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National Railway Heritage Awards 2016
*2016 Severn Valley Railway: What's On readers awards, Best Visitor attraction, Worcestershire. Runner up. <ref>[http://whatsonlive.co.uk/worcestershire/news/whats-on-readers-awards-announced/31778 What's On magazine web site]</ref>
*2016 [[Arley]]: 'The Stagecoach Volunteers Award' by the National Railway Heritage Awards committee<ref>[http://www.svrlive.com/copy-of-news-300516-1-19 SVR Live web site]</ref>
*2016 [[Bewdley]]: Highly Commended, 'Great Western Railway Craft Skills Award' by the National Railway Heritage Awards committee<ref>[http://www.svrlive.com/copy-of-news-300516-1-19 SVR Live web site]</ref>
Prior to the preservation era, the GWR and BR awarded a number of prizes for the gardens at various SVR stations, including to 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>, Mr J T Hill who was awarded prizes in 1919, 1920 & 1921 while station master at Hampton Loade and also in 1923, 1924 & 1925 while station master at Arley.<br>
