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The sun shone bright on Sunday 22nd October 2023 to mark the completion of the restoration of 120-year old Bricket Wood station by the Bricket Wood Station Heritage Trust. All photos below were taken by Chris Clark unless otherwise credited. Crowds gathered from 11:00 to enjoy tea, coffee and cake provided courtesy of Cheryl Clark […]

Doors open at 11:00, come and see the building ‘up close’, enjoy some informative displays about the history of the station, chat to the Trustees about the restoration, refreshments available. Ribbon cutting, speeches and formal opening at 13:00. Parking will be available at: The Parish Centre, Station Road, Bricket Wood, St Albans, AL2 3PJ (this

The Bricket Wood Station Heritage Trust is proud to announce that the Grand Opening of the restored station will take place on Sunday 22nd October 2023. Amongst other things there will be: A display of photos and memorabilia at the station charting the history of the station, including the restoration Free tea, coffee and cake

After 6 long years of hard work, we are very pleased to announce that the restoration of Bricket Wood station is complete, and we are delighted to inform you, along with our operating partner Cheryl Clark, that The Tea Room will be open for business on Wednesday 2nd August from 0900, thereafter opening from 0900

Over the years our station became popular with nearby film and TV studios as the favoured location for train or station scenes, this being a relatively quiet backwater of the LMS and later British Railways where filming would not have had a significantly detrimental impact upon operations. The heydey of this work was between the

It has felt like we’ve been ‘nearly there’ for a long time, but these photos show that we really are now very close; just weeks away from opening the building to the public and welcoming our first customers to the Tea Room at Bricket Wood Station. However it is still not yet possible to give

Today, Tuesday 23rd May 2023, marks one year since restoration of the station began – and what a lot has been achieved in that time! Our Project Manager, Paul Amsterdam, and his hard working band of merry men, are plugging away towards what we hope will be an opening date in July or August. As

Work continues apace at the station. Despite some setbacks with a leaking roof, which originates from the canopy beams (and is hence waiting for Network Rail to come and carry out a repair), our project team has been forging ahead. As you can you see from the photos below, the interior is being finished to

Much progress is being made. In the photo above the new tiled floor of the WC can be seen. This has been done in the same style as the floor around the hearth in the original Ladies Waiting Room. In the photo below you can see that most of the tongue-and-groove ceiling as well as

The Trust restoring 120-year old Bricket Wood Station, which should be complete this summer, is seeking proposals for the operation of the building as an Edwardian-style tea room. Anyone interested in finding out more is invited to download and respond to a ‘Request for Proposals’ (RfP) briefing document, which can be found here: Responses may