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Ride a steam train through the dark Sussex countryside lit up in rainbow colours
Bluebell Railway
Bluebell Railway's SteamLights runs evening steam trains from Sheffield Park past illuminated scenes in the fields, with a rainbow-themed station; it's deliberately not a Santa event.
- Where
- Sheffield Park, East Sussex (day trip, ~45 miles)
- Format
- One-off
- Cost
- £££
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