Cranbrook (Kent) railway station

Cranbrook
Station buildings in 1984
Location
Place	Hartley
Area	Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Grid reference	TQ753346
Operations
Original company	Cranbrook and Paddock Wood Railway
Pre-grouping	South Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway Southern Region of British Railways
Platforms	1
History
4 September 1893	Station opened
12 June 1961	Station closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z
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Cranbrook station 1954

Legend

To Goudhurst

Milepost 44¾

to Hawkhurst

Legend

Running line

Sidings

Cranbrook railway station was on the closed Hawkhurst Branch in Kent, England.^[1]

Background

The station was opened on 4 September 1893,^[2] when the line was extended from Goudhurst to Hawkhurst.^[3]^[4] The station was equipped with a single 300 ft platform on the down side, together with a goods only loop.^[5] The stationmaster's house was situated on the platform, with a large goods yard and red brick goods shed to the rear. A warehouse used by a local corn merchant was at the Goudhurst end of the yard.

The station's name was a little deceptive in that the town of Cranbrook was two miles away. When the line was originally being constructed, local landowners had demanded high prices for the sale of their agricultural land and the South Eastern Railway had refused, amending the route of the line so that Cranbrook Station was actually located in Hartley. The villagers came to regret being excluded from the line, and an attempt was made to have a light railway constructed to Hartley. This was never realised.

The station was closed with the line on 12 June 1961.^[2] The station building was used for several years by Brian O'Donoghue and Keith Harding as "Cranbrook Station Pottery". This has now closed and it is reported that the station building is in poor condition, although the stationmaster's house is well preserved.

Notes

↑ Conolly 1976, p. 6 section D5.
1 2 Butt 1995, p. 70.
↑ Vallance 1955, p. 122.
↑ Awdry 1990, p. 183.
↑ Vallance 1955, p. 125.

References

Awdry, Christopher (1990). Encyclopaedia of British Railway Companies. Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0049-7. OCLC 19514063.
Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
Conolly, W. Philip (January 1976). British Railways Pre-Grouping Atlas and Gazetteer (5th ed.). Shepperton: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0320-3. EX/0176.
Vallance, H.A. (February 1955). "Through the Wealden Hills to Hawkhurst" (PDF). The Railway Magazine. Westminster: Tothill Press. 101 (646). ISSN 0033-8923. Retrieved 13 January 2010.

External links

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Goudhurst		British Railways Southern Region Hawkhurst Branch		Hawkhurst

Cranbrook

Locations in the parish of Cranbrook	Baker's Cross Coursehorn Hartley Swattenden

Buildings	Angley Mill Anthony's Mill Baker's Cross Mill Church Cranbrook station Dog Kennel Mill Fulling mill at Moat Farm Fulling mill at The Freight Hartridge Mill Hatmill Hockeredge Mill Paley Mill Pin Pond Mill Spratsbourne Mill Strict Baptist Chapel Union Mill Upper Mill

People	See List of people from Cranbrook

Schools	Cranbrook School

Sport, arts and leisure	Cranbrook Colony School Field Swifts Park

Closed railway stations in Kent

Canterbury and Whitstable Railway	Whitstable Harbour Tankerton South Street Blean and Tyler Hill Canterbury North Lane

Elham Valley Railway	Canterbury South Bridge Bishopsbourne Barham Elham Lyminge Cheriton Halt

Hawkhurst Branch Line	Horsmonden Goudhurst Cranbrook Hawkhurst

Hundred of Hoo Railway	Milton Road Halt Denton halt Milton Range Halt Uralite Halt Cliffe High Halstow Halt Sharnal Street Beluncle Halt Middle Stoke Halt Stoke Junction Halt Allhallows-on-Sea Grain Crossing Halt Grain Port Victoria

Kent and East Sussex Railway	Frittenden Road Biddenden High Halden Road Tenterden St. Michael's

Sheppey Light Railway	Sheerness East East Minster Minster on Sea Brambledown Halt Eastchurch Harty Road Halt Leysdown

East Kent Light Railway	Richboro Port Sandwich Road Roman Road Poison Cross Woodnesborough Eastry Eastry South Knowlton Tilmanstone Colliery Halt Ash Town Staple Wingham Colliery Wingham Town Canterbury Road

Westerham Valley Branch Line	Westerham Brasted Chevening Halt

Gravesend West Line	Gravesend West Rosherville Halt Southfleet Longfield Halt

Sandgate Branch	Hythe Sandgate

South Eastern Main Line	Smeeth Folkestone East Folkestone Warren Halt Shakespeare Cliff Halt

Dover area	Dover Harbour Dover Town Admiralty Pier Dover Marine

Marshlink Line Dungeness branches	Brookland Halt Lydd Town Lydd-on-Sea Halt Greatstone-on-Sea Halt New Romney and Littlestone-on-Sea Dungeness (SER)

Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway	Prince of Wales Halt Botolph's Bridge Halt Golden Sands Halt Greatstone Dunes War Department Halt Lade The Pilot (Inn) Britannia Points Halt

SER & LCDR merger remodelling	Ashford (LCDR) Ramsgate Harbour (LCDR Ramsgate) Ramsgate Town (SER Ramsgate) Margate Sands (SER Margate) Rochester Bridge (LCDR Strood) Rochester Common (SER Rochester) Chatham Central (SER Chatham) Strood (1st)

Other lines	Ashford to Margate via Canterbury West Chislet Colliery Halt Grove Ferry and Upstreet Ebbsfleet and Cliffsend Halt St Lawrence for Pegwell Bay Chatham Main Line Stonehall and Lydden Halt Margate East Maidstone East Line Ashford West Hothfield Medway Valley Line Teston Crossing Halt Tovil Sheerness Line Kings Ferry Bridge North Halt Queenborough Pier Sheerness Dockyard

Coordinates: 51°04′59″N 0°30′08″E / 51.0831°N 0.5022°E / 51.0831; 0.5022

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