Woking Wurlitzer

The thunderous roar of a cinema organ hitting a high note stops you dead in your tracks. That's the Woking Wurlitzer - a proper working theatre pipe organ, and the sort of thing that makes you realise how much music has changed since the 1920s. This isn't just a museum piece gathering dust; it's a functioning instrument that still powers through concerts and silent film accompaniment with all the theatrical drama the original builders intended.

The organ itself is the real draw here. Hearing one of these machines in full voice - all 2,000-plus pipes wailing, whistling, and booming through a small venue - is genuinely transportive. If you've never encountered a Wurlitzer in action, it's worth the trip to Woking just to understand why people are still obsessed with them. Organ enthusiasts will be in heaven. Families with older kids who can sit still through a performance will probably enjoy it too, though younger children might find an hour of continuous organ music a bit much.

Based in Woking itself, it slots reasonably well into a caravan park stay in Surrey - Warren Farm Home Park is less than three miles away, which makes it an easy evening outing. The surrounding area has decent walking and other attractions if you're basing yourself locally. Check ahead for performance schedules and admission details, as opening times aren't always predictable for smaller music venues. It's specialist rather than mainstream, but if organs are your thing, this is the real deal.