Heritage railway stations · North East England
Little Mill railway station
In or near Broxfield.
Little Mill railway station in England North East, United Kingdom.
DS Pugh — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Nearest railway station
- Lionheart · 6.2 km
- Free entry
About
Little Mill railway station is a place of interest in England North East, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Northumberland Shore SSSI
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Northumberland Coast
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Little Mill railway station served the hamlet of Little Mill, Northumberland, England from 1847 to 1965 on the East Coast Main Line.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The station opened on 1 July 1847 by the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway as a private station for the Grey family. The station was planned to have passed through their private land at Howick Hall. Charles, Earl Grey protested to the engineer, because he did not want the family's private land to be violated. So the station was rerouted to the west and eventually opened. By then, Earl Grey had died and so his son, Henry, was the one to enjoy the privileges of the private station. It opened to the public in January 1861. The station took its name from the neighbouring farmstead Littlemill. There were sidings that served a lime kiln and the whinstone quarry. Little Mill was one of the…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 55.4526, -1.6426
- District
- Northumberland
- Parish
- Longhoughton
- Postcode
- NE66 3LN
- Parliamentary constituency
- North Northumberland
- Nearest railway station
- Lionheart — 6.2 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q28970351 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Little Mill railway station (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Rennington War Memorial
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Howick Hall
Historic houses · 2.1 km
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Botanic gardens · 2.1 km
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Historic bridges · 2.4 km
Longhoughton Quarry
Wildlife reserves · 2.5 km
Broxfield
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Howick
Historic houses · 2.8 km
Longhoughton
Historic churches · 2.8 km
The Cottage Inn
Hotels · 3.0 km
Craster Tower
Castles · 3.0 km
Church of Saints Peter and Paul
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Places to eat & drink
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Little Mill railway station?
- Little Mill railway station is in North-East England, United Kingdom (postcode NE66 3LN), in the parish of Longhoughton.
- What is Little Mill railway station?
- Little Mill railway station in England North East, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Little Mill railway station?
- The nearest railway station is Lionheart, about 6.2 km away. Drivers can use postcode NE66 3LN.
- Is Little Mill railway station a protected site?
- Yes — Little Mill railway station is part of the Northumberland Shore SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Northumberland Coast National Landscape (AONB).
- Is Little Mill railway station free to visit?
- Yes, Little Mill railway station is free to enter.
- How do I get to Little Mill railway station?
- The nearest railway station is Lionheart, about 6.2 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode NE66 3LN.