Forge Valley railway station was situated on the North Eastern Railway

North Eastern Railway (UK)

The North Eastern Railway , was an English railway company. It was incorporated in 1854, when four existing companies were combined, and was absorbed into the London and North Eastern Railway at the Grouping in 1923...

's Pickering to Seamer branch line

Forge Valley Line

The Forge Valley Line was a 16 mile long branch of the North Eastern Railway between Seamer and Pickering. The line was intended to link Scarborough with Pickering...

. It served the twin villages of East

East Ayton

East Ayton is a village and civil parish in the Scarboroughdistrict of North Yorkshire, England.According to the 2001 UK census, East Ayton parish had a population of 1,687....

 and West Ayton

West Ayton

West Ayton is a village and civil parish in the Scarboroughdistrict of North Yorkshire, England.According to the 2001 UK census, West Ayton parish had a population of 831....

, and the local beauty spot Forge Valley

Forge Valley

Forge Valley is a nature reserve on the East Ayton / Hackness road. The valley follows the route of the River Derwent and was formed by melting ice water at the end of the last ice age....

. The station opened to passenger traffic on 1 May 1882, and closed on 3 June 1950.

The station is currently in more workaday use as a road and council highways depot for North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan or shire county located in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England, and a ceremonial county primarily in that region but partly in North East England. Created in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972 it covers an area of , making it the largest...

County Council.

External links

• Forge Valley station on navigable 1947 O. S. map