Description

The Band was founded in 1974 from the original Town Band.

We are a friendly and active community based concert wind band attracting a diverse membership of all ages and experiences throughout East Grinstead area and beyond.

We are proud to represent the town of East Grinstead performing regularly throughout the South East at concert halls, bandstands, fetes and town squares. We are honoured to have agreement that the East Grinstead Town Mayor is our President, this person changing every year thus offering new ideas and support to our activities in the town.

​We also play under the banner of the Bluebell Railway Band, performing at Horsted Keynes and Sheffield Park Railway Stations including various special events such as the Seaside and Steam Weekends and the annual Carol Service.

The Band has on occasion been on tour abroad. In 2014, we played in Belgium, including performing at the Menin Gate Last Post Ceremony in Ypres, as well as concerts in the market squares of Ypres and Bruges. The Band has just returned from a trip to the Rhine Valley in Germany.

Description

Kingscote railway station is a preserved railway station on the heritage Bluebell Railway.

The station was built in 1882 by the London Brighton and South Coast Railway.
The Bluebell Railway has restored this station to the British Railways period – mid 1950s.

The station was known as being one of the quietest stations on the Brighton network, only serving a few local houses with the closest village of Turners Hill about three miles away. The station did boast a large timber yard resulting in goods traffic being the most important activity at Kingscote.

A fantastic picnic area is available behind platform 2, ideal for kids to let off some steam and to watch the trains come and go.

Tea, coffee and snacks available from Spring until Autumn in “The Well House” alongside the picnic area on platform 2.

Disabled toilet and baby changing facilities are available on platform 1.

Vowels Lane,

East Grinstead,

West Sussex,

England,

RH19 4LD.

01825 720 800