Paradise Park Miniature Railway Newhaven 2019

A short video taken on Saturday 2nd February 2019 showing the Paradise Park Miniature Railway in Avis Road, Newhaven, East Sussex. It is at an attraction called Paradise Park which consists of a large children’s play area (both inside and outside), amusements, animatronic dinosaurs, model village, lakes and gardens, as well as a large garden centre. The Paradise Park Miniature Railway is on part of the site and is also often referred to as the Newhaven Miniature Railway. It is of 7 1/4 inch gauge, is 300 yards long, and first opened in 1989. In that time it has had several locos, no more than one at any time, and all by Mardyke Miniature Railways Ltd. The track and stock all appears to be well looked after and is predominately a circuit with steel rail, wooden sleepers, with very small gravel and pea shingle as ballast. I believe the maroon Class 35 “Hymec” loco to be a 4w-4wPH built and delivered new in 2011. The four Mardyke Pullman brown and cream carriages I believe are older, but thought not to originate from when the railway opened in 1989.