Sheringham
Station
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Sheringham
station can represent any era from the Victorian, through
Edwardian to the 1960's and has been successfully filmed
as both a through station and as a terminus.
A
large car park is adjacent to the station at Sheringham, together with two large
public rooms within a 100 yards, which have been regularly used to house the costumes
and provide changing facilities for the cast. | 
Weybourne
Station
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Weybourne station is a picturesque
rural station typical of the last century.
This station was the location of Love on a Branch Line
starring Leslie Phillips as well as featuring in Dad's
Army and the Inspector Alleyne series, amongst many
others.
We also have
a small lineside halt.
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Holt Station
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Holt station
is a quiet country station, complete with a goods shed
and small good yard. The meticulously rebuilt station
buildings and the isolated location of this station
allow for a real atmosphere of times gone by.
Facilities
are available for storing costumes and equipment and
also providing a changing area for the cast. Ample car
parking is available on site.
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All three stations
have traditional signalling, together with period waiting
rooms and all the other features that go to produce the ambience
you require for your production.
Steam Locomotives
Include:
Historic steam
locomotives based on the line range from small, industrial
locomotives through large, heavy freight locomotives to express
passenger engines, suiting eras from Victorian through to
the 1960s. In addition visiting steam locomotives can often
be hired in from other railways.
Diesel Locomotives
& Units Include:
Several heritage
mainline diesel locomotives are based on the railway, along
with a number of diesel units, representing the 1950s to 1970s
era of rail travel.
Carriages Include:
Our coaching stock
ranges from a small vintage train of Victorian wooden-bodied
vehicles through our teak suburban carriages of the 1920s
and 1930s through to more modern carriages used by British
Railways from the 1950s until the 1970s. Goods or parcels
wagons are also available to form a complete train or to attach
to passenger trains.
Scenic Features
Include:
Scene features
along the railway include heathland, woods, cuttings, a gated
crossing, a bridge over main road together with road and track
bridges over railway. The railway runs alongside a golf links
and there are also good sea views along much of the line.
Also, as we are in the 'bumpy' part of Norfolk, we can also
manage hills!
Available Options
Whatever the size
of your production or budget, we can help.
A whole range of
filming options exist on the railway, from an afternoon fashion
catalogue stills shoot with no train, to several days filming
with specially hired-in steam locomotives and carriages.
If you are looking
to re-create a particular period, we can advise on the type
and availability of locomotives and carriages from all over
the UK, not just the NNR.
If you are interested
in filming any aspect of our railway please get in touch using
the details at the top of this page. Our staff will be more
than happy to discuss suitable options with you.
Previous Productions
Some of the productions
previously filmed on the North Norfolk Railway include:
The Sherlock Holmes
series, starring Ian Richardson, which was shown in the spring
of 2001.
All The King's
Men, starring David Jason.
The filming of
the Lost Prince took place at Weybourne, complete with armoured
train, Gina McKee, and about 100 other stars, extras and technicians.
Love on a Branch
Line starring Leslie Phillips was filmed at Weybourne. This
station has also appeared in Dad's Army, Hi-Di-Hi and the
Inspector Alleyn series.
The railway is
also available for the shooting of stills and music videos.
Recent users of the railway's facilities have been the magazines
Scene Scania and the Norfolk Monthly. | 
