| Cement Mills Halt | |
| Status: | Disused |
| Borough: | Inlet, River Medina, Isle of Wight |
| Country: | England |
| Coordinates: | 50.7223°N -1.2879°W |
| Grid Name: | Grid reference |
| Platforms: | 1 |
| Pregroup: | Cowes and Newport Railway (1879-1887) Isle of Wight Central Railway (1887 to 1923) |
| Postgroup: | Southern Railway (1923 to 1948) Southern Region of British Railways (1948 to 1966) |
| Years: | Poss 1879; def 1905 |
| Events: | Opened |
| Years1: | 21 February 1966 |
| Events1: | Closed |
Cement Mills Halt was a railway station between Cowes and Newport on the Isle of Wight. It was a public railway station throughout its life, although principally used by workers at the cement works in Stag Lane.[1] It was not included on public time tables[2] but was available to ramblers visible enough on the primitive gas-lit platform to stop the train "on request".[3] The trackway is now part of a national cycle route.[4]
Cement Mills Halt primarily served the West Medina Cement Works,[5] which was owned and operated by Francis and Company Cement Manufacturers. Near the village of Northwood, was the extensive cement works of Messrs. Francis, Son, & Co., of Nine Elms, London, who employed about 100 people at the West Medina Cement Works in the manufacture of Portland and Medina cements.[6] The Francis Co. had the contract to supply all the Portland cement for the construction of the fourth Eddystone Lighthouse.[7]