Blackwater railway station, was an intermediate station in the very centre of the island situated on the A3020 road on the line from Newport to Sandown

Sandown

Sandown is a seaside resort town and civil parish on the southeast coast of the Isle of Wight, England, neighbouring the town of Shanklin to the south. Sandown Bay is the name of the bay off the English Channel which both towns share, and it is notable for its long stretch of easily accessible...

 incorporated by the Isle of Wight and Newport Junction Railway in 1868 , opened in 1875 and closed 81 years later . A rural station whose “heyday was before the advent of the motor car” , during the inter-war years it was known for its large collection of enamel

Enamel paint

Enamel paint is paint that air dries to a hard, usually glossy, finish, used for coating surfaces that are outdoors or otherwise subject to hard wear or variations in temperature; it should not be confused with decorated objects in "painted enamel", where vitreous enamel is applied with brushes and...

 advertising boards . The station survives as an enlarged private house known as “Brambles”.

External links

• Blackwater station on navigable 1946 O. S. map
• Subterranea Britannica's page on Blackwater