Went here just before Christmas for the Santa train ride experience with the kids. An excellent afternoon, a great day for the kids to meet Santa on a real fully working operational steam train! The whole journey lasts about 90mins with Santa giving presents to the children, and a magician on board for the return journey. There's a carousel ride for all and stalls selling hot/cold food and drink. You can easily spend around 3/4hrs here, including the train ride! The staff were also excellent and make the whole experience magical for all. Highly recommended and will definitely be back again!

We just love the KESR. We’ve been twice just this year- once in April for the Pullman dining experience and today for the Santa Special. I can’t explain it but it’s something really heartwarming- yes it is expensive but the value is there- they go above and beyond to make it a magical experience. We had a first class compartment and they had laid out a little bag with treats in for the ride, and came to check we had everything we needed. We have been before and had a table in a regular compartment and had an equally lovely time, but the private compartment really was that little bit extra special. We had free hot drinks, unlimited rides on the carousel and a photograph included- honestly it’s really good value when you break it all down, and the train ride alone is an hour long. They’re just great people and we can’t recommend them enough.

Had a fantastic ride ,thoroughly enjoyed it. Great idea with the trolley ladies. All very friendly and accommodating. Had a lovely informative conversation with one of the staff. Can highly recommend this trip.

If you love trains, you will love this railway. The line takes five stops, around 50 minutes in one way. With a freedom ticket, you can change at any reason any time. For us, it was a really good day.

What an amazing day. First time on a steam train and absolutely loved it. Also what made the day special was all the staff were very friendly and a good laugh. Highly recommend visiting this place. We did the train from Tenterden to Bodiam and it was such a lovely ride even though it was super hot haha. Great day! A must go! ❤️

Great historic railway pleasant journey through the beautiful countryside. A great guy going through the carriages telling you the history of the area. Well worth getting off to go to Bodium Castle too!

A journey back to my childhood on a steam train, ending up at Bodiam Castle. Very friendly members of staff. I would recommend booking the packed lunch when booking your journey.

A beautiful trip in best weather for us and our little daughter. She was fascinated and having fun. We are delighted that such a nice little piece of transport history is being preserved for people to experience. It was just a pity that the museum closed very quickly after the last train. I will definitely look at it again with more time when we come back to the area.

We had an amazing afternoon here at Kent & Sussex railway. We took the train from Tenterden to Bodiam and return. It felt very good traveling in these heritage trains, all well preserved. It was very delightful to see how passionate all employees/ volunteers seemed to be about their job, always smiling. The views from the train are also amazing, although we had a very rainy afternoon, we still enjoyed it. This is a must to do in Kent/ East Sussex. Highly recommended.

Very pleasant steam train ride from Tenterden to Bodiam and back. Wonderful views from the carriage windows. Saw whole host of butterflies at one stop. A herd of Fallow deer and a Little Egret were also spotted. A luxury was a drinks and snack trolley wheeled through carriages. Loved it. As we caught the last train of the day there wasn't time to get off and explore the stations along the way. We are going again and give ourselves plenty more time explore.