Station Name: HADLEIGH

[Source: Nick Catford]

Hadleigh Station Gallery 6: 1986 - 10.2018

Hadleigh station building in 1986; all the council paraphernalia on the platform has now gone suggesting that Hadleigh Council were no longer using the station building as a store. Wilson's corn mill is seen in the background. Note the new fencing across the track bed; for some years in the 1980s part of the mill building was let out as flats. That part of the building was eventually brought back into mill use.
Photo by Alan Simpson
Hadleigh station looking south towards Bentley in 1986. When the new road was built in front of the platform the track bed was raised by two feet. The cars are parked on the old cattle dock. Note the new warehouses in the distance while the maltings still remain on the left.
Photo by Alan Simpson

One of two timber goods warehouses at Hadleigh station in 1986. This was the smaller of the two warehouses. A siding passed through the first warehouse and on into the second warehouse through the blocked opening on the right. Wilson's corn mill is seen in the distance on the far left.
Photo by Alan Simpson

Hadleigh station and good shed awaiting development in 1991. The buildings are now out of use but it would be many years before development of the site would start.
Photo by Brian Burgess
Looking west along Station Road in 1991. The short approach road to the station is seen on the right with Wilson's corn mill on the corner. The line ended between Wilson’s mill and the malthouse. Note the 'no entry' signs beyond the mill; the station is fenced and awaiting redevelopment.
Photo by Brian Burgess


Hadleigh station and maltings in 1995. The site had been empty for several years and demolition of Wilson's grain silo (centre rear) is underway.
Photo by Brian Wilshaw

By 1987 redevelopment of the station site was underway. Note scaffolding in front of the station building and round another building nearby.
Photo by Roger Gregory

By April 2011 the station site had changed radically. The station is now a private residence with a new road replacing the rails that used to run here. The car on the right is standing on the old cattle dock.
Photo by Keith Halton from his Flickr photostream
Hadleigh station building in January 2018, note the new loft window. The station always had an upper floor which, until 1918, was the cramped and dark accommodation for the station master. Now a window lets some light in.
Photo by Aidan Kelly
Looking north into Hadleigh station forecourt in October 2018. What was originally the front entrance to the station is now in the rear garden of the new residence. The small canopy is in the same place as the original canopy but it is a modern replica and doesn't actually look like the original canopy. The building in the background is new and stands on the site of Wilson's corn mill.
Photo by Nick Catford

Hadleigh station looking north in October 2018. This canopy is also a replica although supported on the original cast iron columns. Wilson's malthouse on the right as also been renovated as housing. After passing the platform the track curved to the left passing between the far side of the malthouse and Wilson's mill to terminate at buffers at Station Road.
Photo by Nick Catford
Looking along the track bed towards the end of the line in October 2018. The brick wall originally extended along the back of the platform for some distance at the rear of the goods warehouse. The original canopy extended along the full length of the wall.
Photo by Nick Catford
Hadleigh station is now surrounded by new housing as seen in this view from May 2020. The photographer is standing where the platform was looking towards the end of the line.
Photo by Adam Keeble

 

 

 

[Source: Nick Catford]

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