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On Friday 5th October, 2018 Bridgnorth Cliff Railway featured in a question posed on BBC Television’s long-running quiz show ‘Mastermind’. During the general knowledge round contestants were asked: at which Shropshire town on the River Severn is there a funicular railway connecting High Town and Low Town? The answer, of course, was Bridgnorth. ‘Mastermind’ was […]

The original edition of “Bridgnorth And Its Castle Hill Railway” was published on the day on which the cliff railway opened, having been written by its founder George Croydon Marks. The fourth edition of Marks’ booklet has now been published by The Bridgnorth Castle Hill Railway Company Limited. The new, 2017 edition includes a foreword […]

125th Anniversary Commemorative Covers On 7th July, 2017, Bridgnorth Cliff Railway celebrates the 125th anniversary of its opening by Mayor John Anderson under the supervision of its founder Sir George Croydon Marks. Buckingham Covers has teamed up with the cliff railway to produce a commemorative cover to celebrate the milestone date. The Bridgnorth Castle Hill […]

The “Shropshire Star” reports on the 125th anniversary of the opening of Bridgnorth Cliff Railway in six months’ time. To view the digital version and to link to the video clip, click here.

On 28th July, 2016 the Cliff Railway was visited by a group of railway engineering academics. The group had been attending a workshop at Stourport-on-Severn. Taking time out from the workshop, the academics made a private visit to the Cliff Railway, having travelled to Bridgnorth in a dining-car on the Severn Valley Railway. The visit […]

The company secretary welcomes Michael Portillo for ‘Great British Railways’ filming Some more information about Great British Railways