West Timperley Station
Location/Address
Manchester Road, Broadheath
Type
Other site, structure or landscape
Assets that cannot fit any of the other categories. This category includes sites of archaeological interest, where the original form and function may not be apparent without the use of archaeological techniques and interpretation.
Description
Surviving platform of the former West Timperley Station, which was built by the Cheshire Lines Committee (CLC) and opened for passengers on 2 September 1873. It was sometimes referred to as West Timperley for Altrincham and Bowdon in some railway timetables. The station was located immediately west of the A56 Manchester Road in Broadheath near to West Timperley at a point just north of the road junction with Lindsell Road, and just south-west of the point where Timperley Brook runs under Manchester Road which forms the Broadheath - Timperley boundary. It was named West Timperley to differentiate it from the other station in Broadheath. The CLC line was elevated on an embankment here and crossed the A56 by an overbridge. The station closed in November 1964. Remains of the station are inundated completely by scrub vegetation, and it is virtually inaccessible.
Statement of Significance
Age
The line was built to improve the CLC's access between Manchester and Liverpool, which in the 1860s required the Cheshire Lines to use the London North West Railway to gain access to Manchester from Liverpool. To remedy this situation, the Manchester, Sheffield and Liverpool Railway Act, 1865 was passed, authorising the construction of a link from Old Trafford to Glazebrook and a further line from Timperley to Glazebrook. This second line was to run across the south-western part of Carrington Moss. To build this link, the Cheshire Lines Committee purchased 38 acres in Carrington, Dunham Massey and Altrincham from the Earl of Stamford for £14,400, the agreement being made in 1871, although not finally settled until 1879. Only nine acres lay in Carrington, but this was entirely unreclaimed mossland. The railway opened in 1873.Group Value
Formed part of the famous Cheshire Lines Committee railway infrastructure. Other elements include a viaduct situated a short distance to the east.Historic Interest
An early example of a suburban passenger railway station.
Date Listed
18 Apr 2023
Last Updated
30 Nov 2022
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