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Fish & Chip Lunches

2025 dates now on sale!

British tradition and heritage trains!
Enjoy a lunch time meal with traditional fish & chips on board one of our heritage trains. Our Fish & Chip Lunch trains operate regularly throughout the year on selected days of the week for just £30 per adult or £24 per child. You will board the train at Tunbridge Wells West and set off down the line travelling through the glorious High Weald enjoying a freshly prepared by a local proper chip shop lunch service followed by a slice of cake for dessert, the price also includes a drink too!

Your tickets are valid for train travel all day so if you wanted to remain on board, you might need to sit in another part of a train as we do have other experiences, you'd be more than welcome to. 

Your experience will last just over 1 hour and you'll return to Tunbridge Wells West.

Menu choices (one option per person):

  • Cod & Chips
  • Plain Sausage & Chips
  • Veggie Burger & Chips (Please note, contains milk and egg, burger is Vegetarian but not Vegan)

We unfortunately cannot cater for vegan or gluten free dietary requirements on this experience due to the supplier.

Dessert

  • Slice of either Chocolate, Carrot or Lemon Drizzle Cake

Drink

  • Included with your meal is a choice of the following drinks (1 per person, chosen at the checkout):
    • Coca Cola, Coke Zero, Lemonade, Fanta Zero
    • Still or Sparkling Water
    • Orange or Apple Juice
    • Harvey's Sussex Best
    • Biddenden Vintage Cider
    • Small bottle (18.7cl) of our House White, Red or Rose Wine

What’s included in the ticket price?

  • Heritage train ride with a steam and/or diesel locomotive lasting around 1 hour along the Spa Valley Railway, your departure time and station are shown on your eTicket and you'll return to your start location.
  • A main, dessert and drink from the menu above.
  • At seat waiting service with additional drinks service allowing you to purchase more on board.

A great way to enjoy the nations favourite!

Please note there are no alternatives to the above menu choices.

We regret that due to the nature of the 1960s carriages we cannot accommodate wheelchair users on these dining experiences. Please note there are no alternatives to the above menu choices. If you have any special dietary requirements we must be made aware at the time of booking, menu options must be chosen during the booking process which does include a vegetarian option. It is impossible for us to alter the menu on the evening. We unfortunately cannot cater for vegan dietary requirements on this experience due to the supplier.

Terms & Conditions for all dining trains can be found by clicking this link

Book tickets

Sat 18 Jan 2025
12:15 departing from: Tunbridge Wells West
Sun 19 Jan 2025
12:30 departing from: Tunbridge Wells West
Sat 08 Feb 2025
12:15 departing from: Tunbridge Wells West
Wed 19 Feb 2025
12:15 departing from: Tunbridge Wells West
Thu 20 Feb 2025
12:15 departing from: Tunbridge Wells West
Sat 01 Mar 2025
12:15 departing from: Tunbridge Wells West
Sun 23 Mar 2025
12:30 departing from: Tunbridge Wells West
Thu 10 Apr 2025
12:45 departing from: Tunbridge Wells West
Thu 17 Apr 2025
12:45 departing from: Tunbridge Wells West
Sun 18 May 2025
12:45 departing from: Tunbridge Wells West
Thu 29 May 2025
12:45 departing from: Tunbridge Wells West
Sun 08 Jun 2025
12:45 departing from: Tunbridge Wells West
Sun 22 Jun 2025
12:45 departing from: Tunbridge Wells West
Sun 06 Jul 2025
12:45 (during our 40th Anniversary of the line closure weekend) departing from: Tunbridge Wells West
Sat 12 Jul 2025
12:45 departing from: Tunbridge Wells West
Sat 19 Jul 2025
12:45 departing from: Tunbridge Wells West
Thu 24 Jul 2025
12:45 departing from: Tunbridge Wells West
Thu 31 Jul 2025
12:45 departing from: Tunbridge Wells West
Thu 07 Aug 2025
12:45 departing from: Tunbridge Wells West
Thu 14 Aug 2025
12:45 departing from: Tunbridge Wells West
Sun 17 Aug 2025
12:45 departing from: Tunbridge Wells West
Thu 21 Aug 2025
12:45 departing from: Tunbridge Wells West
Sun 24 Aug 2025
12:45 departing from: Tunbridge Wells West
Thu 28 Aug 2025
12:45 departing from: Tunbridge Wells West
Sat 06 Sep 2025
12:45 departing from: Tunbridge Wells West
Sat 27 Sep 2025
12:45 departing from: Tunbridge Wells West
Sat 04 Oct 2025
12:45 departing from: Tunbridge Wells West
Wed 22 Oct 2025
12:45 departing from: Tunbridge Wells West
Thu 23 Oct 2025
12:45 departing from: Tunbridge Wells West
Sat 25 Oct 2025
12:45 departing from: Tunbridge Wells West

Booking information

Advance booking is essential to ride on our Fish & Chip trains.

On the day of your visit you MUST have your eTickets available to show either in a print out or on a mobile device, both will be checked visually by a member of staff before boarding the train.

Note that a £10 admin fee applies to all booking alterations.

Please note there are no alternatives to the above menu choices.

Click here to view our refund, cancellation and alterations policy

We regret that due to the nature of the 1960s carriages we cannot accommodate wheelchair users on these dining experiences. Please note there are no alternatives to the above menu choices. If you have any special dietary requirements we must be made aware at the time of booking, menu options must be chosen during the booking process which does include a vegetarian option. It is impossible for us to alter the menu on the evening. We unfortunately cannot cater for vegan dietary requirements on this experience due to the supplier.

We regret that there can be no refund or transfer to a future date for ‘no show’ customers. The Spa Valley Railway still incurs charges for its services which must be paid to our suppliers. We recommend taking out a form of insurance to protect yourself if necessary. To re-book you will be required to pay the full fare again.

FULL TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAN BE FOUND VIA THIS LINK