Trains, Paints and Pollinators!

Barton Cleethorpes CRP celebrated a successful year of community and school activities at Goxhill Railway Station, bringing together residents, volunteers and pupils from Goxhill Primary School through rail safety education, art and environmental projects.

The programme provided rail safety education before pupils visited the station’s historic Victorian signal box to learn how trains are still signalled along the Barton line.  Inspired by the railway’s heritage, the children later took part in the Railway 200: Art Along the Line art competition, with their artwork now displayed at the station.  Pupils also enjoyed a day out by train to experience the railway from a passenger’s perspective, reinforcing important safety messages about responsible behaviour at stations and on trains.

The project concluded with a planting day, where children worked with station adopters to add more than 100 pollinator-friendly plants to station planters, helping support local wildlife and brighten the station environment.

Alongside the school activities, the partnership delivered a community-led mosaic project centred on Goxhill Station.  Residents, volunteers and rail users attended a series of creative workshops to design the artwork, which was officially unveiled on Tuesday 12 May.

The finished mosaic depicts a steam train arriving beside Goxhill’s historic signal box, surrounded by crates of produce destined for nearby towns and cities such as Barton-upon-Humber and Hull.  Inspired by archive photographs, the piece celebrates the railway’s importance to local communities and the people whose lives were shaped by it.

Together, the projects have strengthened community connections, celebrated local heritage and helped build a lasting relationship with their railway.

Easter Special 2026!

Look out for the Easter Bunny on the Barton Line!

The Easter Bunny and friends will be visiting the Barton line again this year. On Saturday 4th April 2026, come along for a great day out on the 10:08 train from Barton and the 11:13 train from Cleethorpes. Easter eggs for the children and chocolate for the grown ups.

And the winner is.....

Barton Cleethorpes CRP hosted its annual “Santa Special” event on Saturday 6 December and along with the fun and festivities of meeting Santa children also embraced the holiday spirit by taking part in a fun and imaginative “Design Your Best Christmas Jumper” competition, adding plenty of colour and creativity to the day.

We received 67 entries and judging the competition was really difficult as everyone did amazing work. But we did eventually find a winner! Seven-year-old Lilly from Healing. The judges felt her design was fun, festive and imaginative with lots of colour and detail. Well done Lilley and well done everyone who took part.