Site of 19th century railway station, 'Birdbrook Station', Station Road (EHER 82785)

Now destroyed. Site of railway station on the Colne Valley railway, opened in 1862 and closed in 1962.

NRHE data transfer: Site of railway station on the Colne Valley railway, opened in 1862 and closed in 1962. <1> 2026 note: Buildings on modern mapping have a similar shape to the station on historic mapping, so the station may still be extant. [Former interpretation]. The station building is depicted on the 1st edition OS map as a much smaller building than the goods shed (EHER 83081) which is sited approximately 30m SSE. It is difficult to discern from the hatched markings which depict the earthwork around the railway track. Modern OS MasterMap depicts a break in the earthwork which is probably the space the station building occupied. <2> <3> This record has been mapped using the 1st edition OS map which appears to wrongly label the goods shed as the station building. The label on the 2nd edition map is more vague and does not indicate which building is the station, and the 3rd edition map appears to label two new buildings to the immediate NE of the station and goods shed as 'Birdbrook Station'. The 3rd edition does, however, correctly label the goods shed. <2> <4> <5> A photograph (taken in 1960) of the station building with the goods shed in the background has made it possible to correctly identify the station building. It looks to have been a white weatherboarded building which faced SW onto the platform and had a small projecting porchway. A second building (EHER 83083) in the style of the goods shed can also be seen in the background and is probably one of the two 'new' buildings depicted on the 3rd edition OS map. <5> <6> A photograph taken in 1973 shows the station building has been demolished but the goods shed and ancillary shed remain extant. <6>