Community Centre and Youth Hall, Lincoln Road, Skellingthorpe
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Community Centre and Youth Hall, Lincoln Road, Skellingthorpe
Image: © Jo and Steve Turner Taken: 29 Jan 2016
The Community Centre was opened in 1973 on the site of Skellingthorpe railway station that was opened in March 1897 by the Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway on its (only) main line from Chesterfield to Lincoln. Absorbed by the Great Central in 1907 the station was closed by British Railways on 19th September 1955 although it carried freight until the line closed completely in February 1980 following a derailment, with the track being lifted in 1981. By 1964 the only buildings that remained were the goods shed, signal box and weigh-bridge office. The weigh-bridge office, used as a lamp room after 1964, appears to be the only remains of the station buildings and is now the Heritage Room.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.233994
Longitude
-0.613533