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Real Ale & Cider Festival!

16th to 19th October 2025

Our popular Beer & Cider Festival is back from Thursday 16th to Sunday 19th October 2025 – in association with West Kent CAMRA!
Get the dates in your diary now for 2025!

Head to the Spa Valley Railway next Autumn and enjoy 170+ real ales, including 35+ Kent Green Hop Beers, 70+ ciders, live music, and food stalls alongside our steam and heritage diesel trains! Real ale & cider bars are located on the trains so you can enjoy a ride and a pint along the railway as well as our three stations along the 5-mile railway, Tunbridge Wells West, Groombridge, and Eridge. This event which started in 2011 is returning for its 14th year and is held in association with West Kent CAMRA. The combined efforts of the voluneers of the Spa Valley Railway and West Kent CAMRA make this event possible and we are very grateful to all our visitors for your support. 

 
This event is supported by West Kent CAMRA
 

Book tickets

Booking information

Tickets booked using the links are for rail travel - entry to the Beer Festival is Free as per guidance above.

Entry to stations is FREE on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, there is no charge to access the festival sites at Tunbridge Wells West, Groombridge or Eridge, tickets are required for train travel. 
 
No trains will operate on Thursday 16th October, only Tunbridge Wells West is open between 18:00 and 22:00 for the sale of beer.
 
The only tickets required are to travel on the trains. If you are a member of CAMRA you will receive a £5 discount on train travel upon production of your in date membership card. This can only be done on the day and not in advance online.

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

Click here to view our refund, cancellation and alterations policy

FULL TERMS AND CONDITIONS CAN BE FOUND VIA THIS LINK