Steeple House railway station

High Peak Railway at Steeplehouse Spring 1967 (geograph 2794872)

Steeple House railway station was a minor station on the Cromford and High Peak Railway on the outskirts of Wirksworth, Derbyshire. The station opened in 1855 to passengers but was closed in 1876. There were several sidings around the station serving limestone quarries.[1] The line remained in use until 21 April 1967,[2] when it closed to all mineral traffic. Today, the Steeplehouse Grange Light Railway is located east of the former site. The National Stone Centre is also located nearby to the site. Only the trackbed remains as the High Peak Trail.[3][4]

2013 view

Today, a section of the former line is used by the Steeplehouse Grange Light Railway.[5][6][7]

  1. ^ "1:25,000 map Sheet SK25, Revised: 1938 - 1949, Published: 1951". maps.nls.uk. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  2. ^ Modern Railways. July 1967. p. 398.
  3. ^ "Disused Stations: Parsley Hay Station". www.disused-stations.org.uk. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Steeple Grange Light Railway - Discover Derbyshire and the Peak District". www.derbyshire-peakdistrict.co.uk. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  5. ^ "CalmView: Overview". calmview.derbyshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  6. ^ "WIRKSWORTH-Parish Records-CHPR Cromford & High Peak railway". www.wirksworth.org.uk. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
  7. ^ McCarthy, P J (November 2001). "A Chronology of the CROMFORD & HIGH PEAK RAILWAY and associated events" (PDF). RAILWAY & CANAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Retrieved 13 October 2020.