Help revive The Railway Inn as a community pub!
Below are our pledge form and FAQs. If you have any queries please contact us through Facebook or by email contact@railwayinn.org
We will be holding an open meeting on WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14TH AT 7.00PM at ST. LUKE’S HALL, NORTON BRIDGE, ST15 0PD to update everyone on our progress so far and the next steps.
You can pledge online here.
The Railway Inn Community Pub Limited is holding a second open meeting to update on progress to date.
We are also launching our pledge campaign to assess support in raising the finance needed to buy the pub.
Come along and find out more!
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14TH AT 7.00PM
ST. LUKE’S HALL,
NORTON BRIDGE, ST15 0PD
Transparency is at the heart of our mission to return The Railway Inn to its rightful place as the centre of Norton Bridge. Our Steering Group recently met on 2nd December 2025 to discuss our ongoing progress in securing the pub’s future. We invite all community members, supporters, and potential volunteers to read the full minutes of this meeting now available on our website. Staying informed is the best way to see how we are working together to bring back this essential community resource.
We need you, our local community, to help us move onto our next step!
Raising £2,500 will allow us to cover our start-up costs to get the project off the ground. Your donations will help us to:
Once we have achieved the above fundraising target and booked a valuation, we will be ready to present pledge / share offer details.
Please click here to be directed to our go fund me account. Every donation is appreciated.
Please note, if for any reason this project fails, then any money that has not been spent on the above costs, will be refunded back to the donors. This will be shared proportionately amongst the donors (based on their original donation amount, minus a percentage of what has already been spent.) Donations received at this stage of the project will be towards the initial costs only, and will not be classed as investments /shares. If we raise more than £2,500 initially, any remaining funds (after the above expenditure) will be transferred to the main fundraiser as a donation.
We had a brilliant response to our community survey and the best way we can think of thanking everyone is to do our best to see our pub reopened.
We had 76 responses to our survey.
As you can see, it is not just people who live in the village who want to see the pub reopened and help us in the journey!
We asked who would use the pub for drinking and bar snacks, and 63% said at least once a week!
Dining in the pub also seemed popular, 60% of people said they’d come at lease once a month to a have a meal with us.
The number of offers of help speak for themselves, we are so grateful to the community for this strong show of support.
This graph shows some of the additional services the local community would like to see the pub offer, as you can see a social area was high on the list, again proving what a great asset to the community the pub could be.
Following a packed initial meeting on 15th September 2025, The Railway Inn Norton Bridge Steering Group is thrilled to report a fantastic surge of local support. The meeting at St Luke’s saw 31 attendees , with a unanimous agreement to move forward with the plan to buy The Railway Inn and run it for the community.
We were delighted that so many people indicated they have skills, experience, or time they are willing to give to the project.
We are working to create more than just a traditional pub; our vision is for a community hub. This new hub will be:
A dedicated steering group has been formed to drive the project forward. The members are:
The group has already met three times (23rd September, 30th September, and 21st October) to establish our next steps.
We have already made significant progress:
Community support is essential for this project to succeed. We have developed a community questionnaire, and your feedback is vital. The findings will directly inform the project’s future direction and demonstrate the strength of our community support.
How to complete the questionnaire:
Please fill in and return your questionnaire as soon as possible.
October is focused on this crucial community consultation. Following this, we will move into the fundraising phase in November and December.
Thank you to everyone who has supported us so far. Together, we can make this project a reality!
We have launched a form encouraging those who are able to let us know if they can help.
You can fill this form in from here: Can you help?