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| There is one platform only. No cycle racking. Timetables and notices are displayed on the side of the station building. There is room for a small number of cars to park by the station and along Station Road. Outside the station, there is a BT telephone (coins only) box at junction of Coach Road and Station Road, No 01946-892845. The Esso filling station at the end of Coach Road is open most hours. It has an external cash machine, (there may be a charge) and the shop is open 24 hours Friday - Saturday, but closes at 9.30 pm on Sunday and Monday. There are various pubs etc. Two Bridges Retail Park (Lidl, Morrisons et al) is close by.
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| Drigg is a small coastal village (400-500 residents), on the B5344 about two miles south of Seascale. The station is signed from the A595 in Holmrook; then turn left into Station Road in Drigg, which is the road to the beach as well. The Cumbria Coastal Way runs through Drigg. The old station building (on the southbound platform) is occupied by Spindlecraft. This is a craft shop, with many craft items, pictures and paintings, clothes, cards and other quality goods for sale. It also offers coffee and cake, and is open 7 days a week. There is space for several cars just beyond the craft shop. Access to the southbound platform is through a gate between Spindlecraft and "The Victoria Hotel", or from the northbound platform and then crossing the road inside the crossing gate (which is manual, and operated by the signal box staff) . Both platforms have rather steep ramps from the road, but the access through the gate by Spindlecraft is level. Both platforms have a wooden "three-step" because the platforms are low. Both platforms have timetables, and shelters with seating, but no toilet. The south bound platform shelter also has a phone. Otherwise the nearest public call box is at the village hall, or in the Victoria Hotel during opening hours. The hotel offers good food and accommodation. There are pleasant walks from the station, if the road down to the beach (about a mile) is taken. A short way down the beach road there is a rough track off to the left towards the River Irt, and half a mile further along the road there is access to the dunes and a nature reserve, and some places for cars to park. The beach is unspoilt and sandy, and part of an SSSI . There is also a bird reserve with seabirds, waders, migrating geese, deer, badgers, adders, natterjack toads, etc. Dogs must be kept on a lead. Other information:-There is a bus service, the X6 on Sundays. Muncaster Microbus runs on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday by request. There is no post office in the village, nor school. There is a small but attractive church (C of E) in red sandstone, and there is usually a Sunday service. Nearby there is a village hall, which is spacious and modern, and available for functions. Drigg has the only low level radioactive waste repository in the UK.
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