The Lakes Halt

GWR Route: North Warwickshire Line

The Lakes Halt opened on 3rd June 1935 to cater for the growing number of people escaping from living in Birmingham. The Halt was only designed to cater for commuter traffic and had relatively short platforms being 130 feet long. The title Waiting Room is perhaps too grand a description of the passenger accommodation at the Halt. They were of timber construction and open on one side, the one facing the platform, the word bus shelter would be a more apt description.

Much of the information on this and other pages of Warwickshire Railways is derived from articles or books listed in our 'bibliography'.

The Lakes Halt

Ref: gwrtl509 Lens of Sutton Facing Stratford upon Avon and the down platform with its waiting room and Malthouse Lane road bridge

Ref: gwrtl509 Lens of Sutton Close up showing the two simple timber passenger waiting room on each of The Lakes' short platforms

Ref: gwrtl510 Lens of Sutton Looking north towards the point where the path from Malthouse Lane joins the down platform

Ref: gwrtl510a Lens of Sutton Close up of the down platform waiting room and the white hut on the up platform used as a ticket office

Ref: gwrtl2862 Stations UK Still retaining its GWR station sign, this 1959 image shows some improvements have been made since first built

Ref: gwrtl1845 D Churchill A 1973 view of the remains of down platform waiting room which incredibly is still being used by passengers

Ref: gwrtl1846 D Churchill A 1973 view of the up platform's ticket office and waiting room which are in better condition

Locomotives and trains seen at or near The Lakes Halt

Ref: gwrtl1361 Colour Rail BR built 4-6-0 No 7014 'Caerhays Castle' is on an up West of England service approaching the Lakes Halt

Ref: gwrtl1362 M Mensing A three-car DMU on the 4:15pm Moor Street to Henley in Arden leaving The Lakes Halt on 25th August 1962

Ref: gwrtl1377 M Mensing Ex-GWR 4-6-0 No 6834 'Dummer Grange' is seen just south of The Lakes Halt whilst at the head of an up freight

Ref: gwrtl2872 RJ Buckley British Railways built Modified Hall Class 4-6-0 No 7908 'Hensall Hall' on a Type 7 down freight service in 1964

Ref: gwrtl2873 RJ Buckley Ex-GWR 0-6-0PT No 3635 with an engineer's train comprising breakdown crane and empty open wagons circa 1964

Ordnance Survey maps and schematic drawings of The Lakes Haly

Ref: gwrtl2860 C Maggs A schematic drawing of 'The Lakes Halt' showing the basic configuration of platforms and passenger shelters circa 1950

Ref: gwrtl2861 Ordnance Survey A 1938 Ordnance Survey map of The Lakes Halt showing its relationship to the immediate area