Heads Nook

Location type

Station

Name and dates

Heads Nook (1853-1967)

Opened on the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway.

Description

This was a two platform station. The main building was by the westbound platform with a timber waiting room on the platform. The passenger station was west of an overbridge and to the east was the goods yard, which was on the north side and reached by reversal. The line is in a cutting.

A surviving railway cottage, which was by the station building, is now a house.

Tags

Station

External links

NLS Collection OS map of 1892-1914
NLS Collection OS map of 1944-67
NLS Map
NLS Map
NLS Map

Chronology Dates

  /01/1967Newcastle and Carlisle Railway
Wetheral and Heads Nook closed.

Books


A History of North Eastern Railway Architecture: A Mature Art v. 2

A History of North Eastern Railway Architecture: Pioneers v. 1

A History of the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway, 1824 - 1870: The First Line Across Britain

A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: The North-east v. 4 (A regional history of the railways of Great Britain)

An Illustrated History of Carlisle's Railways

Hexham to Carlisle: Including the Alston and the Brampton Branches (Eastern Main Lines)

Newcastle (Rail Centres)

Newcastle to Hexham: Including the Allendale Branch (Eastern Main Lines)

North Eastern Railway: Historical Maps

The Border Counties Railway Steam Memories 1950's-1960's: Newcastle to Reedsmouth No. 68, pt. 1