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Station Road, BATTLE, TN33 9DB

Built in 1902 to serve the newly opened Crowhurst station. Since then piecemeal development has occurred on each side of the road.

Houses near Crowhurst station. Station Road was built in 1902 to serve the newly opened station and has developed piecemeal over the years.

Part of the cul-de-sac has been on the former platform bay of Crowhurst station. Viewed from the junction with Station Road.

The Tunbridge Wells-Hastings line was opened by the South East Railway company in 1852 the only one it ran in Sussex in competition with the London, Brighton & South Coast Railway. All stations opened with the line except this one which appeared in 1902 when the SER built a new line running from south of this station to the rapidly expanding resort of Bexhill. Originally named Crowhurst Junction the station had four sets of tracks to allow the fast Hastings expresses to speed through the station without having to move branch traffic. In addition the station had further bays on each platform for use of a connecting service. However, Bexhill remained loyal to the LBSCR and its coastway line and the branch soon failed to make money and was eventually closed in 1964. Crowhurst survived but lost two sets off tracks explaining the wide gap in the middle of the current ones and both bays now fenced off on the far edge of each platform. Viewed from the footbridge over the station.

Viewed from Station Road, the access road built along with the station in 1902. The original station building was demolished in 1985 leaving just a former lamp room to serve as a booking office. The only other survivor of the demolition was the footbridge part of which can be seen beyond the booking office.