Walsingham railway station

52°53′37″N 0°52′12″E / 52.89357°N 0.87010°E / 52.89357; 0.87010Grid referenceTF931368Platforms1Other informationStatusDisusedHistoryOriginal companyWells and Fakenham RailwayPre-groupingGreat Eastern RailwayPost-groupingLondon & North Eastern Railway
Eastern Region of British RailwaysKey dates1857Opened1964Closed to passengers1967Buildings reopened as a church1982New station opened nearby

Walsingham was a railway station on the Wells and Fakenham Railway, later part of the Great Eastern Railway. It opened on 1 December 1857, and served the villages of Great Walsingham and Little Walsingham. It closed on 5 October 1964.^[1] The station buildings were purchased in 1967 by a group of members of the Russian Orthodox Church and developed into a small monastic community house, including St. Seraphim's Russian Orthodox church.

The resident religious community has plans to further develop the site, including a permanent dual exhibition which will both showcase the religious life, in particular the art of icon painting, and also provide a historical review of the site's railway heritage.^[2]

Since 1982, there has been a second station at Walsingham - the southern terminus of the narrow gauge Wells and Walsingham Light Railway. This station is sited slightly to the north of the original, the latter now having a car and coach park on the site of the tracks.

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Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Wighton Halt Line and station closed		Wells and Fakenham Railway		Fakenham East Line and station closed
Wighton Halt Line and station closed		British Rail Eastern Region Wymondham to Wells via East Dereham		Fakenham East Line and station closed