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[[File: Burlish_Halt_1_Michael_Clemens.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Burlish Halt in 1963 looking south]]'''Burlish Halt''' was located between [[Stourport]] and [[Bewdley]] stations. It was situated in the western part of Stourport, just off Bewdley Road, between with its [[Stourport]] Gradient profile and [[Bewdleymileages#Mileages| mileage of 135m 19ch]] stations and 3&frac14; miles placing it just over half a mile north of [[Hartlebury]]Stourport station at 134m 52ch. It  The halt opened on 31 March 1930 and had a single platform with a pagoda style shelter<ref>Vic Mitchell and Keith Smith, ''Country Railway Routes, Kidderminster to Shrewsbury'', 1958 photo.</ref><ref>[https://www.facebook.com/STOURPORTPAST/photos/a.163681577017370/1927861630599347/ Photo on '"we love stourport-on-severn" past and present day' Facebook page, 7 July 2018]</ref> similar to that now at [[Northwood Halt]]. It principally served the works of Steatite & Porcelain Products Ltd. which opened in 1929;<ref>The Severn Valley Railway, John Marshall</ref> the works was for a period also served by a private siding accessed from [[Burlish Branch|Burlish Branch Junction]].The siding ran behind the signal next to the platform, which was used to control the Burlish level crossing around 800 yards to the north.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Mitchell and Smith (2007)]] Pic. 9.</ref>  <gallery mode=packed heights=200px style="text-align:left">Burlish_Branch_Michael_Clemens.jpg|Burlish Halt in 1963 looking north with the Burlish Branch siding to the left </gallery>

At some time between 1958 and closure of the line, after 1963 the halt was 'upgraded' and the pagoda replaced by the a modern 'bus shelter' in the RCTS photograph below. The siding ran behind the signal in the photograph, which was used to control the nearby Burlish level crossingtype structure. <refgallery mode=packed heights=200px style="text-align:left">[[Bibliography#BooksBurlish_Halt_2_Michael_Clemens.jpg|Mitchell and Smith (2007)]] Pic. 9.Burlish Halt shortly before closure</refgallery>  The halt, which was unstaffed, remained open until passenger services were withdrawn from 5 January 1970.

The trackbed of the [[Stourport Branch]] from [[Bewdley]] as far as Burlish Park was acquired by the SVR when the southern extension was purchasedat the end of [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1970-1979#1972|1972]]. The purchase included the Halt, comprising the platform (made from precast concrete sections) and the footbridge. Both were dismantled and stored at [[Arley]] for many years before being sold.<ref>[https://forum.svr-online.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=1067 Peter Pearson and Chris Walton, SVR Forum thread, 21-22 February 2009]</ref> It was to form stage three of the Kingfisher line project at Titley Junction in Herefordshire, to reconstruct a GWR halt named 'Arrowside' with track and pointwork to operate a 'run round loop' and sidings.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110112030041/http://www.titleyjunctionstation.co.uk/kingfisher_line.html Archived Kingfisher Line website]</ref>

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