Your show ticket not only offers access to our fabulous show exhibitors and wool producers but also offers showgoers full entry into Coldharbour Mill where you can see the Mill exhibits and the machinery in production both days.

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This year, The Great British Fibre Festival will see the Mill running under electric production throughout the weekend,  a more sustainable and modern way of working the machinery. The Coldharbour Mill Trust have a long term plan of achieveing carbon neutrality by 2030, and plans inlcude possibilities of the installation of an Archimedes Screw for all their power, and an electric steam generating boiler to power the textile machinery on Steam Days.

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Obviously, the steam ups that take place at Coldharbour are done out of sheer historical interest and it is fascinating to discuss how the Trust is looking to perpetuate the possiblities for running the steam days in a more environmentally friendly way.

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Chat to the Coldharbour volunteers during your visit as they are a hive of information! If you are inutested in reading more, you can find Coldharbour's Sustainability Assessment here

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Here is our programme of what was on over the weekend at the 2024 show....come back soon to see the 2025 programme: