Private Hire of the miniature railway is available for the 2025 running season.
Please contact us via email here to reserve a date for you and arrange payment and answer any questions you may have.
Please read the details on this page carefully regarding times and costs below.
Birthdays and Private Parties
Everyone from grandparents to grandchildren can enjoy a railway journey in miniature to celebrate that special occasion with friends and family.
For a child’s birthday party you can hire the Crowborough Miniature Railway (the track and a train) for exclusive use for a 2 hour session from 11am to 1pm on any Saturday between April and Bonfire Night. Contact us for availability.
The railway is set within the Goldsmiths Recreation Ground where free parking is provided. The railway immediately surrounds a green space with benches and a model boating lake which is open to the public 24 hours a day. A short walk from the railway, elsewhere in the Goldsmiths Grounds, is a children’s playground, Brew Box refreshments and toilets with baby changing facilities.
The railway is run entirely by volunteers for the enjoyment and education of the local community. Any profits made on running days or through the private hire of the railway are used to maintain and improve the facilities offered to our visitors.
Crowborough miniature railway is able to offer something very unique for that birthday party!
A booking costs £115 for exclusive use of the railway track and train hauled by a Diesel/electric locomotive adorned with a personalised headboard. Your party will enjoy unlimited rides within your 2 hour booking.
Please e-mail, telephone, or enquire at the Ticket Office and we will be happy to discuss your requirements.
Thank you for supporting your local miniature railway!
Society Visits
We can host visits by local Societies for the entertainment and education for all those who attend. The Railway can be provided exclusively for the visiting group at a predetermined time as arranged, and we are flexible with what day providing plenty of notice is given.
The grounds of the railway can be the ideal venue for an outing for Beavers, Scouts, Rainbows, Brownies and the like. The trains and the use of the model boating lake is at the disposal of the visitors and can be used for model boat building exercises or competitions.
Anyone wishing to arrange a visit should contact the railway by email.
Railway Society Visits
The Crowborough Miniature Railway welcomes other miniature railways to visit in addition to sending out invitations to those clubs from time to time. Crowborough Miniature Railway offers a varied and interesting drive with several descents, inclines and long sweeping curves which can be challenging and enjoyable to drive.
Now that the railway’s track has been extended, the capacity of how many locomotives we can run at any one time has increased to four or five comfortably.
Any clubs wishing to arrange a visit to the Miniature Railway at Goldsmiths Grounds should contact the Crowborough Locomotive Society via email.