Horsted Keynes drinks licence has been extended

THE Bluebell Railway has been granted an extension to its licence at Horsted Keynes to serve alcohol and stage entertainment.

The application was approved by Mid Sussex District Council’s liquor licensing committee on May 26.

The extended licence will allow the railway to serve alcohol and lay on recorded and live entertainment, indoors and out, between 10am and 11pm every day – but not the 8am start that the railway asked for.

In addition, events must finish at 10.30pm on Sundays unless the following day is a bank holiday or public one.

The committee also stipulated that the railway must give its neighbours four weeks’ notice of all events expected to be attended by up to 500 people.