Trains to Newbury

Located roughly halfway between London and Bath, Newbury was long an important stopping point for travellers even before the railway arrived in the town in 1847. The current red-brick station buildings were built in 1910, as was the covered footbridge across the tracks. Historically Newbury was a market town, built on the cloth and the corn trade – today its Corn Exchange is a popular theatre and arts centre, and the town’s biggest employer is Vodafone UK, whose 30-acre headquarters is just north of the centre. Newbury station is to the south of the town centre, and it is a short walk to the main shopping streets around Market Place and the river. A little further to the north is Donnington Castle. Newbury is also well known for its racecourse, venue for the Gold Cup each November. The racecourse is a fifteen minute walk from the town and is served by its own railway station.