| Walsingham | |
| Status: | Disused |
| Borough: | Walsingham, North Norfolk, Norfolk |
| Country: | England |
| Coordinates: | 52.8936°N 0.8701°W |
| Grid Name: | Grid reference |
| Platforms: | 1 |
| Original: | Wells and Fakenham Railway |
| Pregroup: | Great Eastern Railway |
| Postgroup: | London & North Eastern Railway Eastern Region of British Railways |
| Years: | 1857 |
| Events: | Opened |
| Years1: | 1964 |
| Events1: | Closed to passengers |
| Years2: | 1967 |
| Events2: | Buildings reopened as a church |
| Years3: | 1982 |
| Events3: | New station opened nearby |
Walsingham was a railway station on the Wells and Fakenham Railway, later part of the Great Eastern Railway. It opened on 1 December 1857, and served the villages of Great Walsingham and Little Walsingham. It closed on 5 October 1964.[1] The station buildings were purchased in 1967 by a group of members of the Russian Orthodox Church and developed into a small monastic community house, including St. Seraphim's Russian Orthodox church.
The resident religious community has plans to further develop the site, including a permanent dual exhibition which will both showcase the religious life, in particular the art of icon painting, and also provide a historical review of the site's railway heritage.[2]
Since 1982, there has been a second station at Walsingham - the southern terminus of the narrow gauge Wells and Walsingham Light Railway. This station is sited slightly to the north of the original, the latter now having a car and coach park on the site of the tracks.