Trains to Leigh

Leigh station in the east of Kent opened in 1911 as Leigh Halt and was renamed four times during the 20th century. Just plain Leigh was settled on in 1969, although it's pronounced 'lie', not 'lee' as you might expect. The main street of the village - with a post office, shop and pubs - is about a five-minutes walk from the station. The village is just on the northern edge of the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the impressive medieval Hever Castle is about six miles away. Leigh sits on the Redhill-to-Tonbridge line, which branches off the Brighton Main Line at Redhill and connects with the South Eastern Mainline at Tonbridge. Up until 1993, the line served as an extension to the Reading to Tonbridge North Downs line, but thereafter trains started running through to London. Now there's one train every hour eastbound to Tonbridge and the same frequency service running westbound to London Bridge via Redhill and East Croydon.