Mince Pie Specials

Sat 27 Dec 2025 – Sun 4 Jan 2026

  • Enjoy a post-Christmas journey between Sheringham and Holt!

  • Relax in a cosy train of traditional carriages

  • Enjoy a glass of mulled cider and a mince pie served at your seat

  • Watch as the winter seas rage across the shoreline

  • Reserved seating

Mince Pie Specials

Climb aboard a train of historic carriages, hauled by a powerful steam engine and enjoy a relaxing post-Christmas journey between Sheringham and Holt. Tickets will include a delicious mince pie and a mulled cider for adults served at your seat while children are not forgotten and will also receive their own seasonal refreshments.

Tickets include reserved seats for a return trip lasting approximately 70 minutes on the train of your choice. You can choose to start from either Sheringham or Holt – make your selection at the time of booking. The train affords unrivalled views of the countryside in winter including spectacular views out to sea – all from the comfort of a cosy carriage, heated with spare steam from the engine!

Dogs are very welcome on these trains, providing they do not sit on the seats or tables.

The Old Luggage Office Refreshment Rooms at Sheringham will be open for hot and cold drinks, tasty snacks and delicious light refreshments – passengers starting from Sheringham can visit before and/or after their trip while those commencing their journey from Holt can pop in during the stop at Sheringham. The on board bar car will have a carefully selected range of hot and cold drinks and snacks and will be open as passengers board the train at Holt.

Timetable

TRAINS DEPART FROM SHERINGHAM AT: 10.30, 12.00, 13.30 and 15.00

TRAINS DEPART FROM HOLT AT: 11.15, 12.45, 14.15

Tickets are valid for an out and back return journey on the same train – the whole trip takes approximately 1 hour and 10 minutes.

Tickets from £16.75 per person*

Fares are dependent on the date and time of your show and the type of seating you select:

First Class Compartment – seating for up to six passengers in a private compartment

Private Compartment for up to Eight – a cosy compartment for up to eight passengers. These are the best value tickets if you fill the compartment, or an exclusive treat for smaller groups to enjoy the trip in comfort

First Class Tables – Generous seating around tables of two or four for your exclusive use

Standard Class  – Comfortable seating around tables of two or four

Under 3s travel free of charge on this service providing they do not occupy a seat – the safest place for little ones is for them to sit on the lap of one of their parents.

Please check our Booking System to see the live ticket availability of each train. Should you wish to add to your booking please call 01263 820800. Please note that as each passenger is allocated a specific seat it is not always possible to add to an existing booking.

Accessible Compartment – trains include an accessible compartment that can accommodate up to two wheelchair users and four other passengers – please call the bookings team to reserve space – 01263 820800

* based on a compartment for eight – fares range from £16.75 to £27.00 per person, depending on ticket type.

Please book a compartment or the most appropriate combination of tables for your group.

Limited seats available – advance boking strongly recommended.

The Stations

Each of the stations has an atmosphere if its own . . .

HOLT

Holt is the western terminus of the railway and is around a mile from the town centre. The station is easy to reach by road,  just off the A148 at High Kelling, and has ample parking (for which we request a small donation) so is an ideal staring point.

The What Three Words code for Holt Station’s main entrance is saturate.atlas.dumplings

The town’s original station closed in 1964 and was demolished and part of the trackbed used for the A148 Holt Bypass – discover more about the original station here. The current station is a faithful recreation of an Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway country station, using buildings recovered from various locations in East Anglia. The station decor and artefacts are presented to give a flavour of the period shortly after  1936 when the London & North Eastern Railway took over full ownership of the M&GN.

Weybourne’s atmospheric station is a a real gem. Originally built to capitalise on the “Poppyland” holiday boom, the station served a nearby hotel that was demolished in World War II . It oozes Edwardian charm and has been restored to close to it’s original condition sporting the tan and cream colour scheme used by the Midland & Great Northern Joint Railway at the time. Discover more of about the history of Weybourne station and village.

The station will be closed on days that Mince Pie Special run but you can take in the atmosphere as your train steam through.

Kelling Heath

Kelling Heath Park is a small halt stop on the North Norfolk Railway, used mostly by hikers. It was not on the original British Rail line, but was opened after the line was preserved.

The station was opened in 1983 as part of the Railway’s extension to Kelling; a very short half coach-length halt was constructed principally to serve the nearby caravan park. Upon the completion of the extension to Holt in 1989, ‘Kelling Camp Halt’ was demolished and a new longer platform was constructed, ¼ of a mile further up the hill to the west; the station was also renamed “Kelling Heath Park”.

The Halt stop backs onto Kelling Park itself and also provides access to Kelling Heath Holiday Park, a popular campsite set amongst 300 acres of woodland and rare open heathland. The campsite has a wide variety of accommodation including luxury wooden lodges, holiday homes and camping & touring pitches, all available to book online or over the phone via 01263 588181.

The Halt will be closed in December and January.

Sheringham’s imposing station houses the booking office, waiting room and buffet. The Old Luggage Office buffet is in an area which was used to store the many suitcases and trunks that the Victorian tourists travelling to Sheringham required. Today, it offers the chance to relax over a drink or light lunch and watch the trains come and go.

The station has been restored to close to its 1955 appearance, when British Railways were responsible for the line. The distinctive blue station totems and matching enamel signs are evocative of that period. The footbridge provides an excellent vantage point from which to watch trains arrive, or the engine “run round” to the other end of its train ready for the next trip to Holt.

Passengers starting their journey here can arrive by Great Anglia trains from Cromer and Norwich (the mainline station is just across Station Road), by bus (they stop right outside) or by car (there is a large pay and display car park adjacent to the station). The What Three Words code for the car park entrance is stables.case.blip

Find out more about Sheringham station and town.