be seen from your train ride.
Explore the exhibits from camels & horses, to spitfires, cycles, motorcycles, cars, boats, planes, traction engines, steam rollers, tanks, tractors and buses!
NB for entries – Astons, Ferraris and Jaguars as young as 2010, all other vehicles as young as 2000.
Live music and entertainment from noon – night!
The Crooked Billet pub, great local street food and plenty of local booze!
Autojumble, vintage and modern shops, kids’ stuff and fairground rides.
Fun family dog shows
Alongside a wide range of local food vans and stands, The Crooked Billet pop-up ran by Paul Clerehugh (the second pub chef ever to win the highly coveted Craft Guild of Chefs award) cooks an eclectic menu with modern British and popular bistro favourites working in harmony.
This year, we don’t have public camping on-site but camping is available at:
Swiss Farm Touring & Camping – Marlow Road, Henley, RG9 2HY
Embers Riverside Camping – Henley, RG9 3AN
Henley Four Oaks Club Campsite – Marlow Road, Henley, RG9 2HY
There is also plenty of other accommodation in / around Henley which can be found here:
Airbnbs in Henley
Accommodation on Booking.com in Henley
However if you have a vintage vehicle (pre 1970) to exhibit, we do have exhibitor camping onsite?!
(Postcode RG9 6JA but follow instructions below not sat nav from A4155)
All Visitors are to access the car park via Dobson’s Lane. Access if coming from Marlow or Henley is via Benhams Lane which will be signposted: turning LEFT at the top/village green onto Dobson’s Lane – please do not try the other routes that google etc suggest as you will only get stuck somewhere, which would not be much fun for you.
Take A4155 Henley – Marlow Road; approximately 1/2 mile from Henley turn into Benhams Lane; signposted Fawley. Note if coming from the Marlow direction this is the first turning signposted to Fawley, if coming from Henley it is the 2nd turning signposted to Fawley. Benhams is single track with passing places so please drive carefully. At top of hill turn left onto Dobson’s Lane, you will drive through Fawley Village and at the other end you will come to a row of 4 white cottages and the turning to Fawley Hill estate is through large iron gates labelled Fawley Hill, follow the signage to the parking.
We will have buses running from Henley to Fawley Hill but are waiting on confirmation of timings, please check back here nearer the time.
We want to run a happy, safe event that everyone can enjoy so we do have to ask all visitors, exhibitors, traders, providers of services to adhere to our simple house rules. Remember: this is not a public site: this is our home.
In addition, I’m afraid we have boring “legislative stuff” for traders and caterers: attached if appropriate. PLEASE read these rules and adhere to them. ALL entry forms will ask you to confirm that you have read and understood and agree to comply with them.
IN ANY EMERGENCY: Turn to a Marshall, a member of FMS (at the Station) or St. John. Loose children will be taken to the Creche, run by our local Montessori Nursery School. If you need to meet someone or have become separated from your party: there is a designated Meeting Point. Lost property should be reported to the OFFICE. See your site plan.
NO LITTER! Grundons have very kindly given us BINS. PLEASE PUT YOUR RUBBISH in them or TAKE IT HOME!
NO GLASS! You are on grazing land: Glass breaks and can cause horrific injuries to people as well as animals.
NO Fag-ends or bottle tops: These KILL animals
DOGS: Welcome but on leads please: if you see a yellow or black lab not on leads: they live here. PLEASE Pick up dog poo and put it in the bins: while I know it is good for the soil, humans get cross if they tread in it!
VEHICLES: Park in the designated CAR PARKS please. NO VEHICLES other than those involved in parades or giving rides are allowed to move on the showground during opening hours. Moving vehicles must be off site by 09:45am on Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Vehicles on site can be moved between 5:30pm – 6:30pm on Friday, Saturday & Sunday and from 5:30pm onwards on Monday.
THE PARK: This is an animal sanctuary. You can take a ride with a guide but PLEASE do NOT try to walk in the Park. The animals may look “cute” but some are perfectly capable of killing you if they have a mind to. Please don’t feed them: we do that. DO NOT throw ANYTHING over the fences. Your Dog will not “run into the park” because it will be on a lead. Remember all camelids stamp on dogs (we have Llama, Guanaco + Alpaca)
NO ALCOHOL to be brought onto the showground: there is plenty here for sale. If you are camping: keep it on the campsite please.
LOST PROPERTY Mark your personal belongings with your name + postcode. We hope you won’t lose anything; but if you do, and it is marked, it can be returned. Please take care of your possessions. Sadly, these events can attract people of evil intent.
FOLLOW INSTRUCTION PLEASE listen to our local Police, to Marshals, our ex-military Security personnel and to Members of the Fawley Museum Society (all labeled) who run our Railway. These people have your safety in mind and if they say “don’t”: DON”T and if they say “please do”: DO IT! We do not have Fat Controllers or Little Hitlers – just nice people who want the event to run smoothly. Anyone causing any form of “aggro” will be told to leave the property immediately and assisted if necessary.
PLEASE consider your neighbours: ESPECIALLY IF CAMPING OR PICNICKING. Don’t make so much noise they can’t hold conversations: don’t encroach on their space: keep dogs and children under control. DO AS YOU WOULD BE DONE BY: PLEASE
WATCH WHERE YOU WALK REMEMBER please that this is farmland: fields and paths are uneven and stony. The Station Yard is VERY uneven and full of RAILS and POINTS: please take care and watch where you are putting your feet. Don’t RUN at the Station! Remember, if you trip, it really IS your fault!
We can’t believe this is necessary (but experience shows that it is):
DO NOT bring onto our land any of the following: Guns, Knives (other than catering equipment: Chefs, take care of yours!), Swords, Fireworks, Stink Bombs (sic)! any type of weapon we haven’t thought of or any DRUGS for which you have no prescription (how polite is that?). ANY animal other than a dog (on a lead) for which you have not obtained permission from us.
Fawley Hill is the private estate of Sir William and Lady McAlpine in the heart of the English countryside. Once described by Country Life magazine as ‘the most bonkers estate in Britain’, it is home to a restored Victorian railway station, the steepest standard gauge railway track in the world, a railway museum and over 20 animal species.
Fawley Hill hosts regular steam rallies and events and is also available for weddings and private hire (corporate events, conferences, film & TV).
TIMES TO BE ADVISED!
Fawley Hill
Fawley
Henley-on-Thames
Buckinghamshire
RG9 6JA
Do you have a question or query? We look forward to hearing from you:
Do you love planes, trains and automobiles?
We’re looking for volunteers to help us at the National Transport Trust Vintage Transport Festival.
You’ll get free entry to the festival where you’ll be able to see amazing exhibits, listent to great music, enjoy delicious food & help us raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support.
Remember: The Fawley Hill Estate, encompassing the House, Station, and Animal Sanctuary, is private property and a home. Entry is only permitted with specific permission or when attending an organized event.
