Lincolnshire County Council has chosen the former Market Rasen Railway Station building as the new home for its day care centre for adults with learning disabilities. The County Council has agreed a long-term lease with the Market Rasen Station Community Project CIC to take over the building and turn it into a community day care […]
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Heritage Weekend 2019
As part of Lincolnshire’s Heritage Open Day programme over 40 people visited the Heritage Centre on Saturday 14th September. It is nearly a year since the building was first opened and visitors were able to look at the displays and artefacts that date back as far as 1848. The day was hosted by the Market […]
Did you find the Pirate Gold?
We were delighted that the Station was the destination for the Pirate Gold on BBC Radio Lincolnshire’s treasure hunt programme on Sunday 6th January. The exciting chase following cryptic clues around Lincolnshire culminated with the treasure being found at the Station. If you didn’t hear the programme live the show is still available on the […]
Are you in need of space for a meeting?
Now the restoration work at the station is complete, if anyone is looking for a room to use for groups to meet our Community Room is available to hire. The cost is £15.00 per session and refreshment facilities are available, plus a plasma screen if required. The hire price goes towards the future upkeep of […]
The Station becomes a classroom
On Wednesday 14th and Thursday 15th November we welcomed over 100 children to the Station to learn the history of the building. Year 5 and 6 pupils from Nettleton Primary and Market Rasen Primary School were given the opportunity to have a lesson outside of their normal classroom. Using our learning resources that are available […]
JUST WHEN THINGS WERE GOING SO WELL…!
Our heritage centre with displays on the history of the railways in Market Rasen is now open and available for everyone to visit free of charge. There are lots of displays telling the history of the station and please also take the opportunity to give us some feedback. In fact, we have lots of local […]
Heritage Weekend 2018
On Saturday 8th September the Market Rasen Station Community Project welcomed special guests and members of the public to Market Rasen Station to see the new Heritage Centre and Cafe. The wet weather didn’t dampen people’s spirits as visitors flocked to see the transformation of the building. Many local residents were astounded by the transformation […]
UPDATE
The project has just about reached the finish line and the building is looking stunning, both inside and outside. The decorators have been in and put the finishing touches to the foyer area and the furniture has arrived for the community room. Our tenants Torbulk Ltd have successfully moved into the office accommodation and are […]
Project Update
As the project fast approaches the finishing line we wanted to share some of the exterior shots of the building to show that the work is coming along nicely. Earlier in the week we uploaded an internal tour of the station. To see this video please visit our twitter page @MktRasenStation. Remember to keep up […]
Work is progressing nicely
The project is fast approaching completion and we can see that the finishing line is in sight…just. Externally all the stonework on the main entrance side of the building is complete and currently the stone masons are busy working on the bay window on the track side of the building. Internally all new wall partitions […]
Market Rasen Station Building & Heritage Centre - The Restoration Story 