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[[File: Jackfield-Halt-1962-10-08.jpg|thumb|300px|right| Jackfield Halt in 1962. From the [[Sellick Collection]].]]
[[File: Jackfield_Board_20161130.jpg|thumb|300px|right| Board from Jackfield Halt]]
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The original halt was situated on the Doughty Fault<ref>[[Bibliography#Books | Vanns (1998)]] p.46.</ref> on an area of unstable ground, made worse by the history of clay mining in the area. This caused a number of problems over the years, culminating in a major landslide in spring 1952 when the line and halt slumped 25ft towards the river; many houses in the area were also destroyed. Following this, the halt platform and shelter were relocated by around ¼ mile to a position east of the sidings (south in the direction of travel), re-opening on 1 March 1954.<ref name = "Marshall">[[Bibliography#Books | Marshall (1989), p. 109.]]</ref> Thereafter the area remained subject to further subsidence, requiring regular re-alignment and re-ballasting of the line which was subject to a 5 m.p.h. restriction.<ref name = "Stretton" />
The halt remained in use until the closure of the line to passengers on 9 September 1963. The former destination board is now preserved in the nearby Jackfield Tile Museum.
==History of the area since closure==
