The station at Berney Arms: one of the remotest in England, in the middle of the windswept Halvergate marshes and two miles from any road. The Berney Arms line was part of Norfolk’s first railway, the Yarmouth and Norwich, which opened in May 1844. The station takes its name from the landowner, Thomas Trench Berney, who sold it to the railway on condition that it provided a stopping place in perpetuity.
Photo: Berney Arms Station, 1st July 2011
I remember passing this on the train back in the 70s, with tandem in tow on the way to Yarmouth. I wondered then what an earth a station was doing in the middle of nowhere! This captures its isolation nicely.
I was at nearby Burgh Castle last year, still haven’t printed the pictures from that trip!
A really frustrating experience though: A great location to explore with a camera, but with three others keen only to get on with the day’s walk.
Brian