November 2025 EKC Sheppey College To mark Remembrance Day, EKC Sheppey College collaborated with the “Knit and Natter” Age UK group to create a poppy installation at the front of Sheerness Station, with over 200 specially made woollen poppies. Alongside, a poster about the project and the meaning behind the different colour poppies was designed…

Sheerness Christmas Event, Sat 6th December Have a family Scenic Rail Winter day out at the Sheerness Christmas Event, Sat 6th December. Live music, craft market, food and drink, entertainment, face painting, reindeer and more. We’ll be there, come and say hello.

Sunday 28th September 2025 The Criterion Heritage Centre, Blue Town, Sheerness This truly was a day to remember, celebrating the 200th anniversary of rail travel and discovering the incredible rail history of the Isle of Sheppey. Exploring the history of rail on the Isle of Sheppey In the morning, we gathered at The Criterion Blue…

Hollingbourne Station Railway 200 Heritage Day, Sunday 19 October 2025   The Community Interest Company at Hollingbourne Station hosted a highly successful Railway 200 Heritage Day open to the public and attended by visitors from as far away as Paris! Our regular volunteer Chris Anthony and Therese set up the Kent CRP stand at 10.30am…

Railway 200 art panels launched at Ashford International Station 26 Sept 2025 It felt time to replace the May 2022 Queen’s Platinum Jubilee community artwork in the station underpass and what better choice than to design artwork to celebrate Railway 200.  Ashford International Model Railway Education Centre (AIMREC) enthusiastically engaged to design panels of carefully…

11th & 18th October 2025 East Kent Artists Open House I “HEART” SHEPPEY EKC Sheppey Secondary School is a flagship station adopter, adopting all 5 train stations along the Swale Rail Line (Sittingbourne, Kemsley, Swale, Queenborough and Sheerness). Across the 2024/25 academic year, pupils worked on a very special project called I “HEART” SHEPPEY where…

Celebrating RAIL 200 Across the Isle of Sheppey Bespoke local rail photography exhibitions will be displayed for three weeks from 15th September to 6th October, (with specific opening times and days below) across the museums of: The Criterion Heritage Centre, Sheerness Opening times: The Minster Gatehouse Museum Opening times: The Queenborough Guildhall Museum Opening times:…