There has been a model railway running on a third-of-a-mile-track there since the 1950s (on and off), but since then there have also been excursions on tractor-drawn trains and the miniature railway is also being prepared for a comeback.
Here’s a picture retrospective celebrating them.
13. Rebecca Marsden and Dave Short, of The Storytellers Theatre Company, pictured in a performance of The Railway Children, held at the Stables, at Haigh Country Park in 1998
. Photo: NICK FAIRHURST
14. And there's one other locomotive at Haigh Woodland Park we've not mentioned before: Dotty, who has been a feature of its play area for decades
. Photo: UGC
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