Friends of Glossop Station - Blog

Thread and Clay back on display in Waiting Room

3/4/2026

A WARM WELCOME back to Thread and Clay, a mother daughter partnership, Gwen and Amy Osbaldeston, who, have on display in the Waiting Room Art Gallery a variety of their painted and embroidered landscapes on the Peak District. These are sure to catch the eye! Their work may be purchased.
Thread and Clay can be found at their art George Street studio in Glossop where they also offer lessons to suit all levels of crafting in embroidery and painting to create images inspired by the local scenery.
For more information and images of their work visit threadandclay.com

Lowestoft to Glossop Evacuation story on The One Show

25/3/2026

WE HAVE JUST HEARD from The One Show that the film will not now be shown next week, but will instead be pushed back by a few weeks. Very sorry about this - we will all have to wait a little while longer!
It is now expected to be transmitted in mid-April.

The feature recorded recently at Glossop Station and around the town recounting the events of the Lowestoft / Glossop evacuation is scheduled for transmission on BBC1's THE ONE SHOW Monday 30th March at 7.00 pm.
Telling the story of the 1940 evacuation of children from Lowestoft to Glossop it also features interviews with some of the remaining evacuees and the families involved.
NB: events on the day may affect programme scheduling and a possible postponement of the feature.

From here to there . . .

22/3/2026

OUR LATEST Poetry Platform display kas been launched with a new selection of poems and verse. "Bridging The Gap" features poetry and lyrics - some familiar and others less well known - focused around the theme of bridges.
Prompted by the 200th anniversary of Pont Grog y Borth - the Menai Bridge - Thomas Telford's triumph of civil engineering which was the longest span suspension bridge in the world at the time.
The display includes a brief history of the Menai crossing from the mainland to Ynys Môn (Anglesey) alongside some interesting verses and biographical backgrounds to their authors.
We hope you will find it interesting and take time to enjoy this latest selection as you pass through the station on your journey . . . from here to there.

Platinum Excellence Award

21/3/2026

FoGS Chair, Neil Williams, accepted the award on behalf of the Friends

ON THURSDAY 19th March the 21st Anniversary Annual Community Rail Awards were held at Derby Arena in front of an audience of 600 - the biggest to date. Chris Strogen and Neil Williams attended representing FoGS.

Awards for various categories stations are judged and placed in four bands: bronze, silver, gold and platinum. Friends of Glossop Station had entered the It's Your Station category and are pleased to announce that we were awarded a certificate of excellence at Platinum level in recognition of the voluntary work at the station.
There were only four stations in the UK shortlisted at this level: Buxton, Glossop, Goostrey and Hindley with Hindley deservedly being awarded lead winner in this category - a station well worth visiting.
It was also a delight that our near neighbours, Friends of Edale Station, won at the Silver level of this category. The Friends at Edale have made a real impact and this was their first entry into the competition.
Friends of Chapel en le Frith Station also received a certificate at Silver level.

Friends of Glossop Station would like to thank everyone for their ongoing support.
Our thanks also to Becky Styles Community and Sustainability Manager at Northern Trains along with Catherine Croney and Helen Wright, Partnership Officers at the High Peak and Hope Valley Community Rail Partnership (HPHVCRP).

A fresh look for Spring!

19/3/2026

Yesterday (Wednesday 18 March) saw the first of the Glossop line trains with their nice, fresh, yellow "Bee Network" identity alongside Northern's existing branding. Just right to match the Spring sunshine!

Roger Gibson latest artist in Waiting Room Art Gallery

27/2/2026

WE ARE DELIGHTED to welcome back Roger Gibson as our current artist to the Waiting Room Art Gallery.
Roger was one of the first artists to display his work when we began offering community display space in the Waiting Room. Roger has eight paintings on display which feature abstracts and flowers His abstracts are are inspired by curves constructed from the Fibonacci series of numbers.
Roger can be contacted on 07113 66007
Anyone else artist, photographer interested in displaying their work at the station should contact John Kimpton on 07749176796 for further information and bookings, We thank Northern Trains for their ongoing support.

New buffer stop at Glossop Station

27/2/2026

Over the weekend of February 21st and 22nd Network Rail installed a new buffer stop at Glossop Station. It also involved relaying and reballasting a section of track.
The new buffer stop looks very smart and, of course, is designed to meet the safety standards of today.
It has drawn a lot of compliments from Northern rail staff and passengers!

Dark Peak Photos Exhibition Glossop Town Hall

19/2/2026

DARK PEAK PHOTOS are holding an exhibition of photos with talks and workshops at Glossop Town Hall Friday 20th, Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd February.
The photos are by a variety of exhibitors with some work featuring local landscapes. The event runs from 10am to 5pm every day. Some work can also be viewed in the Waiting Room at Glossop Station and in the display board to the right of the ticket machines. This is FOGS' first collaboration with the team at Dark Peak Photos and we wish them well. The exhibition is also a really good opportunity to visit the interior of the newly restored Town Hall!

Travel to Hope Valley and Sheffield directly from Glossop

18/2/2026

Due to the closure of Manchester Piccadilly station this week as a result of major infrastructure work taking place local train services are operating to different schedules. On the Glossop Line there is an hourly service to/ from Guide Bridge where connecting buses are available to/from Manchester Victoria.
One unexpected bonus of these changed services is that the train at 22 minutes past the hour from Glossop reverses at Guide Bridge and becomes the 51 minutes to the hour service via Hyde Central and the Hope Valley to Sheffield. This means that for the first time since 1970 it is possible to travel on a train from Glossop to Sheffield - and back! Northern understandably is not promoting this as a through service to avoid confusion but as two separate services ie Guide Bridge to Glossop/Hadfield and Guide Bridge to Sheffield.
These amended services will run on Thursday 19th, Friday 20th and Saturday 21st February ONLY.
Sunday services on the Glossop line this Sunday 22nd February are scheduled to be bus replacements to/from Manchester Victoria. Normal timetables are expected to resume next Monday 23rd February.
So, if you can, take advantage of the through trains to Sheffield via Hope Valley stations for the next three days. Note journey time overall is around 90 minutes including standing time at Guide Bridge.
Please be advised that further changes to services could still happen. We strongly advise checking train times carefully.
Northern contact 0800 200 6060
or National Rail Enquiries 03457 484950

BBC One Show filming

16/2/2026

WE ARE VERY EXCITED to report on a project that has been months in the planning. Pier Productions, working on behalf of BBC's THE ONE SHOW, last week completed filming of our Lowestoft evacuee friends.
The project involved extensive research with interviews taking place ahead of the filming of the five evacuees who were involved including two who had travelled up specially from Lowestoft to be involved.
The main interviewer was Martin Impey - seen here arriving at the station - well known as a writer and illustrator of children's books. As many of the evacuees are now in their early 90s great care was taken of them at the various locations. These included Glossop Station, a local café, a local Junior School and a house where two of the evacuees had once lived as a family. The company also filmed at locations around the town giving a flavour of that which the 600 children evacuated from Lowestoft experienced as they arrived in Glossop on June 2nd 1940.
We are delighted that our evacuees' amazing stories will be reaching a much wider audience once the feature is shown on The One Show.
A release date for transmission has yet to be confirmed which we will publicise once known.
More details about the historic Lowestoft evacuation can be found on our website's dedicated pages here or in the leaflet, jointly produced by FoGS and the Lowestoft Central project, and available at the station.