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History of Erwood Station

Erwood Station Gallery is now Wales’ largest, privately run, contemporary applied arts gallery, exhibiting work from just over 100 makers in a whole array of materials.

Erwood railway station lies about 1 kilometre (0.6 miles) from Erwood, Powys, Wales. It was closed on 31 December 1962 and the track bed removed.

Erwood Station opened in 1864 with the opening of the Mid Wales Railway, operating independently before being amalgamated with the Cambrian Railway in 1901 running between Brecon and Builth Wells. The line finally reached Moat Lane junction on the Shrewsbury Machynlleth branch. The locos that were commonly seen on the line were Ivatt class 2MT 2-6-0s, a light but powerful engine. This was due to there being a weight restriction south Llanidloes, only engines 14 Tons or under could traverse the line.

On the 30th of December 1962 the Stevenson Locomotive Society ran the last train on the line. The run was made in heavy snow in one of Wales’ worst winters on record. The next day the line closed for good, a whole 1 year before the Beeching report that between 1963-1966 closed so many other branch lines across the country.

Erwood Station
Erwood Timetable
Erwood Station Platform

The track bed of the line is now a B road and the stations nearby of Llanfaredd, Llansteffan and Aberedw have been demolished. Nothing remains of them or of their sites. There was a goods yard at Erwood and the old weigh station still survives and is in situ. A raised cattle dock can still be seen. The GWR crane from the shed lies on the platform.

In 1984 the Station was purchased by Alan and Erika Cunningham. The restoration process then started. In 1988 a Fowler 0-4-0 Diesel Shunter arrived in need of restoration soon followed by three old clerestory Great Western coaches at Erwood on the platform edge. To showcase Alan’s wood-turning skills, a craft centre was opened in the station and two of the carriages. Alan sadly passed away in 2008.His son Michael carried on until he closed the craft centre in December 2014. Christina and Brent Blair took over the premises in March 2015 and have changed the direction by establishing a contemporary craft gallery that also shows paintings and sculpture.


The Newbridge on Wye Station signal box was found on a farm being used as a chicken shed by John Wake, was restored on 2004 and has been reconstructed and sits on the exact site, and size, of the Erwood box. It is owned by John Wake but on permanent loan. It was rebuilt with help from the Radnorshire Wildlife Trust as a bat and bird observatory. The Fowler 0-6-0 industrial diesel locomotive was cosmetically restored, funded by The Friends of Erwood Station (who wanted to restore the exterior of a Mechanical Locomotive) and the Powys Regeneration Partnership. This was a community project and volunteers worked really hard on cleaning and painting the engine, which was a prototype and will be of interest to those who specialise in railway history.

Mar 6, 2015Kate Milsom
Artists & Makers
  • Ceramics
    • Alan Ball
    • Albert Montserrat
    • Alison Powell
    • Ali Tomlin
    • Amy Cooper
    • Andrew Matheson RBSA
    • Angela Mellor
    • Anne James
    • Charlotte Miller
    • Christine Gittins
    • Clare Mahoney
    • David Allnatt
    • Elizabeth Smith
    • Emma Johnstone
    • Eric Moss
    • Fiona Mazza
    • Gabrielle Frazer
    • Gill Tennant-Eyles
    • Hilary Coole
    • Hilke MacIntyre
    • Ian Phillips
    • Ilona Sulikova
    • Isobel Allan-Lowe
    • Jan Lewin-Cadogan
    • Jan Lewis Eccleston
    • Jane Samuel
    • Jane Silk
    • Janie Ramsay
    • Janine Roper
    • Jon Bull
    • Katy O’Neil
    • Kirsti Brown
    • Lanty Ball
    • Linda Caswell
    • Martine Wills
    • Melanie Brown
    • Mary Stephens
    • Michael Kay
    • Penny Little
    • Peter Wills
    • Raymond Church
    • Rebecca Parrin
    • Richard Bideau
    • Rob Fountain
    • Ruth Gibson
    • Sally Streuli
    • Sallie Wakley
    • Sarah Grove
    • Sarah Perry
    • Sharon Griffin
    • Sasha Wardell
    • Shaun Hall
    • Sue Dyer
    • Suzanne Lanchberry
    • Tiffany Scull
    • Vivienne Ross
    • Zoe Petrie
  • Garden Sculpture
    • A.G.
    • Ann & John Davies
    • Brian Duffy
    • Caro Burberry
    • Carol Orwin
    • Helene Barrott
    • Ian Marlow ARBS
    • Katie Green
    • Malcolm Sier
    • Marcus Henke
    • Meic Watts
    • Rachel Ricketts RBSA
    • Stan Jankowski
    • Tania Mosse
    • Perryn Butler
    • Shaun Brosnan
    • Stephen McRae
  • Glass
    • Cariad Glass
    • Frank & Janet Higgins
    • Frans Wesselman RE
    • Gail Turbutt
    • Jenny Ayrton
    • Karlin Rushbrooke
    • Kate Pasvol
    • Martin Andrews
    • Moira Williams
    • Paula Rylatt
    • Sue Thorne
    • Tim Carter
    • Verity Pulford
  • Indoor Sculpture
    • Ant Beetlestone
    • Claire Malet
    • David Hoskins
    • David Mayer
    • Harry McDowell
    • Ian Stewart
    • Jean Tolkovsky
    • Linda Beech
    • Linda Warrick
    • Liz Scrine
    • Lucinda Brown
    • Mary Kaun English
    • Mathew Edenbrow
    • Reece Ingram
    • Val James
  • Jewellery
    • Anne V Massey
    • Emma Lumley
    • Jean Scott-Moncrieff
    • Rebecca Lewis
    • Sally Boehme
    • Sarah Packington
  • Mixed Media
    • Aaron Kuiper
    • Ardyn Griffin
    • Brenda Hartill
    • Carole Bury
    • Catherine Phelps
    • Dinny Pocock
    • Graham Lester
    • Iona MacKenzie Laycock
    • Jackie Creed
    • Jake Lazzari
    • Jane Foot
    • Jay Lutmann-Johnson
    • Kim Tillyer
    • Lisa Ellul
    • Maggie Hobbs
    • Melanie Williams
    • Sophia Langmead
    • Pratima Kramer
    • Susan Mulcock
    • Tim Donald
    • Yvette Brown
  • Paintings
    • Anne Bosset
    • Ceri Auckland Davies
    • Claire Wiltsher
    • Di Metcalfe
    • Dylan Lloyd
    • Gerald Dewsbury
    • Ivan Maxwell Jones
    • John Wynne Morris
    • Jonathan Trim
    • Karen Pearce
    • Jonathan Taylor
    • Lynne Cartlidge
    • Louise Kelly
    • Matthew Wood
    • Sarah Pye
    • Stuart Roper
  • Wood
    • Christine Gittins
    • Chris Williams
    • Colin Norgate
    • David Heaton
    • Don White
    • Eleanor Lakelin
    • Maria Santos
    • Richard Shock
    • Roderick Evans
    • T.A.G. Smith
  • Works on Paper
    • Annabelle Oppenheimer
    • Anthony Evans
    • Chris Neale
    • David Pollock
    • Frances St Clair Miller
    • Giles Davies
    • Ian Rylatt
    • Jane Daniell
    • Judith Stroud
    • Kevin Maddison
    • Laura Boswell
    • Linda Edwards
    • Nigel A Ball
Contact

Address: Llandeilo Graban, Builth Wells, Powys LD2 3SJ

Phone: +44 (00 1982 560 674

Email: erwoodstationgallery@gmail.com

New Work
Tryfan
15th September 2020
The Beautiful Garden
8th September 2020
Hare
6th August 2020
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