Community Rail Lancashire (CRL) is pleased to announce that it has been successful in securing a grant from the Community Rail Development Fund (CRDF) for a project called Forged in Steam.
Haworth Art Gallery – photo © haworth Art Gallery
The aim of the project is to support another project running concurrently that is designed to encourage walking & cycling via the Hyndburn Greenway and the disused Baxenden Bank railway line through the Woodnook area of Accrington to the Haworth Art Gallery.
Platts Lodge, Accrington – photo © Active Travel Team
Forged in Steam will see a Railway 200 themed exhibition at the Haworth Art Gallery in early January 2026. Community Rail Lancashire will facilitate a number of local schools in the Woodnook area of Accrington to visit the gallery to attend the exhibition and get involved in sessions with local artists and also to here a story telling session by a local author covering railway safety.
The grant of £6,300 will be used to support the production of the exhibition material and also to support a number of artist sessions for local schools.
More information about the exhibition and the walking & cycling trail will be available soon.