Smallford Station & Alban Way Heritage Society (SSAWHS) need to raise £5000 for our exciting collaborative project to improve the Environment around Smallford Station - to create a welcoming and exciting atmosphere that celebrates this area's important history.

Smallford Station is a unique, 156-year-old, Grade 2 listed building that used to serve the Hatfield and St Albans Railway – the track-bed of which is now the Alban Way foot- and cycle-path.

We have recently received planning permission from St Albans District Council (SADC) to improve the environment around the Station.

We will be installing:

o Victorian style benches and lampposts together with raised flower beds

o Posters boards – initially these will display Art Deco-style railway posters designed by Level 2 Art and Design Students from Oaklands College

o Smallford Station signs and an information board

We are refurbishing an old goods van body which will be sited next to the platform in the station car park and house our Exhibition which will be open to the public

Horticulture Students from Oaklands College will be undertaking improvements to the car park

SADC Estates Department will be undertaking and overseeing improvements to the platform, installing steps and ramp for public access and building the structure that will support the goods van body. Brickwork improvements will be undertaken by Trowel Trade students from Oaklands College.

The total cost of this exciting, collaborative Project is in the region of £12,000: to date we have raised £7,000 and we are looking for help to raise the remaining £5,000.

If you'd like to meet us, we're participating in the National Trust's Heritage Open Days - we'll be at Smallford Station on Sunday 12th September from 10.00-4.00pm: you'll be able to see our exhibition, participate in a short (2 miles) guided walk along the Alban Way, enjoy some light refreshments provided by Colney Heath WI.