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Community Rail Development Fund showcase

Revisit our series of webinars showcasing completed projects made possible by the Community Rail Development Fund.

Members share the background to their projects, successes and lessons learned, and practical advice for other groups looking to deliver similar projects.

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Watch Webinar 1

  • Moving Murals Marketing Campaign (Alayne McDonald, Oxfordshire CRP) 
  • Church & Oxwaldtwistle to Accrington and Beyond – By Train, Foot and Bicycle (Caroline Holden, Community Rail Lancashire) 
  • Looe Rail Promotion (Richard Burningham, Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership) 
  • Battle Community Rooms (Andy Pope, Southeast Communities Rail Partnership) 

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Watch Webinar 2 

  • Looe Valley Line Celebration of Words (Rebecca Catterall, Devon and Cornwall Rail Partnership) 
  • North Downs Way sustainable tourism (Therese Hammond, Kent CRP) 
  • Ore Station Garden (Suzanne Horgan, Friends of Ore Station) 
  • Rail to Ramble Booklet (Sara Grisewood, Southeast Communities Rail Partnership)

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Watch Webinar 3

  • 200 Stories of Railway Pride (Karen Bennett, Community Rail Lancashire) 
  • Art at Worcester Foregate Street Station  (Fiona Saxon, Worcestershire CRP) 
  • Fishing for Change (Heather Cullimore, Severnside CRP) 
  • World Heritage Sites by Rail (Anne Ridley, Tyne Valley CRP) 

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Watch bonus recording

  • Eco Tourism Bus Feasibility Study (Sarah Grove, Meldreth, Shepreth & Foxton CRP and James Ford, ITP)