In 2024, the volunteers at Weymouth Railway Station in Dorset became the proud owners of four of our new bee-friendly bug hotels. Thanks to support from the South Wessex Community Rail Partnership, these bug hotels will help pollinators, including solitary bees and ladybirds, thrive at the station. They also add to the wildlife-focused planting already …
Category archives: Railway Station
Harlington Railway Station, Bedfordshire
The bank on Harlington Station’s northbound platform has had hibernaculum, bird boxes and bee hotel installed. Created as part of our project with Govia Thameslink to install homes for nature across their network of stations.
Radlett Railway Station, Hertfordshire
We have installed homes for nature throughout the car park at Radlett Railway Station. Created as part of our project with Govia Thameslink to install homes for nature across their network of stations.
St. Albans City Railway Station, Hertfordshire
At St. Albans City Railway Station, we have installed homes for nature throughout the car park such as the pictured gabion. Created as part of our project with Govia Thameslink to install homes for nature across their network of stations.
Kentish Town Underground Station, London
At Kentish Town Station, we maximised the wildlife habitat potential of the station’s original giant brick planters by installing hibernaculum, bird boxes and a bee hotel there. Created as part of our project with Govia Thameslink to install homes for nature across their network of stations.
Blackfriars Railway Station, London
Created as part of on ongoing project with Govia Thameslink to install homes for nature across their network of stations and featured in the 2025 Channel 5 documentary The Secret Life of Bees. At Blackfriars, we planted up a forgotten area in front of the south entrance with rosemary and spring bulbs. Elsewhere, we installed …
Southfields Railway Station, London
Southfields Station is the gateway to the Wimbledon tennis tournament. A large bed on the platforms had been abandoned for years – possibly decades. We have begun a reclamation job. Two beautiful olive trees and a giant palm have been released from a jungle of weeds, climbers and other invasives, and the bed is slowly …
Reading Railway Station, Berkshire
We worked with Network Rail, Food4Familes and Launchpad135 to install these planters with pews at Reading Railway Station, Berkshire. They accompany the work we did at the station to mark the late Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, where, supported by station staff and local volunteers, we replanted pre-existing brick planters with bee-friendly plants in red, white and …
Canons Park Underground Station, London
The platforms are very narrow at Canons Park Underground Station in London, but we were able to squeeze in two slimline planters, one on each side. Thanks to Transport for London.
Gordon Hill Railway Station, London
We joined forces with Great Northern Rail to create this unique creature feature and bug hotel at Gordon Hill Railway Station in London. Featuring old parquet flooring from the station plus a forgotten artwork salvaged from Barbican Railway Station, also in London, it’s proof that anything can be transformed into a welcome home for wildlife. …