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Railtours, Preserved Railway Events, Ferries and Service Trains Gen List

Weekly Wind-Up #2266 2266 ? 17 September 2026 STROOD (SOO) 10:50 from Victoria, 37-39 North St, Strood, Kent. ME2 4SJ A third visit to this micropub in a railway arch, with a vast array of railway memorabilia and other bric-a-brac throughout. Local CAMRA branch Pub of the Year 2019 & 2022 and CAMRA West Kent Pub of the Year 2019, with up to six gravity dispensed real ales and six ciders on offer. Opens at 15:00. Cash payment only, please. No mobile phones inside. Access is via a signed wooden gate on North Street See map. Food is not available - please make your own arrangements.

Wind Up North #434 Thursday 17 September 2026 The Victoria Inn, 12 Midland Place, Derby. DE1 2RR

Weekly Wind-Up #2267 2267 ? 24 September 2026 ST. ALBANS CITY The Royston Club, College Road, St Albans. AL1 5PJ We try a new venue in St Albans this year. The Royston club was established in 1936 as the College Club. Following a licensing issue in 1952 it was re-launched, taking the name "Royston" from another nearby street. The club is about a mile from St Albans City station, but buses S1 or 305 stop nearby. See map. In the 2000s the club came close to closure, but was successfully rescued and turned around by a team led by local estate agent Barrie Lloyd, who remains the club's long-serving Secretary. Regularly featured in CAMRA's Good Beer Guide, the club has also won the South Hertfordshire CAMRA Club of the Year on multiple occasions. Up to four cask ales are offered along with a selection of traditional still ciders. A dark beer will be on for us today, but those requiring an even larger beer range may like to note that St Albans beer festival is on today, at the Civic Centre.

Wind Up North #435 Thursday 24 September 2026 The Three Pigeons, 1 Sun Fold, Halifax, West Yorkshire. HX1 2LX

Weekly Wind-Up #2268 2268 ? 1 October 2026 CROWBOROUGH AND BURWASH (COH) Afternoon bus tour, evening at The Wheatsheaf, TN6 2NF Today we repeat the trip that we made in January 2024 to Lakedown brewery in Burwash. Hopefully our scheduling will allow us to sample the green hopped beer at their taproom in the Fishermans Lodge, but they are also aware that we like dark beer. We doubt that the lake will be frozen over this time, but please don't swim! Our bus will depart from Crowborough station at 12:15 to include the brewery visit and a couple of country pubs before rounding off with a return to The Wheatsheaf, Crowborough as our evening venue, from about 17:30. Harvey's beers are available at The Wheatsheaf, including Mild or Old as the dark offering. Food is available from the normal menu from 18:00. By necessity we have to use a single deck bus, so please use this link to ensure that you have a seat. You don't need to use the bus if only appearing at The Wheatsheaf, there's a footpath from Crowborough station at the end of Farningham Road.

Wind Up North #436 Thursday 1 October 2026 Nook & Cranny, 213 Darwen Road, Bromley Cross, Bolton, Greater Manchester. BL7 9BS