Started in 2019, the building has been restored to how it looked in 1840, and now operates as a tea room, shop, and heritage centre, with views of the Midland mainline.

It was built in 1836-40 by the North Midland Railway (NMR)[2] on its line between Derby and Leeds, close to the road between South Wingfield and Oakerthorpe.

The station closed in 1967 and the buildings, by Francis Thompson,[3] still stand, but had become derelict until restoration work, funded by a National Lottery grant, began in 2019, with completion announced in October 2023.

[6] In times past, this area was important for coal mining at Oakerthorpe, South Wingfield, with a branch to Shirland.

[14] As of October 2023, the building has been restored to how it looked in 1840, and now operates as a tea room, shop, and heritage centre, with a model railway and views of the Midland mainline.