28th Dec 2025, 10:00 am
Looking for something special to do with the family after Christmas? Why not treat yourselves to a festive train journey through the beautiful countryside and warm up afterwards in our cosy and welcoming tearoom!
Join us for our New Year Specials, running from 28th to 31st December, and enjoy a relaxed, cheerful day out before the year ends!
New Year Specials Dates: 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st December (New Year’s Eve).
Please be aware we will be closed on the 25th,26th and 27th of December.
Train Times From Woody Bay Station to Killington Lane for both events are as followed:
10.45am - 11.30 - 12.15 - 13.30 - 14.15 - 15.00.
2-mile return journey (approximately 20 minutes)
Tearoom & Station Shop: The Tearoom will be open every running day from 10:00 till 16:00, serving a range of light refreshments including hot & cold drinks, festive cakes, warm pasties and sausage rolls, etc. Along with our Tearoom our Station Shop will be open with a range of gifts available to purchase.
New Year Ticket Prices
First Class Upgrade: Travel in style with our first-class seating, these tickets are available online or on the day from our station shop on a first come first served basis. Priced at £3.50 per person/seat, children under the age of 2 who will be sat on laps do not require to pay the supplement of £3.50.
If you do pre-booked first class please ensure to visit our station shop to check first class availability. Please be aware you have booked a seat not a compartment and may have to share with other passengers.
Directions & Parking
We have a large free carpark available at Woody Bay Station, this includes disabled parking.
Address for Satnavs: Lynton & Barnstaple Railway, Woody Bay Station, Parracombe, Barnstaple, EX31 4RA
Accessibility
Our trains can accommodate standard (non motorised) transit wheelchairs and our staff are always on hand to provide assistance. We have a wheelchair accessible compartment which can accommodate one wheelchair per train. With this there is access via the guards van which has a ramp available for use. Please be aware there are some size restrictions with the ramp.
Ramp size restrictions: Width 700 millimetres and weight 300 kilograms.
Buggies/Prams
We regret that due to the heritage nature of the stock and space constraints, pushchairs and buggies cannot be accommodated on trains, however there is space for them to be left at the station at the owners’ own risk.
Dogs
We are a dog friendly railway, well behaved dogs and their owners are more than welcome to attend our Santa Specials and New Year services. In addition, dogs travel FREE provided that their owners have purchased a ticket and other passengers do not object. We only ask that for reasons of hygiene dogs are not allowed in 1st Class compartments or on the seats in 3rd Class.
Woody Bay Station
Woody Bay Station, Martinhoe Cross, Parracombe, BARNSTAPLE, EX31 4RA