Event:More to Life than Work - Hiya Butt Bay & pin the tail on the Colliery Horse

Big Pit National Coal Museum
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There's more to life than work!

Explore the hobbies, past-times and sports of mining communities in our summer series of fun family activities.

‘Hiya Butt! Bay’ comes to Big Pit - Miners’ Fortnight fun in The 'Stute

This week enjoy seaside crafts, messy play, learn about the ‘Miners’ Fortnight’ & create your very own ‘pin the tail on the colliery horse’ game, inspired by the 2 weeks that a Welsh Colliery Horse would spend on the surface each year during the ‘Miners’ Fortnight’.

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28–29 July & 4–5 August 2025, 11am-3pm
Cost Free
Suitability Families
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