Event Summary
Duration: 5.5 hours
Location: Departs from Bishops Lydeard, travels to Minehead and returns.
Booking: Advanced booking is essential, as spaces are limited.
Accessibility: We are unable to accommodate mobility scooters and wheelchairs on these services. If you have any accessibility requirements, please give us a call on 01643 704996.
Dogs: Please note that no dogs are permitted on this service, with the exception of assistance dogs. Please advise us of this in advance when making your booking.
The service operates on the scenic West Somerset Railway between Bishops Lydeard (near Taunton) and Minehead. Our diners enjoy good food and excellent company as the train winds its way through the beautiful Quantock Hills, past the ancient port of Watchet and along the coast to Blue Anchor Bay and through to its conclusion at Minehead.
Whatever the occasion may be – a special anniversary or birthday celebration, a cosy dinner for two, or a Sunday lunch out – we are sure you will find dining on the Quantock Belle a delightful and memorable experience.
This year we will be joined by Chef Sam le Roux.
Your journey will start from Bishops Lydeard and will depart at 12.30. Your return journey will be from Minehead and will depart at 15.15.
The Quantock Belle operates on a number of dates and is extremely popular. Advance booking is therefore mandatory. Your fare includes:
- Return travel at your reserved dining table;
- A three-course meal with tea or coffee served during the journey; (Our menus are just being finalised, and will be added to this page as soon as they are available. If you book before the menu has been confirmed we will contact you as soon as the menus have been finalised).
- Value Added Tax, as applicable.
A comprehensive bar service, including a varied wine list and soft drinks, is provided to your table by our attentive liveried stewards throughout the day and charged towards the end of your return journey.
A vegetarian option (homemade gluten and dairy-free) is available as an alternative to all advertised menus but we must be notified at the time of booking. If you have any dietary requirements, please let us know on 01643 704996.
Dessert is served on the return journey to Bishops Lydeard and accompanied by a continuous tea and coffee service.
For our afternoon services, once you have arrived in Minehead, you will then have an hour to explore the seaside town before your return service departs.
We are confident you will have a wonderful and memorable day out with us and we look forward to seeing you on "the QB" soon.
Tickets are sold as individual tickets or a guaranteed table for two (price includes a £15 supplement to guarantee your table). The guaranteed table for two ticket covers one table for two people. If you have a group of four people who want to sit together, you need to book four individual tickets. Please note that if you purchase less than four individual tickets, you may be seated with another party.
Please be aware due to the heritage nature of the stock, we are unable to accommodate mobility scooters and wheelchairs on these services. If you have any accessible requirements, please do give us a call on 01643 704 996.
Please note that no dogs are permitted on this service, with the exception of assistance dogs. Please advise us of this in advance when making your booking.
We recommend arriving 30 minutes before your departure time. This is to ensure you have plenty of time to get seated and settled before your train departs.
Please note that seating on the Quantock Belle is assigned before you arrive. There are three carriages where your seats may be. Seating in each coach is different and unfortunately there is not an option to select where you would prefer your seats to be. Your seating will be appropriate for the size of your booking.
Please note that the times are approximate and may change. If this is the case, we will contact you by email.
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Ticket Terms and Conditions
1. This ticket is issued subject to the Rules and Regulations of the West Somerset Railway PLC. Full details are available on request.
2. Please check your tickets as mistakes cannot be rectified.
3. It is the responsibility of the ticket holder to ascertain whether a service has been cancelled and the date and time of any rearranged service. If a service is cancelled or rescheduled, we will use reasonable endeavours to notify ticket holders of the cancellation once we have received the relevant authorisation from the West Somerset Railway PLC. Please note that we cannot guarantee that ticket holders will be informed of such cancellation before the date of travel.
4. The management reserves the right to refuse admission should patrons breach any Rules and Regulations of the West Somerset Railway PLC. The management may on occasions have to conduct security searches to ensure the safety of the patrons.
5. A £5 administration fee per booking will be charged for any subsequent booking alterations this means administration changes. We are unable to make date changes to your booking. No refunds will be given once tickets are issued. The Management cannot be held responsible for any tickets which are lost or stolen. West Somerset Railway PLC reserves the right to cancel ticket bookings which it reasonably suspects to have been made fraudulently.
6. The West Somerset Railway PLC operates a No Smoking policy this includes e-cigarettes.
7. The unauthorized use of photographic and recording equipment for public use is prohibited.
8. The West Somerset Railway PLC accepts no responsibility for any personal property.
9. Ticket holders consent to filming and sound recording as visitors.
10. If a service is rescheduled, ticket holders will be offered tickets to the rescheduled service, equivalent to the face value of the ticket. If a service is cancelled, ticket holders will be offered travel on an alternative service (subject to availability) up to the value on the ticket.
11. Purchase of a ticket does not guarantee a seat unless otherwise stated.
12. All of these terms and conditions are governed by English Law.
13. The ticket holder must comply with all relevant statutes, safety announcements and West Somerset Railway PLC regulations whilst visiting the railway.
14. Breach of any of these conditions or any unacceptable behaviour likely to cause damage, nuisance or injury shall enable the railway to refuse to carry you as a passenger.
15. Tickets may be restricted to a maximum number per person. We reserve the right to cancel tickets purchased in excess of this number.
Conditions of Carriage for Bicycles, Perambulators and Animals - Conditions of Carriage - Part 2, Section 4
4. Additional Conditions applicable to Bicycles, Perambulators and Animals
- a) Passengers may take with them by train, bicycles, perambulators, push chairs, cats, dogs, or other small and inoffensive animals and birds and such articles as the Company may from time to time permit to be taken on payment of extra charges as applicable and providing the Company has suitable accommodation. These are carried at the company's discretion and their decision is final.
- b) Animals are not allowed upon passenger's seating accommodation. They must remain on the floor at all times.
- c) For reasons of hygiene, animals are not permitted in catering vehicles or in any carriage where pre-booked catering is being served. This condition will not apply to assistance dogs accompanying registered persons.
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