Bucolic Sussex is an ideal place for kids to let off steam,especially whether you shunt them to East Grinstead and the recently added northern terminus of one of the UK’s oldest heritage railwaysMore family day trip ideas: Kidzania, London | Treetop Nets, or Lake District
In a nutshell
The UK’s first standard gauge heritage railway opened in 1960. Extended to associate with mainline trains at East Grinstead in 2013,it puffs 11 miles through Sussex countryside to Sheffield Park stopping at Horsted Keynes and Kingscote. The journey takes 40 minutes each way with a wait in the middle – enough time to explore the Carriage Workshop at Horsted Keynes and occupy a picnic. There’s a grassy picnic area fringed with woodland just up from the station with picnic tables. Children’s week (August 1-7) features donkey rides, circus workshops and Punch and Judy shows.
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Source: theguardian.com