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England's Finest Rural Light Railway

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New Audio Visual Guide

Enhance your visit to the Railway and the Colonel Stephens Museum with an audiovisual Guide available to reserve online or to hire when buying tickets. £3.50 for two people. Please click on the title for more information.

Annual CAMRA Real Ale & Cider Festival - Saturday 16 June

This popular social event takes place between 11:00am and 10:30pm (or until the beer runs out!) and is organised with the Ashford, Folkestone and Romney Marsh Branch of CAMRA, the Campaign for Real Ale. Try a diverse range of some of the finest Ale, Cider and Perry in the exclusive beer tent, or relaxing and listening to an eclectic mix of live music.

Carriage Maintenance Building Extension Appeal - click here for more information

The Kent & East Sussex Railway is running an appeal to raise £200,000 to double the capacity of the main carriage maintenance building at Tenterden station. The expansion is needed to provide sufficient high quality trains to operate the current train time table which carries 90,000 passengers annually.

Donate simply by Text Message!

Together with your help we can achieve our goal. Every donation helps. Simply click on the title to see how easy it is to donate by text message.

Visit Our Updated Photo Gallery

We have just added a collection of photos from our recent Steam Gala taken by Lewis J Brockway to our Photo Gallery. You can click on the slide title to view them.

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Shop Opening Times

W/C 21 May 2012

Saturday 26 9.30-5.30

Sunday 27 9.30-5.30

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Garden's and Guards

Press Release - 11 February 2010

Gardens & Guards
at the Kent & East Sussex Railway

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'Gardens and Guards', an innovative collaboration between renowned tourist attractions Great Dixter House and Gardens and the Kent & East Sussex Railway proved very popular this year and will be made available again for visitors to enjoy in 2010.

'Gardens and Guards' comprises a tour of the stunning Great Dixter House and Gardens followed by a ride on a steam train ride through picturesque countryside, with a cream tea on board. The tour is available every railway operating day from April to September and costs just £22.25 pp for groups of fifteen or more.

The day begins at 11:30 am when coach parties arrive at Great Dixter for a private tour of the beautiful Medieval Manor House, one of the largest surviving timber framed halls in the country. After exploring the exquisite features of the house, visitors have the opportunity to wander round the superb renowned gardens, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and the home of the late Christopher Lloyd O.B.E., who devoted his lifetime to creating one of the most experimental, exciting and constantly changing gardens of our time. Visitors can admire the many planting displays, comprising varied themes and an assortment of rich colour. The gardens are a delight all year round, but considered by many to be stunning in April, May and September.

At 1.30pm groups depart Great Dixter, taking a short trip by coach to the nearby Kent & East Sussex Railway station at Northiam, to board the 1:45pm steam train to Bodiam which then returns to Tenterden just after 3.00pm. On board groups can relax with a delicious cream tea and take in the superb scenery of the Rother Valley and High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Groups can choose to arrange for coaches to collect them from Tenterden station at 3:05pm or return on the same train after a 25 minute turn-round to Northiam arriving at 4:05pm.

All bookings are subject to availability.

For more information please visit www.kesr.org.uk or call 01580 765155

K&ESR Daily News

Monday 21^st May

No service today, next trains run this weekend with our Green Service, 3 steam and 2 heritage diesel departures. First train departs from Tenterden at 10.40