Tenterden to Bodiam in 4 minutes!
The Kent and East Sussex Railway which runs for 11½ miles through some of the most unspoiled countryside in the United Kingdom. The railway runs from the Cinque Port town of Tenterden to Bodiam were passengers can alight for the National Trust Castle.
1601 B2244 2 Bodiam
The next in this aerial series takes us between Junction Road and Bodiam (KESR).
Kent & East Sussex Steam Railway Tenterden - Bodiam
The Kent & East Sussex Steam Railway runs through the Kent Countryside from Tenterden to Bodiam.
K&ESR Bahnhof Bodiam Bodiam Station
Bodiam ist ein Endbahnhof der Museumsbahn Kent and East Sussex Railway südlich von London. Er ist weitgehend im Originalzustand erhalten.
A Spiv at Bodiam Railway Station, Saturday 15th May 2009
Kent and East Sussex Railway - 1942?
The Kent & East Sussex Railway - Bodiam Train Station p1
Bodiam Castle #uk #england#model #blondehavingfun
Ghost stations , Abandoned Stations and Disued stations . Disappeared railway lines in England kent
“Disused railway stations in Kent
Abandoned railway stations in Kent
Disappeared railway stations in Kent
A
Allhallows-on-Sea railway station
Ash Town railway station
Ashford West railway station
B
Biddenden railway station on the kent and East Sussex Railway
Brasted railway station destroyed railway line for the M25
Brookland Halt railway station
C
Cheriton Halt railway station
Chevening Halt railway station
Cliffe railway station
Cranbrook (Kent) railway station part of the kent and East Sussex Railway
D
Dover Harbour railway station
Dungeness (SER) railway station
E
East Minster railway station
Eastchurch railway station
Eastry railway station
24. Eastry South railway station
25. Elham railway station
26. Folkestone East railway station
27. Folkestone Harbour railway station
28. Folkestone Warren Halt railway station
29. Frittenden Road railway station
30. Golden Sands Halt railway station
31. Goudhurst railway station
32. Grain Crossing Halt railway station
33. Grain railway station
34. Gravesend West railway station
35. Greatstone Dunes railway station
36. Greatstone-on-Sea Halt railway station
37. Grove Ferry and Upstreet railway station
38. Harty Road Halt railway station
39. Hawkhurst railway station
40. Headcorn railway station
41. High Halden Road railway station
42. High Halstow Halt railway station
43. Horsmonden railway station
44. Hythe railway station (SER)
45. Kings Ferry Bridge North Halt railway station
46. Knowlton railway station
47. Lade railway station
48. Leysdown railway station
49. Longfield Halt railway station
50. Lullingstone railway station
51. Lydd Town railway station
52. Lydd-on-Sea Halt railway station
53. Middle Stoke Halt railway station
54. Milton Range Halt railway station
55. Milton Road Halt railway station
56. Minster on Sea railway station
57. New Romney and Littlestone-on-Sea railway station
58. Poison Cross railway station
59. Port Victoria railway station
60. Prince of Wales Halt railway station
61. Ramsgate Harbour railway station
62. Ramsgate Town railway station
63. Richboro Port railway station
64. Rochester Bridge railway station
65. Rochester Common railway station
66. Roman Road railway station (Kent)
67. Rosherville Halt railway station
68. Rosherville Halt railway station
69. Sandgate railway station
70. Sandwich Road railway station
71. Shakespeare Cliff Halt railway station
72. Sheerness East railway station
73. Smeeth railway station
74. Southfleet railway station
75. Staple railway station
76. Stoke Junction Halt railway station
77. Strood (1st) railway station
78. Swanley Junction railway station
79. Tenterden St. Michael's railway station
80. Teston Crossing Halt railway station
81. The Pilot Inn railway station
82. Tilmanstone Colliery Halt railway station
83. Tovil railway station
84. Tunbridge Wells West railway station
85. Uralite Halt railway station
86. War Department Halt railway station
87. Westerham railway station
88. Whitstable Harbour railway station
89. Wingham (Canterbury Road) railway station
90. Wingham Colliery railway station
91. Wingham Town railway station
92. Woodnesborough railway station
Source:
Music: Tucson,Silent Partner; YouTube Audio Library
Ghost stations is the usual English translation for the German word Geisterbahnhöfe. This term was used to describe certain stations on Berlin's U-Bahn and S-Bahn metro networks that were closed during the period of Berlin's division during the Cold War. Since then, the term has come to be used to describe any disused station on an underground railway line, especially those actively passed through by passenger trains.
An abandoned (or disused) railway station is a building or structure which was constructed to serve as a railway station but has fallen into disuse. There are various circumstances when this may occur - a railway company may fall bankrupt, or the station may be closed due to the failure of economic activitiy such as insufficient passenger numbers, operational reasons such as the diversion or replacement of the line. In some instances, the railway line may continue in operation while the station is closed. Additionally, stations may sometimes be resited along the route of the line to new premises - examples of this include opening a replacement station nearer to the centre of population, or building a larger station on a less restricted site to cope with high passenger numbers.
From Tenterden Town to Bodiam with the Southern 65
A Journey with the Southern 65
of the Kent & East Sussex Railway
On the 1st of July 2010
Ghost stations , Abandoned Stations and Disued stations . Disappeared railway lines in England kent
Disused railway stations in Kent
Abandoned railway stations in Kent
Disappeared railway stations in Kent
A
Allhallows-on-Sea railway station
Ash Town railway station
Ashford West railway station
B
Biddenden railway station on the kent and East Sussex Railway
Brasted railway station destroyed railway line for the M25
Brookland Halt railway station
C
Cheriton Halt railway station
Chevening Halt railway station
Cliffe railway station
Cranbrook (Kent) railway station part of the kent and East Sussex Railway
D
Dover Harbour railway station
Dungeness (SER) railway station
E
East Minster railway station
Eastchurch railway station
Eastry railway station
24. Eastry South railway station
25. Elham railway station
26. Folkestone East railway station
27. Folkestone Harbour railway station
28. Folkestone Warren Halt railway station
29. Frittenden Road railway station
30. Golden Sands Halt railway station
31. Goudhurst railway station
32. Grain Crossing Halt railway station
33. Grain railway station
34. Gravesend West railway station
35. Greatstone Dunes railway station
36. Greatstone-on-Sea Halt railway station
37. Grove Ferry and Upstreet railway station
38. Harty Road Halt railway station
39. Hawkhurst railway station
40. Headcorn railway station
41. High Halden Road railway station
42. High Halstow Halt railway station
43. Horsmonden railway station
44. Hythe railway station (SER)
45. Kings Ferry Bridge North Halt railway station
46. Knowlton railway station
47. Lade railway station
48. Leysdown railway station
49. Longfield Halt railway station
50. Lullingstone railway station
51. Lydd Town railway station
52. Lydd-on-Sea Halt railway station
53. Middle Stoke Halt railway station
54. Milton Range Halt railway station
55. Milton Road Halt railway station
56. Minster on Sea railway station
57. New Romney and Littlestone-on-Sea railway station
58. Poison Cross railway station
59. Port Victoria railway station
60. Prince of Wales Halt railway station
61. Ramsgate Harbour railway station
62. Ramsgate Town railway station
63. Richboro Port railway station
64. Rochester Bridge railway station
65. Rochester Common railway station
66. Roman Road railway station (Kent)
67. Rosherville Halt railway station
68. Rosherville Halt railway station
69. Sandgate railway station
70. Sandwich Road railway station
71. Shakespeare Cliff Halt railway station
72. Sheerness East railway station
73. Smeeth railway station
74. Southfleet railway station
75. Staple railway station
76. Stoke Junction Halt railway station
77. Strood (1st) railway station
78. Swanley Junction railway station
79. Tenterden St. Michael's railway station
80. Teston Crossing Halt railway station
81. The Pilot Inn railway station
82. Tilmanstone Colliery Halt railway station
83. Tovil railway station
84. Tunbridge Wells West railway station
85. Uralite Halt railway station
86. War Department Halt railway station
87. Westerham railway station
88. Whitstable Harbour railway station
89. Wingham (Canterbury Road) railway station
90. Wingham Colliery railway station
91. Wingham Town railway station
92. Woodnesborough railway station
Source:
Music: Tucson,Silent Partner; YouTube Audio Library
Ghost stations is the usual English translation for the German word Geisterbahnhöfe. This term was used to describe certain stations on Berlin's U-Bahn and S-Bahn metro networks that were closed during the period of Berlin's division during the Cold War. Since then, the term has come to be used to describe any disused station on an underground railway line, especially those actively passed through by passenger trains.
An abandoned (or disused) railway station is a building or structure which was constructed to serve as a railway station but has fallen into disuse. There are various circumstances when this may occur - a railway company may fall bankrupt, or the station may be closed due to the failure of economic activitiy such as insufficient passenger numbers, operational reasons such as the diversion or replacement of the line. In some instances, the railway line may continue in operation while the station is closed. Additionally, stations may sometimes be resited along the route of the line to new premises - examples of this include opening a replacement station nearer to the centre of population, or building a larger station on a less restricted site to cope with high passenger numbers.
Rother Valley Railway/Return to Robertsbridge ITV News
Robertsbridge Station is the home of the Rother Valley Railway, rebuilding the line from Robertsbridge to Bodiam to hopefully one day join up with The Kent and East Sussex Railway.
Film shows how the site at Robertsbridge Junction Station looked in 2011 then the following ITV news items shows the Return to Robertsbridge Weekend in 2013. Which had a Terrier and three coaches taking passengers on the newly relayed section of line to North Bridge Street.
How long does it take to walk from Bodiam Station on the Kent and East Sussex Railway to Bodiam Cast
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From Bodiam station to Bodiam Castle
We stride out in the direction of the castle which is just a short walk from the station over this old stone bridge with wonderful views across the countryside.
Built in 1385 by Sir Edward Dallingridge, the castle is encompassed by an impressive moat with the biggest carp I have ever seen. Some were two or three times bigger than the Mallards that swam above them. I can’t begin to imagine what live was once like for the knights and ladies who once walked within these walls. And how many servants did it take to run it? What feasts must have been held here once upon a time. The castle fell into disrepair and became uninhabitable in the English Civil Wars but thanks to Lord Curzon, Viceroy of India (amongst others) its exterior was restored. The Viceroy left Bodiam Castle to the National Trust in 1926.
Bodiam Castle, East Sussex
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We thoroughly enjoyed exploring the castle and the fabulous views from on top of the towers including the one above which shows hops growing, just as they have done here for hundreds of years. You can also see the tops of three conical-shaped roofs on the horizon. This is an oast house where the hops were dried. Although no longer used for this, these building are still a common sight in Kent and East Sussex where there was once a thriving brewing industry. There’s plenty to see outside the castle but it wasn’t long before the tea rooms were calling us. We had a tasty and inexpensive lunch. The homemade cakes there looked delicious ????
We were delighted to see that the Scotney Bitter they were serving was made from National Trust Farm hops. Very good it was too.
My trackbed walk from Bodiam to junction road on the RVR / KESR extension last use 3 years ago
History
At the beginning of 2009 about 750 yards (690 m) of former trackbed was purchased from just west of Bodiam station to within 150 yards (140 m) yards of the site of Junction Road Halt. Work began on restoration and by April of that year the track was laid for engineers train to use or for stock storage. In 2010 a further 150yds of trackbed was obtained and track was laid to the site of Junction Road Halt adjacent to the B2244 (formerly the A229). The first advertised passenger service over this section ran on the weekend of 19/20 March 2011, although services are currently restricted to occasional gala days only.
So no gala days
Perhaps there consider a flower festival
I love the Kent and East Sussex Railway , and to be honest there side of the tracks are clean .
RVR seem to be more interested in the Robertsbridge station . Let's hope someone sorts it out soon
this trackbed looks older than 5 years
Kent and East Sussex Railway and Rother Valley Railway Extension to Udiam Farm from Bodiam
The Rother Valley Railway, a preservation group set up in 1991, had by March 2009 laid track from Bodiam to within 200 yards (180 m) of the site of Junction Road Halt at a cost of £200,000.
Track was relaid through the site of the halt in June 2010.
On 18 March 2011, a VIP dining special was the first passenger train to traverse the rebuilt line.
The following weekend of 19/20 March saw Kent and East Sussex Railway services run as far as Junction Road;
The Rother Valley Railway (RVR) is a heritage railway project based at Robertsbridge in East Sussex, England. It takes its name from the original name for what later became the Kent and East Sussex Railway, running from Robertsbridge through to Headcorn in Kent, via Tenterden. The project is to replace the ‘missing link’ between Robertsbridge, a station on the Tonbridge to Hastings mainline, and Bodiam on the Kent and East Sussex Railway, a heritage railway which operates from Bodiam to Tenterden. A charity supported by a society of volunteers are attempting to re-establish the railway link. The RVR began by reinstating the first few hundred yards of line eastwards from Robertsbridge, and also a short stretch westwards from Bodiam. In 2010, the latter section was further extended to reach Junction Road. In summer 2011 work began at Robertsbridge to extend further eastwards to Northbridge Street, which entailed the rebuilding of five bridges. By June 2012, this further extension was also completed. In September 2013, a Gala weekend at Robertsbridge marked the progress to date and the start of the next phase - the re-instatement of the section between Northbridge Street and Junction Road, for which statutory permissions are being sought. While the RVR does not yet feature regular passenger trains, the base at Robertsbridge houses a small shop and visitor centre open to the public each Sunday, utilising a building formerly used as the London terminus of the Orient Express. There is also a small collection of historic railway vehicles in various stages of preservation.
Drone footage of RVR
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lets go to the kent and east sussex railway. tenderden to bodiam castle wmv
this was a great day out along with bodiam castle
Kent and East Sussex Railway - Tenterden Railway Station 1/2
this week we head to Tenterden to explore the forgotten steam trains. We explore the station at tenterdon then head onto the vintage train to bodiam to get to bodiam castle.
I'm joined with Jamie Dench (links below) join us as we head down the line the old fashioned way!
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KESR Cab Ride Bodiam to Tenterden (Kent and East Sussex Railway)
KESR (Kent and East Sussex Railway) from Bodiam to Tenterden photographed from driver's cab of DMU train. (Link to Tenterden-Bodiam: Slightly speeded up so as not to exceed the 30 minute time restrictions and also to make it more interesting. We arrive at Northiam station at 10m05s, Wittersham Rd at 18m15s, Rolvenden at 24m53s and Tenterden Town at 29m25s. Sequence captured on a Canon EOS760D DSLR
Link for Tenterden to Bodiam ride:
Dannie Lee On The River Rother Bodiam To Newenden. Bodiam Boating Station. 1080p HD
Other Film Clips By MrHappySnap Links
Bodiam Castle
Hastings Fishing Fleet
Longleat House
Hastings East & West
Bayham Abbey
The River Rother flows for 35 miles (56 km) through the English counties of East Sussex and Kent. Its source is near Rotherfield in East Sussex, and its mouth is on Rye Bay, part of the English Channel. Prior to 1287, its mouth was further to the east at New Romney, but it changed its course after a great storm blocked its exit to the sea. It was known as the Limen until the sixteenth century. For the final 14 miles (23 km), the river bed is below the high tide level, and Scots Float sluice is used to control levels. It prevents salt water entering the river system at high tides, and retains water in the river during the summer months to ensure the health of the surrounding marsh habitat. Below the sluice, the river is tidal for 3.7 miles (6.0 km).
The river has been used for navigation since Roman times, and is still navigable by small boats as far as Bodiam Castle. It flowed in a loop around the northern edge of the Isle of Oxney until 1635, when it was diverted along the southern edge. Scots Float Sluice was built before 1723, when the engineer John Reynolds made repairs to it, and later extended it, to try to keep the channel clear of silting, but it was criticised by John Rennie in 1804, as it was inconvenient to shipping. The river became part of a defensive line to protect England from the threat of invasion by the French in the early 1800s, when its lower section and part of the River Brede formed a link between the two halves of the Royal Military Canal. Scots Float Sluice was again rebuilt in 1844. Some 31 square miles (80 km2) of the valley were inundated by floodwater in 1960, which resulted in the Rother Area Drainage Improvement Scheme being implemented between 1966 and 1980. The river banks were raised, and 20 pumping stations were installed.
The river has been managed by a number of bodies, including the Rother Levels Commissioners of Sewers, the Rye Harbour Commissioners, and the Board of Conservators for the River Rother. After the passing of the Land Drainage Act 1930, it was managed by the Rother and Jury's Gut Catchment Board, the Kent River Board, the Kent and Sussex River Authorities, the National Rivers Authority and finally the Environment Agency. It is unusual, in that while it is under the jurisdiction of the Environment Agency, it has been a free river since 1826, and so no licence is required to use it. Management of the levels adjacent to the river is undertaken by the Romney Marshes Area Internal Drainage Board. The Rother passes by or near the villages of Etchingham, Robertsbridge, Bodiam, Northiam, and Wittersham.
Bodiam Castle Full Tour in Less than 10 Minutes! Visit England, United Kingdom!
Bodiam Castle (/ˈboʊdiəm/) is a 14th-century moated castle near Robertsbridge in East Sussex, England. It was built in 1385 by Sir Edward Dalyngrigge, a former knight of Edward III, with the permission of Richard II, ostensibly to defend the area against French invasion during the Hundred Years' War. Of quadrangular plan, Bodiam Castle has no keep, having its various chambers built around the outer defensive walls and inner courts. Its corners and entrance are marked by towers and topped by crenellations. Its structure, details and situation in an artificial watery landscape indicate that display was an important aspect of the castle's design as well as defence. It was the home of the Dalyngrigge family and the centre of the manor of Bodiam.
Possession of Bodiam Castle passed through several generations of Dalyngrigges until their line became extinct when the castle passed by marriage to the Lewknor family. During the Wars of the Roses, Sir Thomas Lewknor supported the House of Lancaster, and when Richard III of the House of York became king in 1483, a force was despatched to besiege Bodiam Castle. It is unrecorded whether the siege went ahead, but it is thought that Bodiam was surrendered without much resistance. The castle was confiscated but returned to the Lewknors when Henry VII of the House of Lancaster became king in 1485. Descendants of the Lewknors owned the castle until at least the 16th century.
By the start of the English Civil War in 1641, Bodiam Castle was in the possession of Lord Thanet. He supported the Royalist cause and sold the castle to help pay fines levied against him by Parliament. The castle was subsequently dismantled and was left as a picturesque ruin until its purchase by John Fuller in 1829. Under his auspices, the castle was partially restored before being sold to George Cubitt, 1st Baron Ashcombe, and later to Lord Curzon, both of whom undertook further restoration work. The castle is protected as a Grade I listed building and Scheduled Monument. It has been owned by The National Trust since 1925, donated by Lord Curzon on his death, and is open to the public.
Edward Dalyngrigge was a younger son and thus deprived of his father's estates through the practice of primogeniture, hence he had to make his own fortunes. By 1378, he owned the manor of Bodiam by marrying into a land-owning family. From 1379 to 1388, Dalyngrigge was a Knight of the Shire for Sussex and one of the most influential people in the county. By the time he applied to the king for a licence to crenellate (build a castle), the Hundred Years' War had been fought between England and France for nearly 50 years. Edward III of England (reigned 1327–1377) pressed his claim for the French throne and secured the territories of Aquitaine and Calais. Dalyngrigge was one of many Englishmen who travelled to France to seek their fortune as members of Free Companies – groups of mercenaries who fought for the highest bidder. He left for France in 1367 and journeyed with Lionel, Duke of Clarence and son of Edward III. After fighting under the Earl of Arundel, Dalyngrigge joined the company of Sir Robert Knolles, a notorious commander who was reputed to have made 100,000 gold crowns as a mercenary from pillage and plunder. It was as a member of the Free Companies that Dalyngrigge raised the money to build Bodiam Castle; he returned to England in 1377.
The Treaty of Bruges (1375) ensured peace for two years, but after it expired, fighting resumed between England and France. In 1377 Edward III was succeeded by Richard II. During the war, England and France struggled for control of the English Channel, with raids on both coasts. With the renewed hostilities, Parliament voted that money should be spent on defending and fortifying England's south coast, and defences were erected in Kent in anticipation of a French invasion.[8] There was internal unrest as well as external threats, and Dalyngrigge was involved in suppressing the Peasants' Revolt of 1381.[3] The manor of Bodiam was granted a charter in 1383 permitting a weekly market and an annual fair to be held.[9][10] In 1385, a fleet of 1,200 ships – variously cogs, barges, and galleys – gathered across the English Channel at Sluys, Flanders; the population of southern England was in a state of panic. Later in the year, Edward Dalyngrigge was granted a licence to fortify his manor house.
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