Save the railway banks that inspired Edith Nesbit s Railway Children, campaigners say
27 January 2021 • 12:01am
The cutting is thought to be one of the inspirations for Edith Nesbit s The Railway Children
Credit: Baring Trust
The railway banks that inspired The Railway Children must be saved from developers and turned into a park to protect wildlife, campaigners say.
Locals in Lewisham s Grove Park area of south east London want to preserve the section of railway that Edith Nesbit s home overlooked before she wrote beloved 1906 children s book The Railway Children.
Currently a patchwork of privately-owned areas and council-owned land that is used by the community, campaigners want to turn it into an urban national park , providing a haven for nature and for green space for local families.