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Avoncliff Halt

Winsley, Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire

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A halt (a small unmanned station)  was opened by the Great Western Railway on the Winsley side of Avoncliff on 9th July 1906. It lies between Bradford on Avon and Freshford on the Bradford to Bathampton line, where the railway passes underneath the Kennet & Avon Canal aqueduct. There had previously been a siding for a mason’s yard that was cutting stone from Westwood Quarry on the other side of the aqueduct. The railway had been built though the old mill on this side of the river.
Somehow it was not closed in the 1960s, when so many other larger stations were axed, largely because it was impractical to replace it with a bus route.

It serves the hamlet itself, Westwood and Winsley, but is much used by visitors to the Cross Guns pub and those who come to enjoy walking in the area, fishing and the Kennet & Avon Canal.

Local people in period costume celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2006.

The platforms are only long enough for one carriage; trains between Bristol and Bath to Bradford, Frome and Weymouth stop by request and only the front door is opened.

The station handled 15,774 passengers in the financial year 2008-2009, 18,284 in 2011-2012 and 19,948 in 2015-2016.