• Skip to main content

Bolton Station Community Partnership

  • Home
  • About Us
  • P5
  • Active Travel
  • News & Events
  • Get Involved
  • Contact

About Us

Bolton Station Community Partnership (BSCP) was formed in late 2017 to prepare plans for a community gala at Bolton station on June 30th 2018, to mark the 50th anniversary of the end of steam traction and the closure of Bolton’s loco shed. The event became a major community event involving schools, community groups and a range of local bodies. From the success of the event (attracting over 2000 people) it was decided to continue the partnership’s work and look to bring much of the unoccupied space on the station back to use for the community.

Northern offered immediate occupancy (on an informal basis) of the former Guards’ Messroom on Platform 5, which is now ‘The Community Room’. Volunteers from the Partnership, Network Rail and ISS brought the room back into being a useable space. In addition, the adjoining former General Waiting Room was transformed into the ‘P5 Platform Gallery’, opened in 2019, and has already hosted a broad programme of exhibitions.

Most recently, the vacant upstairs block on platforms 4/5, once the Northern Training Academy, has also undergone an extensive multi-million-pound refurbishment (funded by Northern and Network Rail) to create a new substantial Community Hub. Discussions are ongoing for a lease on these rooms, and we hope to see the spaces inhabited by community use very soon.

Other projects have also developed in parallel. We have worked with The Prince’s Trust to provide planters at the south end of Platform 4/5, guided walks from the local rail network have been arranged alongside Bolton City of Sanctuary, and monthly open meetings have been held in the Community Room on rail heritage, music and poetry. During the lockdown period in 2020 we also ran a successful poetry competition with the support of ‘Live from Worktown’, and the winners from this competition have their work displayed on the platform pillars.

Our Platform Gallery, P5, goes from strength to strength with a huge selection of art works, poetry, creative writing, live events and films being shown through the year and we continue to support community workshops and support groups in our Community Room next door to the Gallery.

© 2025 · Bolton Station Community Partnership

This website uses cookies to improve your experience. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish. ACCEPT
Privacy & Cookies Policy

Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience.
Necessary
Always Enabled
Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.
Non-necessary
Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
SAVE & ACCEPT
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Partnerships
  • Platform Gallery
  • News & Events
  • Get Involved
  • Contact