Over the past 13 years the site has staged Roman and Celtic re-enactment events, the largest in 2004 when over 2000 visitors were entertained by Roman soldiers with cavalry and ballista’s (Legio II Augusta & Britannia) and Celts (The Guild) living in the farm. Each year several schools would come to site to spend the whole day living life as a Celt or Roman, whilst in the summer families could come to the Iron Age Farm on the Hands On History days. A volunteer group was formed to help maintain and develop the site and from 2003 ancient craft workshops were held each year where specialists taught visitors how to make Bronze Age axes, rapiers, or you could learn about ancient dyes or potherbs and pigments.

Although continuing to be a popular venue (with over 1000 visitors this year) the increasing frequency and extent of damage at the site due to increasing vandalism has meant that the long term maintenance of the farm has become impossible and in November 2006 the project will therefore end.

The Iron Age Farm in numbers (since 1996):

• 19 Public Open days attracted over 13,000 visitors;
• 115 schools and over 5000 pupils visited the Iron Age Farm;
• 191 volunteers worked on the project over the last 7 years; and
• 288 people participated in Hands On History over 7 years.