A crater from the impact of the bomb can still be seen here
Hidden beneath old brickwork and overgrown grass is several lost railway stations across Cambridgeshire. One of these stations of the past was in Castor, near Peterborough.
The station served the villages of Castor and Ailsworth. It was on the former London and North Western Railway Northampton to Peterborough line.
The station opened in 1845 and served the villages for over 100 years. However, exactly 100 years after its opening the station was hit with tragedy.
On January 3, 1945, in the year the Second World War ended, a V-1 flying bomb hit the station. Thousands of V-1 flying bombs were launched across the south east of England from June 1944.
London was hit worst by the bombs, as thousands were killed. However, Castor station was struck and left badly damaged.
Even today, a crater from the impact of the bomb is still reported to be visible. Although the station was left badly damaged, it still served rail passengers until it closed in 1957.
Tracks from the railway station can still be seen today. When the station was thriving, there was also a station’s master house.
In place of the former station master’s house now is a pretty garden. In 2019, the Nene Park Trust launched a project to restore the station master’s garden.
The site is found along the Nene Way footpath on Station Lane. The house was no longer there when the project started, but there were still traces of a country garden.
Today, people can view the garden which includes trees, wildflowers, a scrub area, compost heap and more which is recognisable in a country garden. At the site, there are also information boards which tell visitors of the garden and site’s history.
