Raynham Park railway station was a station in Norfolk

Norfolk

Norfolk is a low-lying county in the East of England. It has borders with Lincolnshire to the west, Cambridgeshire to the west and southwest and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the North Sea coast and to the north-west the county is bordered by The Wash. The county...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. It was opened in the 19th century as part of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway

Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway

The Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway, was a joint railway owned by the Midland Railway and the Great Northern Railway in eastern England, affectionately known as the 'Muddle and Get Nowhere' to generations of passengers, enthusiasts, and other users.The main line ran from Peterborough to...

 main line from the Midlands to the Norfolk Coast. It closed in 1959 along with the rest of the line.

History

The station lay approximately half-a-mile from the small hamlets of Tatterford

Tatterford

Tatterford is a village within the civil parish of Tattersett in the English county of Norfolk.. The village is 4.8 miles south west of the town of Fakenham, 30.3 miles north west of Norwich and 112 miles north north east of London. The nearest railway station is at Sheringham for the Bittern Line...

 and Helhoughton

Helhoughton

Helhoughton is a village and civil parish in Norfolk, England. It is west-south-west of the town of Fakenham, west-northwest of Norwich and north-northeast of London. The nearest railway station is at Sheringham for the Bittern Line which runs between Sheringham, Cromer and Norwich. The nearest...

, but took its name instead from the Raynham Hall

East Raynham

East Raynham is a village in the county of Norfolk. It is located on the A1065 some south-west of from Fakenham. The River Wensum flows close to the village...

 residence of Lord Townshend

John Townshend, 5th Marquess Townshend

John Villiers Stuart Townshend, 5th Marquess Townshend , known as Viscount Raynham from 1855 to 1863, was a British peer and Liberal Member of Parliament....

 - erstwhile Chairman of the Lynn & Fakenham Railway - some 1.5 miles away.

Present day

The station buildings survive as a private residence. The present owners have added an old carriage on rails at the former station platform.