It is 0.42 miles (0.68 km) from Tywyn Wharf, which is the primary station and western terminus of the railway.

[3] Wharf station did not have a run-round loop until 1952, so the locomotive propelled its empty carriages back to Pendre after their last train of the day.

In 2018, the society decided to launch a project to provide additional workshop and carriage shed facilities at Pendre.

In 2019, the railway purchased a large area of land opposite the west carriage shed - known as "The Orchard" - as part of this project .

Wilbert Awdry, and in the fourth season of Thomas & Friends, as the works at Crovan's Gate, on the Skarloey Railway.