Activities & Events

Goxhill Station Celebrates Sustainability Success with Wildlife Friendly Award

Goxhill station is celebrating a proud achievement after being awarded Silver in the Derbyshire Wildlife Trust and East Midlands Railway Wildlife Friendly Station Awards, recognising its ongoing commitment to sustainability and biodiversity.

The station has been transformed into a thriving green space, carefully designed to support both wildlife and the local community. Thanks to children from the local primary school, more than 100 pollinator-friendly plants now fill the station’s planters, alongside bug houses that provide vital habitats for insects. A diverse mix of planting, including succulents, herbs, grassland areas, and a variety of trees, creates structure, colour, and year-round interest while supporting a wide range of invertebrates.

Sustainability has been at the heart of every improvement. A water butt connected to the waiting shelter helps conserve rainwater, while planters with built-in reservoirs reduce water usage. All planting is maintained using peat-free compost, helping to protect natural ecosystems beyond the station itself.

The station also encourages greener travel and community involvement. Bike racks support sustainable transport choices, while regular litter picking helps keep the environment clean and welcoming for passengers and wildlife alike.

This award is a testament to the dedication of the station adopters and volunteers who have worked to make Goxhill station the model of an environmentally conscious railway space. Their efforts show how even small, local actions can make a meaningful difference, creating a station that is not only functional, but also rich in nature, sustainability, and community pride.

Creativity at Goxhill Station

Here at Barton Cleethorpes CRP we are celebrating a successful year-long project at Goxhill Railway Station. We worked with local residents and the primary school, bringing together rail safety, creativity, and community engagement. After taking part in our Railway 200 “Art Along the Line” competition last year, Children visited the station in April to see their work now on display on Platform 2. Additionally local residents took part in a series of creative art workshops to create a vibrant mosaic celebrating Goxhill’s heritage. Designed by local artist Dominique Driver, the artwork reflects the area’s railway history, agriculture, landmarks, wartime past, and wildlife.

Goxhill Primary School visit to the Signal Box

Barton Cleethorpes CRP is working with the adopters to make improvements to Goxhill station whilst working with teachers from Goxhill Primary school to develop awareness of rail safety and railway heritage. On 3 April 2025, twenty children and three adults visited the Victoria signal box and saw how the level crossing is still worked manually. The children were fascinated by the machinery and how the staff communicate with other signal boxes along the line.

Community Rail Network Awards 2025

The annual Community Rail Network Awards took place in Newcastle on 13 March 2025. Thanks to financial support from East Midlands Railway and CRN, eight members of BCCRP attended and were delighted when Habrough Station Adopters were the overall winners of the bronze award in the "It's Your Station" category! And after less than a year as adopters! Well done to everyone involved.

Railway 200 Events with Barton Cleethorpes CRP

The first passenger railway opened on September 27, 1825, connecting places, people, communities and ideas and ultimately transforming the world. Railway 200 is a year-long nationwide partnership-led campaign to celebrate 200 years of the modern railway and inspire a new generation of young pioneering talent to choose a career in rail. It invites community, rail and other groups to get involved. Starting in January 2025, a wide variety of activities and events are being planned to celebrate rail’s remarkable past, its role today, and its importance to a sustainable future. At 12 noon on 1 January 2025 the Railway 200 campaign was launched with a national whistle off and a wave off! Go to https://railway200.co.uk/ for more information.

We are proud to be part of Railway 200 as we celebrate the 200th anniversary of the modern railway. Come and join us to celebrate all things railway related in 2025. We’ve got lots of exciting events and activities throughout the year and we’ll be adding new activities and events in the coming months, so keep an eye on our social media and the Railway 200 events page. Scroll down for more information now.

Art Along the Line

The Barton Cleethorpes CRP wants to commemorate Railway 200 for years to come with a permanent art exhibition along the Barton line. The work started with Art Workshops to get ideas from members of the public and will commence with a mural in the ticket office at Cleethorpes Station which will be unveiled on 15 April 2025, World Art Day. The project will then continue at stations along the line with art by local people and local artists conveying the heritage of the railway and the Barton Cleethorpes line. Winning entries from our art competition will be included.

BCCRP Art Competition

We are holding an art competition! The winning artworks will be reproduced as weatherproof installations at stations along the Barton Cleethorpes route.

We are looking for art that addresses any of three categories:

1. Railway 200

2025 is the 200th anniversary of the birth of the modern railway. Britain and the world changed forever. Railway 200 celebrates the past, present and future of rail https://railway200.co.uk/

2. Community Rail

We are looking for lighthearted and inventive work that captures the essence of community rail https://communityrail.org.uk/ These can be in any setting, as long as the connection to rail/community rail is immediately obvious.

3. The Barton Cleethorpes Line

We have some of the most stunning scenery and architecture along our line and encourage artwork showing this.

BCCRP Art Competition Rules

We invite entries from any source, but the following requirements must be followed.

1. A maximum of four entries per person.

2. The work must clearly depict one of the categories mentioned above.

3. Please supply a brief, one-line title or caption for each entry and state which category it addresses.

4. If submitting photos as artwork: -

digital photos must be in JPEG format ONLY (high res)
any photos that show health and safety contraventions on the railway or station will be disqualified
any photo of people, must have the subject’s consent for their photos to be taken and told that the photo may be used in publicity including print, online and social media and
if the photos contain a person under the age of 18 consent must be secured from their parent or guardian, either directly or via their school/college.

5. Submitting your entries

you can submit them in person to Barton Cleethorpes CRP, Humber & Wolds Rural Action Office, Wilderspin School Museum, Queens Street, Barton-upon-Humber, DN18 5QP;
if you choose to post entries, we cannot be held responsible if they are lost in the post;
if you are able to scan the work, send it to: officer.bccrp@hwrcc.org.uk
if you require the work to be collected, please contact the officer to discuss this.

6. By submitting your entry/entries, you are confirming that you are the owner of the work and agree to it/them being used in publicity.

7. Closing date NB - Please note, due to technical issues the Art Competition closing date has been extended to 31 March 2025

The art competition is now closed got to our Art along the line page above https://www.bccrp.co.uk/general-1-1 to see the winning entries.

BCCRP Photography Competition

Here at BCCRP, we want you to get creative! We are holding a photography competition, and the winning entry will receive a fabulous prize.

We are looking for photos that address one of three categories:

1. Railway 200

2025 is the 200th anniversary of the birth of the modern railway. Britain and the world changed forever. Railway 200 celebrates the past, present and future of rail https://railway200.co.uk/

2. Community Rail

We are looking for light-hearted and inventive images that capture the essence of community rail https://communityrail.org.uk/ These can be in any setting, as long as the connection to rail/community rail is immediately obvious.

3. The Barton Cleethorpes Line

We have some of the most stunning scenery and architecture along our line and encourage photos showing this.

We invite entries from any source, but the following requirements must be followed.

1. The work must clearly depict one or more of the categories mentioned above.
2. A maximum of six photos per entry.
3. Digital photos must be in JPEG format ONLY (high res) and submitted by email to officer.bccrp@hwrcc.org.uk
4. Please supply a brief, one-line title or caption for each photo.
5. Any photos that show health and safety contraventions on the railway or station will be disqualified.
6. With any photo of people, you must obtain the subject’s consent for their photos to be taken and explain that the photo may be used in publicity including print, online and social media.
7. If the photos contain a person under the age of 18 consent must be secured from their parent or guardian, either directly or via their school/college.
8. By submitting a photo, you are confirming that you are the owner of the image and agree to it being used in publicity and that you have the relevant consents as described above.
9. Closing date – 30 September 2025.

BCCRP Photography Competition Rules

Community Rail Week at Goxhill Station

For Community Rail Week we held a community action day at Goxhill Railway station. We were overwhelmed by the support we received when 8 volunteers and 8 representatives from East Midlands Railway, Barton Town Council and Humber & Wolds Rural Action met at the station to repaint the fencing along platform 2 and around the community garden. They also planted up raised beds with herbs and attached bug hotels to attract pollinators to the garden.

Happy Birthday!

On Tuesday, 8 April 2025 Barrow Haven was 175 years old! BCCRP celebrated this with a ribbon cutting event and the unveiling of two weatherproof plaques showing entries, including the first placed winner from our art competition, "Barrow Haven" by local resident, Richard Summerfield. The event at the station was followed by lunch at the Barrow Haven Inn.

On Tuesday, 1 July 2025 New Clee station was 150 years old! BCCRP celebrated this with the unveiling of a large weatherproof artwork of "Our Railway: 200 Years of the modern railway" by local artis, Nikita Spires.

Yarborough Academy

Children at Yarborough Academy in Grimsby have had a great year learning about the railway. Firstly, Miles and Margo popped by and the children helped them make a new advert for TV to Celebrate Railway 200 . Next our officer went along and gave a talk about how to use the trains and railways safely, and to top this off the class of 30 children and their teachers got the chance to put their learning to the test with a visit by train to Cleethorpes.

Train, Paints and Pollinators at Goxhill Station

Adopters at Goxhill station have been very busy this year. After our community action day during Community Rail Week the new herb garden and freshly painted fence were looking so good they was showing up other parts of the station. Our dedicated adopters have now cleared a long strip of land at the entrance to platform two, and added planters and slate to make the station much more attractive and welcoming. Take a look at the before, during and after photos, we hope you love it as much as we do!