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The main station building is listed Grade II by Historic England for its special architectural or historic interest. <ref>[https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1053173 | Bridgnorth Station on the Historic England list]</ref>

Bridgnorth has a two car parks. The entrance to the smaller coach/car park next to the station building is in Hollybush Road. This is pay and display and includes disabled parking spaces. The entrance to the larger 'West' car parkis at the end of Station Lane off Hollybush Road, with overflow parking available a short walk away100 yards to the north of the main station entrance. Other facilities for visitors include a buffet, a A ticket to exit this car park may be purchased from the [[Bridgnorth Station Shop | gift shop]] and or 'The Railwayman’s Railwayman's Arms' pub. High Town, with its Castle Gardens and Cliff Railway, can be accessed from the SVR via a footbridge outside the entrance to the Station building.

Facilities for visitors include a buffet, a [[Bridgnorth Station Shop | gift shop]] and 'The Railwayman’s Arms' pub. High Town, with its Castle Gardens and Cliff Railway, can be accessed from the SVR via a footbridge outside the entrance to the Station building. A lineside public viewing area is situated at the foot of [[#Pan_Pudding_Hill | Pan Pudding Hill]], on the opposite side of the line from Platform 1. This can normally be accessed by taking the steps down from the car park near the Railwayman's Arms pub (the '[[Donkey Gallops]]') and going through the [[Engine Shed Underpass]]. A flight of steps on the right then leads up to the viewing area. When access is allowed to the Bridgnorth Works (normally only during Gala events), access to the viewing area is possible direct from the south end of Platform 2.

On 17 June 2014 David Postle attended an SVR(H) Board meeting to propose the acquisition of the adjacent 'Inchcape' site at ‘no cost’ to the railway, leasing the site at a cost of £65,000 per annum for three years with an option to purchase at a price of £1,200,000. Together with colleagues he offered that the first three years' costs would be underwritten so that there would be no financial impact on the railway. The Board considered that the price was over-stated as advisors had indicated a market value of approximately £750,000.<ref>[https://forum.svr-online.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=2422 General Manager's Statement 23 June 2014]</ref>

! Project !! 2012 share offer !! 2016 share offer !! September 2018<ref>NBI September 2018</ref> !! SVR News 204 Winter 2018 !! Branch Lines October 2020<ref name=bloct20/> || Notes

|New catering and toilets||Included||Phase I, reduced height and size||Phase I||Phase I|| ||Opened January 2019. Non-uniformed staff catering now (from 2018) to be included in the Graham Hill building (next to the Boilershop)

|Refurbished station|| Included ||Phase I||Phase III||Phase IV||Phase I ||In November 2016 work was continuing on detailed plans for the refurbishment of the existing station, with the contract for the remaining works of the first phase to be signed in January 2017.<ref>SVR Live</ref> In September 2018 plans and costs were incomplete and "will inevitably take a period of time to reconcile". Works will were not to begin before Winter 2019/20 to develop the plans, apply for funding and a period of calm.<ref>NBI September 2018</ref>In October 2020 it required detailed plans to be drawn up before going for confirmed costings.<ref name="bloct20"/> In June 2021 the SVR applied for Listed building alterations (see 'Milestones' below) 

|New car park in fields|| Included ||Phase II||Phase II||Phase II|| ||Opened December 2018

|Turntable, renewal of track work in Bridgnorth yard along with the provision of a new loco pit|| Included ||Phase II||Phase IIb (TBC)|| Phase III||Phase II || As of October 2020, there will be a need to raise further finance, once Phase I is completed.<ref name=bloct20/>

|Volunteer accommodation|| Included, in plans for Hollybush Road sidings ||Phase III*||Phase IV||Not included|| ||*Funds for Phase III were not within the 2016 share offer of £2.5m.<br>Intended as part of workshop and stores to rear of MPD, a storage block is now not urgently required. The SVR will reconsider how best to provide volunteer accommodation, this is was then unlikely to commence until 2021 because of the current commitments on civils and building projects.<ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/epmay19 Express Points May 2019]</ref>

|Independent mobility across the site|| Included, by means of additional lifts at the north end of the station ||Not included||Not included||Not included|| ||

|Public viewing area for MPD|| Included ||Not included||Not included||Not included|| ||

|New visitor centre|| Included ||Not included||Not included||Not included|| ||

SVR(H) Annual Reports give the total capital sums spent on the Bridgnorth project to the end of 2019 2020 as £3,202k 236k comprising:

In October 2019 2020, the SVR issued an update report suggesting announced that there was £264,000 remaining share monies, which was ring-fenced for the next remaining phase I of the project (the Bridgnorth Turntable pit, restoration station building conservation and extension of the bar). It required detailed plans to be drawn up before going for confirmed costings. Phase II of the Turntableproject, which includes the turntable and renewal of track work in Bridgnorth yard and along with the provision of a new loco pit) would , will follow, but there will be delayed until a need to raise further quotes were obtained and plans developed. The full announcement may be read on SVRLive [https://www.svrlive.com/post/bridgnorth-development-update-oct19 here]. Previous updates on this project including pictures of the work in progress can be found on the [https://www.svrlivefinance, once Phase I is completed.com<ref name="bloct20"/bridgnorth-development SVRLive Bridgnorth Development page].>

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The original footbridge at this location was built by [[David Owen#Rubery_Owen|Rubery Owen & Co. Ltd.]] in 1895at a cost of £1400.<ref>[http://specialcollections.le.ac. uk/digital/collection/p16445coll4/id/278547 Kelly's Directory of Shropshire, 1913]</ref> Its condition was allowed to deteriorate following the closure of the railway at Bridgnorth in 1963, and by 1967 owners Bridgnorth Council had announced plans for its demolition. A Public Enquiry into the future of the footbridge was held on 1 April 1968,<ref>SVR News 19</ref> and a [[Bridgnorth Footbridge Trust#Events prior to the establishment of the Bridgnorth Footbridge Trust|campaign to save the bridge]] was launched in 1969. The footbridge was closed and boarded up on 30 September 1970. In [[Severn Valley Railway Timeline 1970-1979#19745| April 1974]] Bridgnorth was demoted to rural borough status, losing its powers to spend money maintaining the footbridge. Later that year it was sold to the SVR for a nominal £1, but was reluctantly deemed beyond repair and demolished in 1976.<ref>[[Bibliography#Books|Marshall (1989)]] p. 105.</ref> A short section was cosmetically restored by SVR volunteers and placed as a feature on the roundabout at the junction of the A458 and A442 on the outskirts of Bridgnorth. <ref>[https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.5279776,-2.4123035,3a,75y,68.21h,85.73t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sblf9KSdqoLBDX4V_-HByLA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656 Section of footbridge visible on Google Street View]</ref> The 1895 bridge can also be seen in photographs 8 and 9 in the gallery of Sellick photographs below. <gallerymode=packed heights=200px style="text-align:left">

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In 2000 the TV series 'Time Team' visited Bridgnorth to investigate the area around St Mary’s Church. <ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0957382/ Internet Movie Database, Time Team, Series 8, episode 11, first broadcast 11 March 2001] (Retrieved 29 December 2020)</ref> Part of the dig concentrated on Pan Pudding Hill – then in the ownership of The Apley Estate.<ref>[http://apleyestate.co.uk/film-location/ The Apley Estate] Retrieved 5 October 2017</ref> The episode is available on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8o1yhCNpXg YouTube]. In October 2015 the SVR purchased ten acres of land to the west of Bridgnorth Station from The Apley Estate Trustees, which includes Pan Pudding Hill.<ref>[https://www.svrlive.com/copy-of-bridgnorth-development-1 SVRLive 'Purchase of 10 acres of land to the West of Bridgnorth Station' 5 October 2015] (Retrieved 14 February 2017)</ref>

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[[File:Bridgnorth 1849 poster.jpg | thumb|200px|right | Poster for a goods conveyancing service to the nearest rail connection Wolverhampton in 1849]][[File:GWR Bridgnorth advert 1956.jpg | thumb|200px|right | Advert for GWR passenger and parcels service to Shifnal station in 1856]]