News

Volunteers come together to plant daffodil bulbs

Essex and South Suffolk Community Rail Partnership held a competition to publicise the launch of our new Flitch Line Ale Trail booklet.

Join the Big Coronation Party in High Street , Dovercourt on Saturday 6th May from 12pm to 6pm organised by Harwich and Dovercourt Partnership and supported by Dovercourt Street Market
Free Children's activities, music, rides, games, street food, live acts and more........

Our annual Sea Shanty Trains are taking place on Saturday 14th October 2023 this year. This train has been running for several years to the Harwich International Sea Shanty Festival. Trains leave Manningtree station at 10.59 hrs and 11.59 hrs to Harwich Town. There will be Sea Shanty crews on board and activity packs for the children. Return at your leisure trains leave Harwich Town at 26 minutes past the hour. Tickets are £5.00 adults and £3.00 a child (ages from 1 years old to 12 years).

BBC Essex Sunday Quest visited Wrabness Station Garden on Sunday the 2nd April, it was the 3rd clue. Terri and Jayne explained about Essex and South Suffolk CRP and how it works, showing Liana Bridges and Barry Lewis from BBC Essex the traditional garden plus the new Wildlife Garden

Llana also had chance to speak to Julia Prigg the station adopter at Wrabness who was recently awarded the British Empire Medal, Julia will soon be attending a garden party at Buckingham Palace how exciting. Llana spoke to Julia about her visit and her outfit.

To hear the full programme click HERE https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0f8mgs4

Our Battlesbridge adopters are passionate about their station and do so much to enhance the station for the environment including:
1. Building close links with Essex Wildlife Trust and the scheme Urban Wildlife Champions to create a wild
meadow area
2. Installation of a water butt and building a living fence. We are looking forward to seeing their future plans.

Updated history boards at Wrabness Station!

It was a lovely walk on a bright morning off September 22nd, over 20 people, enjoying the surprises our knowledgeable guide Robert had laid on for us – access beyond the gatehouse at Ingatestone Hall allowing us to see views of the Hall which we would not have been able to otherwise. Also, the very informative vicar of St Giles’ church Mountnessing showed us the church (including showing us gravestones buried in front of the altar and normally covered by carpet. Apparently the origin of the term “stinking rich “ – you had to be rich to be buried in front of the altar but it might not smell very nice for the rest of the congregation!)

We were pleased to see so many people and very grateful to Robert for leading us. Please look out for our future walks.

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Watch the video of our fun Cockney Singalong Train which took place in June. Tom Carradine is our brilliant entertainer who arrives at the station with his full size piano. We then manage to get this on the train. lots of fun is had on the platform from passing passengers who don’t expect to see a piano and player. The video tells the story, our next Cockney Singalong is on Saturday the 15th October, to book click on our events page.