Vineyard & Steam Tours with Wildwood Vineyard & Spa Valley Railway
The 2025 Vineyard & Steam Tours are now available to book. The experience will include Wine Tastings at Wildwood Vineyard in Eridge and a steam train ride on the historic Spa Valley Railway in Tunbridge Wells.
This popular experience is a fantastic opportunity to travel by steam train or heritage diesel to Eridge. Wildwood Vineyard is just a seven minute walk along a track from the station and on arrival at Eridge guests will be met by the Vineyard owner, Paul Olding, who will escort everyone to the Vineyard for a tour and wine tasting event. Afterwards everyone will walk back to Eridge station to take the steam train back to Tunbridge Wells West.
Itinerary
11.30am Board the train at Tunbridge Wells West Station
Alight at Eridge at 11.55am and take the short walk along a track to Wildwood Vineyard to enjoy a fabulous wine tasting experience between 12.30 and 13.30pm. There will then be time to enjoy the Vineyard at your leisure before walking back to Eridge station where the 14.45pm steam train will be waiting to take everyone back to Tunbridge Wells West.
The Steam train will arrive back at Tunbridge Wells West at approx 15.10pm.
Train tickets are just £12 per adult or £11 per senior (60+). Once you have booked your train ticket just prebook your wine tasting by emailing the Wildwood Vineyard directly. Tour and Guided Tastings £15 per person.
Advanced booking is essential to guarantee your Wine Tasting tour at www.wildwoodvineyard.co.uk/tours-tastings
Tickets must also be booked in advance to travel on the 11:30 train from Tunbridge Wells West to Eridge and the 14:45 train from Eridge to Tunbridge Wells West at www.spavalleyrailway.co.uk
Spa Valley Railway, West Station, Nevill Terrace, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN2 5QY.
About the Spa Valley Railway
The volunteers at the Spa Valley Railway in Tunbridge Wells have been operating steam trains and heritage diesel locomotives from Tunbridge Wells West for the past 26 years. The railway is just a short walk from the town’s historic pantiles and attracts visitors from all over the world. Train Services operate most weekends and school holidays between Tunbridge Wells West and Eridge calling at High Rocks and Groombridge. Special events operate throughout the year including dining trains, theatrical events and the Polar Express Christmas experience.
About Wildwood Vineyard
Wildwood Vineyard is a boutique, award winning, family-owned vineyard hidden away near the village of Eridge, East Sussex. All the vines are tended by hand to produce premium grapes to create high quality English still and sparkling wines. The vineyard offers three still wines – the Bishop Odo Bacchus white, the Post Pandemic Pinot Noir Pink and the Thieving Badger Regent red. There is also a Blanc de Noirs fizz and a newly released Pink Vermouth.
The Bacchus 2019 and 2021 were both awarded a Silver Medal in the WineGB awards. The Pinot Noir Rosé 2019 and Pandemic Pink 2020 both won Silver Medals in the Independent English Wine Awards.
The vineyard has a fully licensed Cellar Door and offers tours and tastings most weekends through the summer months.