Experiences

Reasons to leave the room

You can do all of it in a long weekend, though we would rather you did about half.

Gaming chips and cards on the table felt

Gaming

The Sale Barn

Forty-four thousand square feet in the old sale barn, iron trusses overhead and the original concrete underfoot. Seven hundred machines, 32 tables and a sportsbook.

  • 700 machines, 32 tables
  • Sportsbook in the scale house
  • Original trusses and floor

History

The Auction Ring

Kept exactly as it was, sawdust included, and used for dinner service. A tour at eleven explains how a hundred thousand cattle a week went through it.

  • Ring kept intact, sawdust and all
  • Daily tour at 11 AM
  • Free to guests
The outdoor swimming pool with loungers alongside
The sauna and steam room, lined in timber

Outdoors

The Drive

A cattle drive down Exchange Avenue twice daily, which you can watch from the front steps without paying anybody anything.

  • Twice daily down the avenue
  • Viewed free from the steps
  • Riding lessons arranged

Spa

The Scale House

Six treatment rooms in the old scale house, a steam room and a cold plunge where the dip tank was.

  • 6 treatment rooms
  • Steam room and sauna
  • Cold plunge in the old dip tank
The planted gardens on the grounds

This week

What is on, every week

The standing programme. One-off events are listed in the lobby and on the board at the desk.

Recurring programme
WhenWhatDetail
Every dayThe Sale BarnOpen from 9 AM
TuesdayBranding IronTasting flight, 7 PM
ThursdayThe Scale HouseGuided session, 10 AM
Friday and SaturdayThe Sale BarnLive music from 9 PM
SundayThe Auction RingLong lunch, from 1 PM

The programme can change on public holidays and during private events. The desk always has the current week.

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