Hard day's work tidying up the overgrown garden at Middleton Towers railway station. Thank you to Matt, Richard, Craig and Alex for your hard work!

We are delighted to announce that we are now registered as a Charitable Community Benefit Society (FCA registration: 9815). What does this mean? Gift Aid - Crucially, we are now eligible to receive a 25% boost from donations and membership fees, through gift aid. From 8th July 2026, any donations or membership fees paid provided to our organisation is eligible for gift aid. Any members who transferred over from Middleton Towers Railway Station CIC are unfortunately not eligib

We are incredibly grateful to local business William George sand and gravel for their £500 donation to the project. William George are the leading family-run aggregate supplier in the West Norfolk area. Please head over to their website below for your aggregate needs. We have allocated a portion of this donation to securing the purchase of a replica VR post box, purchased from: https://www.wellsreclamation.com/postbox-v-r/p3385 The remaining amount from the donation will be s

On site with NGR Construction, 13th June 2026.

Last Saturday, group founder Alex Brammer had the pleasure of meeting Joseph Boam, a distant relative of his namesake Joseph Boam, who ran Joseph Boam Ltd, the original sand quarry behind Middleton Towers. Alex presented Joseph with one of our group's totem fridge magnets, as well as a Hornby replica of the Joseph Boam no.510 7 plank, 13-ton wagon which would have been in operation on the line. Following Boam's passing, the firm eventually turned into British Industrial Sand

Day 1 & 2 | Lamp (store) room cleared out and ready for restoring. Thank you to NGR Carpentry & Bespoke Joinery for your great work. There is a long way to go, but measurable progress is starting to show 👏 We have collectively decided that the brickwork on the rear of the lamp room will be raised by 3 bricks, to allow for a higher ceiling in the future kitchenette. The following items will be kept safe and will be retained for future use: 2x sand fire buckets (decorative use

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It was a productive meeting on site with Network Rail, where we discussed the plan going forwards and the procedures to follow to ensure safe working beside the active railway line. It was great to have Nathan from NGR Carpentry & Bespoke Joinery in attendance, as we all talked about work methodology and how best we can proceed with the work. In the coming days, we will be discussing with Network Rail the progress of the lease proposal. Once a lease is in place, we will have

We are pleased to announce that we have now received approval from Network Rail to commence work on the platform buildings. We are planning on attending the site with Network Rail on Tuesday 3rd February to discuss a plan going forwards. From there, we will be able to block book work days on site. We will provide an update on this following the meeting.

Following our previous post regarding delays to the project, we can now confirm that we will be supported in our responses to Network Rail by our local MP James Wild, as well as our grant provider, Railway Heritage Trust. We will provide updates on here as they come.

Happy New Year to everyone. We wanted to provide an update on the status of where we’re at. Essentially, we are behest to Network Rail’s policies, procedures and paperwork. We opened a new case in July last year with the architectural plans and schedule of works with regards to the new roofs, new canopy and ceiling timber. This case is still open. New information has come to light today. Network Rail have now insisted that we require a lease agreement with them, before we can

Unfortunately, our application for a grant via the Rural Communities scheme has been rejected. This also means that our application for...

Morning site visit, 17.08.2025 Platform fence: installed Next step: scaffolding & brick work We were joined on site again by NGR...

Thank you to Stephen Allen for coming along to record a segment for his new video. It was good to chat to you and we’ll have you on site...

Today, myself and Richard attending the site and we were accompanied by our appointed builder, NGR Construction Ltd who started work on...

I am pleased to announce that the stage 2 documentation for the REPF grant, which aims to increase facilities in rural areas, has now...

Following my earlier post regarding the awaiting of approval for our building plans and fence plans, I am now pleased to say that the...

Our architectural plans and fence plans are still with Network Rail but have come back a few times as Cat.2 - requires amendments, for...

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Petition and response link: https://norfolkcc.cmis.uk.com/.../Consideration-of-a ... The Middleton Towers Restoration Group are working...