Walsingham railway station
52°53′37″N 0°52′12″E / 52.89357°N 0.87010°E / 52.89357; 0.87010
Eastern Region of British Railways
Walsingham was a railway station on the Wells and Fakenham Railway, later part of the Great Eastern Railway. It opened on 1 December 1857, and served the villages of Great Walsingham and Little Walsingham. It closed on 5 October 1964.[1] The station buildings were purchased in 1967 by a group of members of the Russian Orthodox Church and developed into a small monastic community house, including St. Seraphim's Russian Orthodox church.
The resident religious community has plans to further develop the site, including a permanent dual exhibition which will both showcase the religious life, in particular the art of icon painting, and also provide a historical review of the site's railway heritage.[2]
Since 1982, there has been a second station at Walsingham - the southern terminus of the narrow gauge Wells and Walsingham Light Railway. This station is sited slightly to the north of the original, the latter now having a car and coach park on the site of the tracks.
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Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Wighton Halt Line and station closed | Wells and Fakenham Railway | Fakenham East Line and station closed | ||
Wighton Halt Line and station closed | British Rail Eastern Region Wymondham to Wells via East Dereham | Fakenham East Line and station closed |
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Railway
Great Northern
Norwich to Cromer Branch | |
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Walpole to Melton Constable | |
Melton Constable to Great Yarmouth Branch |
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Suffolk
Cromer to North Walsham | |
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Great Yarmouth to Hopton |