SHENTON STATION

For Bosworth Battlefield

Shenton Station stands in the heart of Bosworth Battlefield, ten minutes walk from the Visitor Centre on Ambion Hill and four minutes from King Richard's Stone. The Station itself is not the original building, it was rescued from Humberstone Road, Leicester where it once stood. It lay derelict for many years after being taken out of service as a passenger station. As a grade two listed building it had to be preserved, but British Rail did not have sufficient funds for such an operation. A buyer was looked for. Eventually it was sold to Leicestershire County Council for £1 plus VAT (15p at the time!). It was moved brick by brick to its new home at Shenton where it would serve as an information point for the Battlefield and a southern terminus building for the railway.

All that remains of the original Shenton Station is the small rectangular lamproom that stands opposite the platform building (now the Shenton Pottery) and the Stationmasters house. Both are now in private ownership. The station had fallen into disrepair by the late 1930's, the interior of the main building being unusable because of rotten floor boards. The majority of the building was demolished before British Rail finally closed ANJR in 1970. The station serviced Shenton village and the surrounding homesteads, and only had one siding worked by a ground frame. The enclosed bridge above the tracks by the buffer stop was used as a safe method of moving livestock from field to field without having to drive animals over the running lines.

Also look out for the "Station Pottery" and "The Ashby Trip" canal boats, both located within easy walk of Shenton Station.

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