The Department for Culture, Media and Sport, on the advice of Historic England, have listed five heritage railway stations, alongside two other railway sites, in recognition of their historic and architectural interest and to mark 200th anniversary of the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway in September 1825. All the sites have been given Grade II listed status.

The sites protected are:

• The earliest identified purpose-built railway pub in the world;
• The first of the Stockton & Darlington Railway’s prototype stations, the Cleveland Bay;
• Weybourne Station &
• Sheringham Station – both village stations important in connecting the agricultural regions, fishing villages, and tourist destinations of north Norfolk with the industrial heartland of the Midlands;
• Havenstreet Railway Station on the Isle of Wight, a good example of a single-manned station which would have been operated by a lone railway worker;
• Woody Bay Station in Devon, built to a ‘chalet style’ design reflecting the area’s nickname of ‘Little Switzerland’,
• and the Swanage engine shed and turntable and Northbrook Road overbridge on the Swange Railway.

These listings are designed to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of modern passenger railway services, with the opening of the Stockton Darlington Railway on 27 September 1825.

Further details can be found here: https://historicengland.org.uk/whats-new/news/new-sites-listed-200-years-railway/