How to Find Us & Car Parking « Spa Valley Railway

By Car & Parking

Eridge Station is located just off the A26 between Crowborough and Eridge Green, Sat Nav TN3 9LE. Follow the signs to the main line station. The car park is to the side of the station, approx 200 yards beyond the main building. There is also very limited (free) road parking in front of the station building.
Please note the car park at Eridge is Pay & Display using the APCOA Connect app or by phone, and Eridge is known to suffer from poor mobile phone reception. Please see this link from APCOA with regard to parking in Eridge station car park which does offer a Late Pay option if you are unable to pay on the day - their main website is here where you can register or make a late payment.
There is no parking available at Groombridge Station however you can arrive by bus, bicycle or on foot.
High Rocks Station is in the grounds of High Rocks Inn, Sat Nav TN3 9JJ. Free car parking is available in the Inn car park.
Tunbridge Wells West Station is located off Neville Terrace, TN2 5QY, adjacent to local supermarkets (Sainsburys, Lidl and Homebase). Please use local pay and display car parks (listed below) and DO NOT park in Sainsbury's Car Park - this is for their customer use only for up to 3 hours and ANPR cameras are in use.

The information below is taken from relevant parking websites:

Tunbridge Wells Borough Council operated car parks include:

The Pantiles Car Park - TN4 8HF - this is the closest car park facility to our Tunbridge Wells West station, located just off Montacute Gardens (just off the A26). Charges: Day Rate: Monday to Saturday 8am - 6pm and Sunday 10am - 5pm, Free Parking: Monday to Saturday 6pm - 8am and Sunday 5pm - 8am.
The Old Coach Park – TN2 5QL, located just behind Sainsbury's and 5 minutes steady walk to our main entrance. Of interest when you park in this location is you are parking on the old trackbed of the line through to Tunbridge Wells Central and you can in the Winter months through the fence see the old Grove Tunnel just through the trees! £4.50 for all day parking.
Linden Park Road car park - TN2 5QL located just off the A26 - Charges: Day Rate: Monday to Saturday 8am - 6pm and Sunday 10am - 5pm, Free Parking: Monday to Saturday 6pm - 8am and Sunday 5pm - 8am.

Other car parks in the area include:

Major Yorks Road Car Park (also known as Upper Pantiles) - TN2 5TP, Located just off Major Yorks Road at the A26/Pantiles end.
Major Yorks Road is located approximately 15 to 20 minutes walk away from our station, it can be found on the main road as you enter the town from the A264. A height restriction of 2.4m applies to Major Yorks Road car park.

For further parking arrangements in Tunbridge Wells please check out Your Parking Space here.

By Train
There are public transport links to both ends of our line.

Eridge Station (Southern) has a direct rail service from London Bridge, East Croydon, Oxted and Uckfield.
Tunbridge Wells mainline station (Southeastern) has direct trains from Charing Cross, Sevenoaks, Tonbridge and Hastings. The station is a half-mile (10-15 min) walk from West Station, via the Pantiles, or a short hop on the local bus services.

Buses

Arriva operate the 281 service between Tunbridge Wells mainline station and Tunbridge Wells West station (Sainsburys).
Brighton and Hove Buses run an excellent service connecting Brighton, Lewes, Ringmer, Uckfield and Crowborough to both Eridge (bus stops on the A26) and Tunbridge Wells on routes 28, 29, and 29x.
Metrobus route 291 runs between Crawley, East Grinstead, Forest Row, Groombridge station (buses stop at the bottom of Station Road on the B2110, around 5-10 minutes walk from our station) and Tunbridge Wells (buses stop at The Pantiles stop at the bottom of Major Yorks Road, around 5 minutes walk from our station).