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Garmendale Engineering At Your Service

Easter has come and gone marking the beginning of 2023's theme park season in the UK. Over the last few months our team have been working up and down the...

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,...

An Olympic Throwback

With an incredible Olympic Games for Team GB coming to a close it felt like a great time to reflect on Garmendale’s own piece of Olympic History. Team GB took...

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...

The Wizardry of Dark Rides

This week the UK reopened all indoor attractions meaning British theme park goers can once again experience the magic of Dark Rides. As a family-based engineering business, creating experiences and...

Garmendale’s Jungle Adventure

Garmendale’s Jungle Adventure – If you are looking for something exciting to treat your little ones to this weekend, we recommends Garmendale's latest Guide Master Ride System bringing the excitement...

See you at IAAPA 2018

The team from Garmendale will once again be at IAAPA 2018 in Florida. To give it its full title, the IAAPA Attractions Expo is the largest international trade show for...

At the Euro Attractions Show Amsterdam 2018

The EAS Show is underway and the halls are busy with interested trade visitors and just a few consumers wanting to find out what's big and upcoming in the future...

Rhino Race for Chessington World of Adventures Resort

The White Rhino is one of the biggest and heaviest living, land-based animals in the world. The male weighs in at around 2,300kg (around the same as a new Range...

Joel Wright and the Electrical Test Centre

Joel Wright has joined the team as an Electrical Engineer. Joel, who is 24, lives in Long Eaton with his wife. With a father who is an electrician too, his...

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...

The apprentice that engineers theme park rides

Last week (December 6th 2017) saw the launch of the 2018 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering. It is a global £1 million prize that celebrates a ground-breaking innovation in engineering...

Seasonal Closure at Garmendale

It's approaching that time of year when the team are allowed to head home for a winter rest, so we wanted to let you know our closing times during December....

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...

It’s IAAPA Time – See you in Orlando

It's that time of year when the team head out to the sun of Florida for the 2017 IAAPA Attractions Expo. It's the biggest show of its kind anywhere in...