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Celebrating A Very Special Birthday!

This August is the 90th Anniversary of arguably Denmark’s finest export and the Universes favourite toy. LEGO is one of the world’s most recognisable brands, with toys, films, tv shows,...

Testing…..Testing…..123

The Theme Park World unsurprisingly moves very fast and has its ups and downs. With this exhilarating world of rollercoasters and dark rides, technology is ever-changing. As part of our...

We Don’t Just Create World Class Theme Park Rides

We Don’t Just Create World Class Theme Park Rides Garmendale Engineering Ltd is extremely humbled to be regarded as a World Class Theme Park Engineering Business. We love nothing more...

Gangsta Granny: The Ride Had Some Very Special Visitors This Week

Just in case you missed it, Garmendale Engineering’s latest Dark Ride opens this month to the public and we cannot be more excited. The wait is finally over, after a...

Electrical and pneumatic test and assembly area

We've been busy over the Christmas break and are well on the way to completing the design and construction of a new electrical and pneumatic test, repair and assembly area. It's another...

That was 2017 – A year in review at Garmendale

2016 was a very big year for Garmendale as the business grew and developed our range of rides for theme parks and attractions. Well, we're delighted to report in this...

Finishing metal with a vibratory tumbler

One of the unusual machines we have in a quiet corner of the workshop is a vibratory tumbler. It's like a great big potato rumbler for metal parts and was...

Welding to World Class Standards

To most people, welding may be seen as just one of those processes that happens when mechanical things are made. Wikipedia describe it as follows ‘Welding is a fabrication or...

Tapping holes to music

Tapping M10 holes in steel is something that every home engineering enthusiast has done. Most of us will have done it at school as part of our metalwork education. We...

This is not just a Technical Manual….

...This is a Garmendale Technical Manual. And when we do a technical manual for a client, as we do with all things, we like to do things properly. This is...

The Thursford Collection – Venetian Gondola Switchback Ride

The Thursford Collection is a museum in Thursford, Norfolk. It was originally founded by George Cushing - a local man who built up the collection almost single handedly. In the...

Back to Blackpool and the beautiful Mirrorball

Back in 2001, the local authority in Blackpool got all creative and commissioned the Manchester based Art Department to create a work of art for the South Shore area of...

Work on the Shotgun Gates for Orlando Theme Park continues

We've been working away on the new shotgun gate system for the Orlando Park and making great progress as you can see from the images below. We covered it in...

Find us on Blooloop – The worldwide resource for the attractions sector

As part of the planned growth of Garmendale, we have now joined the Blooloop Directory. Blooloop describes itself as 'The online resource for professionals working in the visitor attractions sector"...

Garmendale deliver again… Snowdon coaches leave Dale Works

Snowdon Mountain Railway Coaches Following the award of their first £1, million pound order back in March 2011,  Coach 16 and 17 left Dale Works bound, for Snowdon. It will...