Kelling Heath Park is a small
halt on the
North Norfolk Railway (NNR), used mostly by hikers using
Kelling Heath
Kelling Heath is an biological Site of Special Scientific Interest between Holt and Weybourne in Norfolk. It is in the Norfolk Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Geology
Kelling Heath lies on the Cromer Ridge, a glacial moraine forme ...
. It was opened after the line was preserved.
The station was opened in 1983 as part of the NNR's extension to
Kelling
Kelling (also known as ''Low Kelling'' and as ''Lower Kelling'') is a village and a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village is west of Cromer, north of Norwich, and northeast of London. The village straddles the A149 Coast ...
; a very short half coach-length halt was constructed principally to serve the nearby
caravan park. Upon the completion of the extension to
Holt
Holt or holte may refer to:
Natural world
*Holt (den), an otter den
* Holt, an area of woodland
Places Australia
* Holt, Australian Capital Territory
* Division of Holt, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives in Vic ...
in 1989, Kelling Camp Halt was demolished and a new longer platform was constructed ΒΌ of a mile further up the hill to the west; the station was also renamed "Kelling Heath Park". In March 1998, a new down
distant signal was brought into use at the eastern end of Kelling Cutting.
References
Heritage railway stations in Norfolk
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1983
Railway stations built for UK heritage railways
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