Kent & East Sussex Railway

England's Finest Rural Light Railway

 

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New Audio Visual Guide

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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

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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

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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!

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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

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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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Visit our Online Store where you can purchase a large selection of items, Publications, Badged Kent & East Sussex Railway Polo Shirts and Fleeces, Special Event tickets, Driver Experience Days and become a member of the railway.

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Tourism And Local Attractions
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Visit Rye Bay
We hope you will come to love Rye as much as we do, it’s tranquil if that is what you seek, but Rye also has the water sports you would expect being only 2 miles from Camber Sands, the Forests you may not have expected and a lot more besides.
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The Official Tenterden Town Website
As anyone who has visited the town will tell you the picturesque 'Cinque Port' of Tenterden has every reason to declare itself 'The Jewel of the Weald'. Its fine High Street must rank amongst the most attractive in the Country with historic houses, shops, restaurants and pubs separated from the carriageway by wide expanses of tree-lined grass verge.
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The Mill Toy & Pedal Car Museum at Northiam
The Mill was built between 1900 and 1910 and operated for many years as a gas powered flour mill, 100 years later the building has been lovingly restored and converted into a toy and pedal car museum which is widely considered the largest and finest collection of pedal cars in Europe.
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1066 Country
Located in East Sussex, this remarkable corner of Southern England is home to some of the UK's richest and most diverse experiences, from culture, history and the sea, to walking, relaxing, family fun and eating.
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AboutBritain.com
AboutBritain.com - The premier online guide to Great Britain
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Ashford & Tenterden Tourism Association
This website is the official site of the Ashford & Tenterden Tourism Association (ATTA), a consortium of local tourism related businesses from both the private and public sector.
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Bedgebury Pinetum
Adventure in a world of trees - Cycle, walk, ride, play and Go Ape in Bedgebury Forest. Experience the National Pinetum - the world's finest collection of conifers. Safe, healthy outdoor fun for all ages and abilities in the heart of South East England. Open all year, Bedgebury is now the place to visit in Kent.
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Day Out With The Kids
Looking for a day out with the kids - turn off the TV, lock up the games console and have a great time with the children. Whatever the weather and whatever their age, just follow steps 1, 2 and 3 and press the red search button to discover loads of fantastic family friendly attractions just round the corner and all over the uk
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Escape and Explore
Welcome to EscapeandExplore.co.uk - A Geographical tourism website guide covering England, Scotland and Wales. Accommodation, Attractions, Where to stay, What to do. Annual events, Ideas, Holiday Tips
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Find Tourist Attractions in Kent
Find Tourist Attractions in Kent
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Sheerness Heritage Centre
The Sheerness Heritage Centre is housed in a weather boarded cottage that was built in the early 19th century as a dwelling for a dockyard worker.
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The Old Lighthouse, Dungeness, Kent
The Old Lighthouse is an Historic Grade 11 building, listed in 1992 by Shepway District Council, recently celebrating its centenary. Opened with great ceremony by His Royal Majesty the Prince of Wales in 1904 after a 3 year build, it survived two world wars before decommission in 1960.
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Yesterday's World
Welcome to Yesterday's World in Battle, widely regarded as one of the best loved family attractions and places to go in the South East of England and currently home to one of the largest social history collections in the UK.
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Northiam Village
Village web site with up-to-date events diary, message board, accommodation and business directory.
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Bodiam Village
Village web site with up-to-date events diary, message board, accommodation and business directory.
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Tenterden
Town web site with up-to-date events diary, message board, accommodation and business directory.
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Kent Greeters
Come and discover Kent, a big friendly welcome awaits you! One of the best ways of getting to know an area is through the eyes of someone who lives there. Well now, an unusual and exciting experience awaits visitors to Kent, when they book a free welcome with a Kent Greeter.
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Activmaidstone
A Comprehensive Guide to Maidstone, Kent
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K&ESR Daily News

Monday 21st 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

Next Special Event

A Jubilee Tea

Tuesday 5th june

Events Calendar

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Monthly Competition

WIN FREE Tickets for the K&ESR

April WINNER .... 
Mrs Hall from Ashford - Congratulations!

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