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Awards

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add HRA award 2016
*2013 Severn Valley Railway: [http://www.kidderminstershuttle.co.uk/news/10767508.Wyre_Forest_tourism_organisations_earn_awards/ Visit Worcestershire Awards, Best Tourism Experience]
*2013 Severn Valley Railway: [http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2013/06/04/severn-valley-railway-volunteers-chuffed-to-win-queens-award/ The Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service]
*2013 Severn Valley Railway : [http://www.kidderminstershuttle.co.uk/news/10027075.Winners_recognised_in_fifth_Wyre_Forest_No_Barriers_awards/ Wyre Forest District Council, Wyre Forest No Barriers Award]
*2014/15 Severn Valley Railway: [http://www.countryfile.com/article/winners-bbc-countryfile-magazine-awards-201415 BBC Countryfile Magazine Awards, Heritage site of the Year]
*2015 [[GWR 650 Brake Third Open (Excursion) | GWR 650 Brake Third Open]]: [http://www.hra.uk.com/media_awards.php Heritage Railway Association, Coach Competition]
*2015 [[GWR 9103 Nondescript Saloon]]: [http://www.hra.uk.com/media_awards.php Heritage Railway Association, Carriage and Wagon Competition, Overall Winner]
*2016 Severn Valley Railway: [http://www.svr.co.uk/NewsItem.aspx?a=716 Heritage Railway Association, Large Groups Award. Joint winner]
 
Mention should also be made of Arley Station Master, Mr. George Batchelor, who was awarded several prizes by The Great Western Railway in the early 1900s for the gardens at Arley Station.<ref>[http://www.arleystation.org.uk/asgardens2.html Arley Station web site]</ref>