You’ll always remember your time at this unique place to stay.
Inside, you’ll discover a wealth of character-filled spaces, including a reception hall adorned with exposed studwork and an exquisite eighteenth-century staircase. The drawing room captivates with its tall sash windows, ornate ceiling beams, and a grand inglenook fireplace, while the sitting room offers views of Castle Street and features a marble fireplace. Transition seamlessly to the garden room, styled in Arts and Crafts fashion, with its arched glazed doors leading to the terrace.
The open-plan kitchen, breakfast room, and dining area blend classic Georgian aesthetics with modern functionality, featuring painted cabinetry, wood countertops, and an Aga stove. Descend to the medieval cellar or retreat to the cloakroom for added convenience.
Upstairs, the first floor beckons with three double bedrooms, including a master suite with sea views, dressing area, and en suite bath/shower room. The attic level unveils three additional spacious rooms and a bath/shower room, perfect for accommodating larger groups.
Outside, the meticulously manicured garden presents a sanctuary of tranquility, complete with a flagstone terrace, expansive lawn, and a variety of flora including roses, hydrangeas, and olive trees. A greenhouse, garden store, and compost bins offer practical amenities, while private access to the High Street ensures convenience.
Take it easy at this unique and tranquil getaway.Our Ammunition Wagon was built for the War Department in the closing years of the Second World War. It was used to convey military ammunition and explosives, an extremely dangerous cargo to carry in a wooden wagon behind a hard-working steam engine sending out sparks…
Such wagons would have been particularly in need in the preparations for the D-Day landings in Normandy in 1944, and many British and American-built wagons and other rolling stock followed the first wave of troops over to France to assist with the Allies’ advance towards Berlin.
These days, the Ammunition Wagon offers a much safer and calmer environment for your stay. It includes a double bed, sofa, TV, en-suite shower room/WC, microwave, fridge, multiple power sockets and heating for those chilly winter months. Outside you will find an individual private garden with outdoor seating and a BBQ (bring your own charcoal!), offering a great place to relax over looking the steam railway and surrounding Rother Valley.
The Ammunition Wagon sleeps two adults, plus two on the sofa bed, with allocated parking directly outside.
You will have full access to the entire space
We will be available should you need us.
We are located in the beautiful Rother Valley on the Kent and East Sussex border in Northiam.
Located near Bodiam, Tenterden, Rye and Hastings, the carriages provide a fantastic base for you to explore the local countryside and coast with attractions and activities to suit everyone.
The carriages are situated within Northiam Steam Railway Station, a working station on the Kent and East Sussex Railway line. You don’t even need to leave the carriages to get the full railway experience as the steam trains will pull up at the station just over 20ft away.
We have painstakingly given some wonderful, care-worn rolling stock an exciting new life as modern, clean, inviting bases for you to relax in. We carry out as much of the work ourselves as we can, transforming the interiors into unique quirky spaces. The exteriors are painted in period colours and we retain as many original features as possible.
We recommend that you arrive by car and there is plenty of parking at the property. The nearest mainline train stations are Rye and Hastings with connecting buses to.Northium.
Make some memories at this unique and family-friendly place.Up to now, we have created our holiday homes to be very true to the original designs of our historic wagons and carriages. But we know that sometimes our guests might want a little bit of space. So for Pipe Dream, we took the base of an old rusty pipe wagon and built on it a brand new home from home that’s wider than your average train!
Sleeping up to four (two adults and two children under 12), Pipe Dream is fully equipped and comes complete with a panoramic view across the Rother Valley to Kent and an outdoor area for barbecues and listening to the trains go by…
Pipe Dream includes a double bedroom, bunk bedroom, shower room/WC, full kitchen with sink, oven, hob, fridge, kettle & toaster. Lounge area with TV, sofa and dining table.
You will have full access to the entire space
We will be available should you need us.
We are located in the beautiful Rother Valley on the Kent and East Sussex border in Northiam.
Located near Bodiam, Tenterden, Rye and Hastings, the carriages provide a fantastic base for you to explore the local countryside and coast with attractions and activities to suit everyone.
The carriages are situated within Northiam Steam Railway Station, a working station on the Kent and East Sussex Railway line. You don’t even need to leave the carriages to get the full railway experience as the steam trains will pull up at the station just over 20ft away.
We have painstakingly given some wonderful, care-worn rolling stock an exciting new life as modern, clean, inviting bases for you to relax in. We carry out as much of the work ourselves as we can, transforming the interiors into unique quirky spaces. The exteriors are painted in period colours and we retain as many original features as possible.
We recommend that you arrive by car and there is plenty of parking at the property. The nearest mainline train stations are Rye and Hastings with connecting buses to Northium.
Take it easy at this unique and tranquil getaway.Built in the 1940s, our ICI Salt van is restored in the bright red of the chemical giant’s salt division (which took over the UK Salt Union in 1937). These wagons were used to convey the valuable product from the mines in Cheshire all over the country. Now earning its keep at Railway Retreats, we’ve kitted it out as a charming little base for your staycation for summer.
The ICI Salt van is a great base for you to explore the local area. It includes a double bed with single bunk above, TV, en-suite shower room/WC and heating for those chilly winter months. Outside you will find an individual private garden with outdoor seating over looking the steam railway and surrounding Rother Valley.
The ICI Salt van sleeps three guests with allocated parking directly outside.
You will have full access to the entire space
We will be available should you need us.