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Often considered the brewery tap of the nearby Hardy and Hanson Victorian brewery. Acquired by Greene King last year whose moneymen promptly consigned a perfectly viable brewery and their Kimbereley Ales to history. The pub still worth visiting though.

The cars are parked in what was the station forecourt. The platforms were on the other side of the building. The view is from the footbridge - for a ground-level view see Image Now houses, Kimberley is the same style as the other stations on the Great Northern Railway Derbyshire Extension line built in the 1870s, principally to carry coal. Passenger services were from the Pinxton branch and Derby Friargate to Nottingham (originally London Road and later Victoria). The Pinxton line closed in January 1963, and as a sixth-former I was on the last train from Friargate to the Vic on 7 September 1964. Other Derbyshire Lines stations: Image] Image] Image] Image] Image]

Opened in 1876 as Kimberley by the Great Northern Railway on the line from Nottingham to Derby Friargate, this station closed in 1964. It had been renamed Kimberley East in 1955. View north east over the former level crossing towards Basford North and Nottingham.

Now houses, this building is the same style as the others on the Great Northern Railway Derbyshire Extension line built in the 1870s, principally to carry coal. Passenger services were from the Pinxton branch and Derby Friargate to Nottingham (originally London Road and later Victoria). The Pinxton line closed in January 1963, and as a sixth-former I was on the last train from Friargate to the Vic on 7 September 1964. Other Derbyshire Lines stations: Image] Image] Image] Image] Image]

An austere row on Nine Corners, at the junction with Station Road (right).

Now serving so called Kimberley Ales from Suffolk rather than the adjacent old Victorian, Hardy and Hansons brewery. Makes a lot of sense.

This is one of two stations that Kimberley had. The other station was owned by the Midland railway and is close by.

A short path following the former route of the Great Northern Railway. (Not to be confused with the Great Northern Railway Trail - a Sustrans project further north). The flyover pedestrian bridge connects residential areas on Edgwood Road and Newdigate Street.

It's hard to forgive Greene King for acquiring and then closing Hardy & Hanson's Kimberley brewery, which brewed one of the finest ales in the country. Parts of the brewery, which is in the Kimberley Conservation Area, are being redeveloped as flats. The tower and the bridge over Hardy Street will be retained. Mick Garratt's Image] shows brewing still going on in 2006, the year of closure.

This street is The Sidings, built on where the goods yard of Kimberley East station once was. A large wooden goods shed survived for a number of years after the Nottingham Victoria to Derby Friargate line closed (to passengers on 7 September 1964 and to goods on 2 November of that year). The line was built by the Great Northern Railway in the 1870s, chiefly to serve the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire collieries. The view is from the footbridge (now renewed) which crossed the railway.