Kent Downs Wood Fair - 12th & 13th July 2025

An Event for All the Family! KIDS GO FREE

With exhibitors including a range of classic & vintage machinery as well as woodland crafts, chainsaw carving, pole lathes & spoon carving – and with live music, this is an event not to miss.
In Our Third Year, Bigger and better – 2025 will feature even more Exhibitors, Demonstrations and stalls than ever before including:Chainsaw Carving & Greenwood Carving
Forge & Bushcraft
Modern and Traditional woodworking machines
Wood, glass and Fabric Artists
Boat Builder and Wood Framers
Live Bands and Woodland Bar
Old tractor driven saw bench and drag saw
Log splitter demonstrations
The quintessential Kent paddock and woodland of the Bredgar & Wormshill Light Railway offers plenty of space to enjoy the sights and sounds of what promises to be a great weekend.
Free Onsite Parking.  Burger bar serving hot food and drink.  Bar serving local ales and more - chilled drinks.  Tearoom open for cakes and sandwiches with great coffee.  Ice creams also available.
The weather look great - a great day out for everyone.
Tickets:
At the gate: Adults £12.50, Children under 16 go free
Online Tickets: Day-Pass £10, Two-Day Pass £15 - BUY YOUR ONLINE TICKETS HERE

On booking a TWO DAY PASS, your ticket will be valid for both days.

Well behaved dogs on a lead are also welcome.
* Please note passenger trains are not operating during this event however a good train with logs will carry out some demonstration runs. This event is not organised by BWLR.
Stall holders and Exhibitors can book in with the event organisers, Phil and Sarah Selby here: info@kentdownswoodfair.com

Invicta Model Railway Exhibition Sunday 3rd August 2025

This is an indoor/outdoor event.   Suitable for kids of all ages - up to 99 years old as well as serious modelers and collectors.

A favourite in the steam day calendar, the Engine Shed is converted to an exhibition among the locos. Organised by Invicta Model Rail  Invicta Model Rail stockists of Hornby, Bachmann, Peco, Gaugemaster and most other leading brands, hosted in conjunction with a BWLR Steam Day, it makes a fantastic family day out. Plenty of model rail layouts to wonder at and stalls to wander around, it caters for the seasoned hobbyist to the newly inspired. Best value tickets are online up until the day before, get yours here:

Invicta Model Railway Show and Steam Day - Sunday 3rd August

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BWLR 2025 timetable

BWLR 2025 Calendar

The BWLR 2025 calendar is available from our online shop for £10 including P&P.

A recent Event Day

This is a brief video taken at one of our Event Days and gives an overview of what you can expect on a visit to the railway.

TrackLamp Video of an event day 2018

Press Release

 

What we do

At Bredgar we have restored many long since abandoned industrial vehicles and machines to their former glory, some are better than original and now benefit from a new lease of life.