Pecorama Public Statement: November 2025
It is with great sadness and after much soul-searching we have decided to close Pecorama, our well-loved family attraction, for the 2026 season. Despite Pecorama having had a busy year of trading involving its 50 th anniversary of the Beer Heights Railway and concluding this past half term week with rewarding Halloween events, the business continues to make a loss.
What is generally not known is that Pecorama is only profitable for about 4 months of the year and the remaining months has to be supported financially. This has been the case for many years.
With the challenging economic climate and costs continuing to rise, the PECO parent company cannot continue to give this support each year to Pecorama. There is sincere hope that Pecorama can reopen in future in a new format which will continue to give lots of inspiration, fun and pleasure to our visitors. But, for the moment PECO will be focusing on growing the core businesses of manufacturing and publishing. This decision of immediate closure sadly means that a few members of loyal staff have opted for voluntary redundancy, and we must point out that this decision is no reflection on the efforts and commitment of our staff who have worked extra hard this year.
Our sincere thanks go out to all our staff and volunteers for their dedication and hard work in making Pecorama a wonderful, friendly place to visit.
If you hold a Gold Card membership with us, we are happy to offer a refund for any months that cannot be used. Please email us at info@pecorama.co.uk for details.
Finally, we want to thank our lovely visitors for bringing the site to life and we look forward to welcoming you all again in some form in the future.
For further information please contact Will Lane, Chief Operating Officer on: will.lane@peco.co
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