Willow Bank Heritage Village Open Days – Season 2023/2024

Willow Bank Heritage Village – Open Days Season 2023/204

Sunday 3rd September 2023, 10am – 3pm

Sunday 1st October 2023, 10am – 3pm

Sunday 3rd December 2023, 10am – 3pm

Sunday 4th February 2024, 10am – 3pm

Sunday 3rd March 2024, 10am – 3pm

Sunday 7th April 2024, 10am – 3pm

Sunday 5th May 2024, 10am – 3pm

Halloween event

Come and visit our lovely Edwardian Style Heritage Village, there are 20+ Shops to explore. All connected with working Bakelite Phones.

• We have a school, and a school teacher Mister Teacher, come and have a 1900s school experience.
• We have a cinema playing with film on our super 8 film projector.
• A Dress shop ( you can actually try on and wear the clothes around the village!!)
• A so called “Circulating Library” – a selection of vintage books and reading books for you to look through.
• A Dolls museum. A stunning collection of antique dolls, teddies and miniatures.
• Electrical Shop, Dentist, Doctors, School house, Bakery, Barber all filled with interesting things from the past.
• Come for lunch.
• If you’re hungry we have; The Victorian Cafe -where we serve vintage style treats, tea and coffee, all served on beautiful china by our Victorian Ladies.
• We have a 1970’s Milk Bar. Here you will find some good old kiwi classics such as a spider, ice creams and milkshakes.

All our food is sold as a fundraiser to go back into the village and improve and expand what we already have.

DATE: Sundays as specified above
TIME: 10am – 3pm
ENTRY: $7 per person, $3 per child (except Halloween event)
WHERE: 79 Wakefield-Kohatu Highway (1km South of Wakefield)

OUR EVENT IS RUN BY VOLUNTEERS, AND WE CAN’T DO OUR MONTHLY OPEN DAYS WITHOUT VOLUNTEERS.
If you are interested in volunteering some of your time to help at the open day, please contact Christine at [email protected]