Wellow (Somerset) railway station

Wellow railway station was a station on the Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway at Wellow in the county of Somerset in England. Opened on 20 July 1874, the station consisted of two platforms, a goods yard and sidings, controlled from an 18 lever signal box.

Wellow
Wellow station, in private residential use, September 2007
General information
LocationWellow, Bath and North East Somerset, Somerset
England
Grid referenceST739581
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-groupingSomerset and Dorset Railway
Post-groupingSR and LMSR
Western Region of British Railways
Key dates
20 July 1874Station opened
7 March 1966Station closed

The station closed to goods in 1963: passenger services were withdrawn when the SDJR closed on 7 March 1966.[1]

The site today

The station building was converted into a house by the artist Peter Blake and his then wife Jann Haworth, in the mid-1970s, during their Brotherhood of Ruralists period. The signalbox at the northern end of the down platform has also been converted for residential use. The station's canopy is still visible from nearby green space where the rail track ran south of the station. The house sports a weather vane with a steam engine finial.

References
  1. Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 446. OCLC 931112387.
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Shoscombe and Single Hill Halt
Line and station closed		   Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway
LSWR and Midland Railways		   Midford
Line and station closed

Further reading
  • R.V.J. Butt (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1

51.3214°N 2.3760°W / 51.3214; -2.3760


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