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Build-in-Bricks

23 May
- 31 May 2026

LEGO® Family Fun activities during Half-Term. Unleash your creativity with thousands of plastic building bricks at Llanfair Station!

The Build-in-Bricks event is FREE and open to all. Please purchase a train ticket if you’d like to ride one of our trains though. Thank you.

in Llanfair Connections Museum

LEGO® Activities

Enjoy a range of brick building activities at Llanfair Caereinion Station (SY21 0SF).

11.00 – 16.00 in Llanfair Connections Museum:

  • Free play ‘Brick Pits’ with over 10,000 bricks! What will you create?
  • Build a Race Car to top our leaderboard.
  • Complete the Superhero & Villain minifigure trail.
  • Share your creations and help populate our brick-built town.
  • LEGO® graffiti wall.
  • Pose with our giant cut-out minifigures.
  • Discovery Book and colouring activities.

FREE entry to Llanfair Connections (donations welcome). Standard train travel fares apply.

(All activities subject to availability and change on the day).

Vintage Train Trips

Timetables

Enjoy a train journey through Mid Wales and watch the countryside roll past from one of our vintage carriages.

Journey lasts 45 minutes each way. Book your tickets to start at either Llanfair Caereinion (SY21 0SF) or Welshpool Raven Square (SY21 7LT).

For our ‘Build in Bricks’ Event we recommend starting your journey at Llanfair Station to give you the maximum time to enjoy the LEGO® activities before or after your train trip.

Our Standard Return Tickets give you the freedom to break your journey and return on any later train that day.

Build-in-Bricks Fares
Price
Additional Info
Adult
£27
Child
£10
(Aged 3-15)
Infant
FREE
(Aged under 3)
Small Family Ticket
£35
(1 Adult + up to 2 Children)
Large Family Ticket
£62
(2 Adults + up to 3 Children)

Start your journey at either Llanfair Caereinion (SY21 0SF) or Welshpool (SY21 7LT). Please select ‘Tickets from LLANFAIR’ or ‘Tickets from WELSHPOOL’ when booking your tickets.

Members Concessionary Travel is available on this special event.

LEGO® is a registered trademark of the LEGO Group which does not sponsor, authorise, or endorse this event in any way.

Book your Build-in-Bricks tickets now

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Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway - Customer Support Team

Do you love helping people? Join our Customer Support Team:

  • Deal with customer queries and offer information and advice.
  • Help to ensure all visitors have a positive experience.
  • Assist with keeping our background administration up to date.
  • We offer a traditional service where customers can talk to ‘real people’ if they want to.
Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway - Archives & Education Team

Do you love building and sharing detailed records of history? You might enjoy volunteering in our Archives and Education Team:

  • Help to find and store accurate and detailed records of our history.
  • Gather and record oral and written memories of our railway’s past.
  • Share our heritage stories with community and school groups.
Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway - Events Team

Do you like making good things happen? Could you help us to organise our special events?

  • Be part of the team planning and running special events throughout the year.
  • Vintage weekends, children’s events, themed events and the annual steam gala.
  • You can help with just one event or several during the year.
Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway - Museum & Visitor Centre Team

Do you love museums and heritage centres? You might enjoy volunteering in our Llanfair Connections Visitor Centre:

  • Meet and greet visitors.
  • Open weekends and school holidays from March to October.
  • Support children’s activities and learning.
  • Support heritage conservation and visitor interest.
Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway - Buildings & Grounds Gang

Do you want to help us to keep our station sites looking tidy? Can you spare some time on Tuesdays or Wednesdays?

Then join our Buildings and Grounds Gang:

  • Help to keep our stations and facilities well cared for.
  • Carry out routine and general maintenance as part of a team.
  • Regular Tuesdays and Wednesdays throughout the year.
  • Join the team on a regular or occasional basis.
Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway - Lineside Vegetation Gang

Do you want to help us to keep our railway line looking tidy? Can you spare some time on occasional weekends - one weekend per month or less?

Then join our Fence-to-Fence gang:

  • Be part of the team managing vegetation alongside the railway line.
  • Work outdoors as part of the team.
  • Regular two-day weekends throughout the year.
Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway - Track Gang

Are you happy working outside in the fresh air? Do you love the satisfaction of seeing a job well done?

  • Be part of our track gang, maintaining eight miles of railway track.
  • Work outdoors as part of the team.
  • Repairs and routine maintenance.
  • Weekday operations – currently every Friday.
  • Light tasks included, so no need for physical strength.
  • Reasonable mobility is required.
  • Supervision and training provided.
Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway - Engineering & Workshops

Do you love tinkering with cars? Then you’ll love volunteering in our engineering workshop!

  • Maintain and restore heritage locomotive engines.
  • Fabrication, fitting and machining of specialist parts.
  • Well-equipped workshop and facilities.
  • Both specialist and general roles.
  • Full training and supervision provided.
Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway - Shopkeeper

Do you want to volunteer and prefer to be indoors? Then join our busy station team as a Shop Keeper:

  • Serving customers in our station shops.
  • Restocking shelves.
  • Helping visitors with their purchases.
  • Full training provided.
  • Can be combined with the Assistant Station Master role if desired.
Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway - Locomotive Team

Do you dream of being a train driver? Make your dream come true!

  • Learn ‘footplate roles’ from Fireman through to Steam Engine Driver.
  • Train on heritage steam and diesel engines.
  • Drive our interesting and challenging line.
  • Shunt rolling stock around the stations.
  • Full, progressive training provided.
Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway - Guard : Signalman

Are you looking for a new volunteering experience? How about becoming a Guard or Controller Blockman for our heritage trains?

  • Manage all aspects of passenger train journeys.
  • Oversee train movements and timekeeping.
  • Help visitors to their seats and check tickets.
  • As Controller Blockman, take control of signals and points.
  • Full training provided.
Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway - Station Master

Do you enjoy making people happy? Then you’ll love volunteering as our Station Master!

  • Despite the title, women are very welcome too!
  • Oversee smooth operation of the station site.
  • Ticket sales.
  • Ensure station safety and cleanliness.
  • Make our visitors feel welcome.
  • Full training provided.
  • Start with Assistant Station Master role if preferred.

Volunteer Enquiry Form

Please complete the following information so that the Volunteer Liaison Office can deal with your enquiry. The information helps us to consider where we might be able to place you.