‘Saved’ Padstow station reopens as museum
Jan 15, 2019
3 minutes
By Robin Jones
ROBIN JONES
SIX years after Padstow station – the westernmost point on the Southern Railway – was faced with the threat of demolition, it has been reborn as a showpiece museum for the town.
Fears were sounded in 2012 when radon gas, four times higher than the recommended levels, was detected in the station house, along with a broken sewer and unsafe electrical wiring. Padstow Town Council, which used the building as its offices, had to move out.
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