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Shillingstone Station
David Mouser
Shillingstone Station
St Patricks Industrial Estate
Station Road, Shillingstone
Blandford Forum, Dorset
DT11 0SA
Tel: 01258 860696
Shillingstone Station Heritage
The aim of the project was and still is, to restore the dilapidated old Somerset and Dorset Railway Station, to look as it was before closure in the nineteen fifties.
The Shillingstone Station Project aims to restore the station and available surrounding area to how it was in the early 1950s by:
* Education
* Tourism - we are the only preserved S&DJR Station built by the Dorset Central Railway in Dorset
* Preserve Heritage Skills
* Continue the tradition of the country's most loved railway the Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway
* Repairing the platforms and fencing
* Rebuilding the signal box, wooden shelter and outbuildings
* Recreating the station gardens
* Job Creation
* Regional & County regeneration
* Infrastructure
* Renovating the station buildings to include a small museum which will incorporate an agricultural museum, to show the links between farming and railways.
Directions
Approaching from the South
Take the A350 from Blandford Forum in a Northerly direction towards Shaftesbury. After approximately 1 mile turn left at a set of traffic lights onto the A357 towards Shillingstone and Sturminster Newton. After 2 miles you will enter Shillingstone. The station is situated at the far end of the village which is almost 1 mile long. After passing the primary school on your right the road descends a long gentle hill, at the bottom of this hill turn right towards St. Patrick's Industrial Estate. The station can be found at the far end of this industrial estate.
Approaching from the North
From Wincanton and the A303, follow signs for Templecombe and Blandford Forum along the A357. Shillingstone is located approximately 2 miles South of Sturminster Newton. Approaching the village you will see the old railway bridge and embankment on your left, the road then curves to the right as the houses begin. At this point turn left towards St. Patrick's Industrial Estate. The station can be found at the far end of this industrial estate.
A green sandwich board also points towards the station from the main road. Please drive with great care as you approach the industrial estate as there are private dwellings here and often small children play in the road. There are also some very large pot holes in the entrance to the estate
Additional Information
THE STATION WILL BE CLOSED ON WEDNESDAYS until Easter. There may be people there working, but the station buildings will not be open to the public.
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