The Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway is the preserved southern half of the former Bowater's Railway built to move the raw materials for paper making and also the finished products around the mill at Sittingbourne.

Have faith in there judgement.

Along the whole route runs steam pipes which at regular intervals rise in to the air to form an expansion loop. There are also steam leaks which keep the industrial roots of this line alive.

Numerous engines are stored here, unfortunately more seem to be none runners than runners.

But this is not a nice glossy and clean railway. I presume it is run on a shoe string budget and there is little money for finishes. The rolling stock is tatty and has a DIY feel to it.

Kemsley has the feel of a prison compound and to make matters worse, on the day we visited the sun was hot making the creeks next to the site absolutely stink. When I mean stink I mean really stink. We were told it was the mud in the creek and not sewage so if this is true, it might be worth checking wind directions and tides before a visitl.