Green Park Station — Local services in Bath

Almost the best use for the station! Beeching's closures, whilst many were necessary, were often acts of vandalism. This is a case in point. The wholesale slaughter of the Somerset and Dorset was a tragedy inspired by regional jealousies and politics. Enough of that, this isn't what this review is about.

I remember Bath Green Park as an abandoned place in the 70s and was glad to see the station building restored and worked in Sainsbury's there in the 1980s. The restoration is sensitively done and in comparison with the sterility of the place when I pushed trolleys there, is now a hive of boutiques and stalls. It is lovely, and actually, the restoration replaced the panes of glass in the roof which were destroyed by Hitler's luftwaffe in 1942 and never replaced by BR.

My main regret is that there is no overtly railway related item like a restored steam loco or carriage anywhere to be seen as a reminder of its past. I don't know if the ghost of the old station master still haunts the buildings as was once said, but if he does he should be moaning and rattling his chains until that happens!

Ultimately though, the station building on its own without the ancillary stuff like bonded warehouses and train or goods sheds, all of which were demolished in the early 80s is like preserving the chassis of a car with no engine,...

I remember walking past this station in the 1970s when it was just rotting. Took Bath City Council many years to put the old station to use. Sainsbury have had a major presence sin the 1980s but in the main station there is a cool mix of local traders. The permanent business like the Green Park Brasiery are good places to visit. Saturday mornings is a great time to visit as people can too up the sainsbury shop with interesting produce from the farmers market.

Tunley Butchers are worth a visit as well. They started out as a stand on the market. Also deliver.

Finally when we get back to normality in a post covid world, Green Park Station hosts events from...

Green Park Station is a converted Victorian railway station. It contains a great restaurant The Green Park Brasserie at the front. There is a lovely coffee bar next to The Bike Shop. It has some fantastic street food vendors selling tacos, Malaysian curry’s, Thai food, interesting pasta and Italian porchetta rolls. Every Saturday it holds the Bath Farmers Market, the oldest Farmers Market in the UK. Sunday markets include Bath Contemporary Art Fair, Vintage and Antique and The Bath Independent Market. It also hosts many great musical events. A great place to visit...