The railway was opened in 1898 by Lady Morley. Passenger services stopped in 1930 due to competition from motor buses but were reinstated during WW2 to help people escape bombing raids. It finally closed in 1960.
There's plenty of street parking at the beginning or you could use the garden centre car park (which has a small gate linking to the path) and do it backwards but beware of getting locked in after the centre closes. En route you'll pass the Mum's secret cache and at the far end you can link in with the Fordbrook Amble series.
All of our caches are no more than 2 steps from the path. They're a range of pots covered in black tape.
The first 100metres is pretty uneven but improves after that. It can get quite wet and muddy.