Heritage railway stations · North East England
Wooler railway station
In or near Akeld.
Wooler railway station in England North East, United Kingdom.
Stephen Craven — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Free entry
About
Wooler 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: Tweed Catchment Rivers - England: Till Catchment SSSI
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Northumberland Shore SSSI
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Wooler railway station served the town of Wooler, in Northumberland, England. It was a stop on the Cornhill Branch, which ran between Alnwick and Cornhill Junction on the Kelso line near Coldstream.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
Authorised in 1882, the Cornhill branch was built to link the farming communities of north Northumberland with the market town of Alnwick; it also connected the North Eastern Railway's Kelso line to its Alnwick branch. Construction started by the North Eastern Railway in 1884. The line opened to freight between Cornhill and on 2 May 1887; the whole line for both freight and passengers on 5 September of the same year. The line had difficulty attracting passengers, as many of the stations were some distance from the communities they served. Increased bus competition in the 1920s led to passenger trains being withdrawn on 22 September 1930 although the service resumed briefly during the Second…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 55.5498, -2.0119
- District
- Northumberland
- Parish
- Wooler
- Postcode
- NE71 6SP
- Parliamentary constituency
- North Northumberland
Sources
- wikidata: Q16903664 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Wooler railway station (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Wooler railway station?
- Wooler railway station is in North-East England, United Kingdom (postcode NE71 6SP), in the parish of Wooler.
- What is Wooler railway station?
- Wooler railway station in England North East, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Wooler railway station?
- Drivers can use postcode NE71 6SP.
- Is Wooler railway station a protected site?
- Yes — Wooler railway station is part of the Tweed Catchment Rivers - England: Till Catchment SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the Northumberland Shore SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest.
- Is Wooler railway station free to visit?
- Yes, Wooler railway station is free to enter.
- How do I get to Wooler railway station?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode NE71 6SP. It sits within the North Northumberland parliamentary constituency.