After eight years of hard work, the Mountsorrel Railway is close to re-opening after years of neglect. It was so neglected in fact that most local people had forgotten it even existed. Well, there’ll be no forgetting now, because not only is the railway close to being operational once more,… Continue reading Ben Jackson takes a tour around the Heritage Centre
Phase 2 Appeal Update
Our fund raising is now firmly focused on the phase 2 Mountsorrel Railway Museum and Exhibition buildings in the base of the old quarry. The museum will allow historic railway vehicles from the old Mountsorrel quarry to be displayed to the public and the exhibition building will tell the story… Continue reading Phase 2 Appeal Update
Charnwood Community Heroes Day
We will be at the Charnwood Community Heroes Day in Loughborough town centre this Sunday 2nd August from 10-4. Stop by for a chat and an update on all our latest news.
Loughborough Echo: Heritage Railway’s £5,000 boost
You can read about our £5000 grant from the OneFamily Foundation in the Loughborough Echo at http://www.loughboroughecho.net/news/local-news/heritage-railways-5000-boost-9758851
Mountsorrel Revival, Sunday 9th August 11am to 5pm
We have a stand in the library, so if you would like to know more about the Mountsorrel Railway and Heritage Centre why not pop along for a chat. We look forward to seeing you. Further details of the revival can be found at
Could your company help?
Many companies have helped the project free of charge. For example you can read how BSP Consulting have helped with the design of the Heritage Centre. In addition to this Languard Vegitation Management were back last week to spray the trackbed to keep it free from weeds. This is the… Continue reading Could your company help?
One Family Foundation Award Winners!
We have been awarded £5000 by the One Family Foundation. We couldn’t have done it without YOUR support, so thank you to everyone that voted. In the £5000 category we finished third out of 169 applicants. An excellent result in a national vote. The £5k grant covers the materials and… Continue reading One Family Foundation Award Winners!
Please help by voting for us on OneFamily
Thank you very much to those of you who have voted. As of the 16th June we are in joint 12th place for the £5k award so if voting closed today we would secure funding. However, we are dropping down the voting places very quickly indeed as other groups continue… Continue reading Please help by voting for us on OneFamily
Listen to Steve Cramp on BBC Radio Leicester
Listen to Steve being interviewed by Ben Jackson on Radio Leicester at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02t8zx2 (from 1:37:45). He discusses the background to the project and asks for your help with the OneFamily vote at
Vote for us on OneFamily
The project has been shortlisted for a funding award of £5000 to help volunteers construct the replica Stone Mason’s huts at the new heritage centre site. Around 100 years ago the old Mountsorrel quarry had hundreds of these huts around the outside of the quarry. A stone mason worked in… Continue reading Vote for us on OneFamily
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