Event: Swanage Railway Diesel and Beer Festival 2026

Date Event: 8th - 10th May 2026

The Diesel Gala & Beer Festival is back for another year! Enjoy three days of diesel trains across the beautiful countryside with an extended service running late into the evening.

Corfe Castle is home to a buzzing beer festival for the duration of the weekend. There you can enjoy a hand-picked selection of tasty beers and ciders.

Event highlights

Home fleet and visiting diesel locomotives
Train service from around 9-11.30 – 23.30 on Friday and Saturday and 9-18.00 on Sunday
Beer festival all weekend at Corfe Castle station

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Disclaimer: event details are subject to change. Please refer to the event’s official website for the most up-to-date information.

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A lovely quiet site

Andy Blackwell

A lovely quiet site, nice warm amenities with good sized shower cubicles, shop not open yet as it’s too early but the local pub is ideal. Staff were very friendly and helpful. If you’re reasonably fit you can walk into Swanage but the bus service is great so why would you want to. Overall a very nice break, we will be back.
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Fantastic site, we have had a brilliant holiday. Super swimming pool and changing facilities. Site really handy to get to Swanage and Studland. Will definitely return. Thanks to all the staff for a lovely holiday.
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Excellent quality caravan site, top quality, small and friendly, location fantastic. Been visiting Ulwell for over 25 years now and every year is special.
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Jenny H

We have just returned back from our weeks stay at Ulwell Holiday Park with our 2 small children and dog. It was an absolute brilliant week! The site has everything you need, and more! A lovely comfy pub on site for drinks and a bowl of chips, a small shop, swimming pool, large play are with park, and the bus stops right outside.. what more could you want
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We have just returned after a brilliant Easter break. Couldn’t fault anything at all and we didn’t want to leave. We didn’t visit the pub but the shop is stocked with local produce and essentials. The facilities are great and the location convenient. Our van was spotless and had everything we needed. We will definitely be back