{"id":1303,"date":"2022-09-01T13:50:51","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T13:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forummediatestsite.co.uk\/natc\/?p=1303"},"modified":"2025-06-02T13:53:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T12:53:27","slug":"watercress-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forummediatestsite.co.uk\/natc-staging\/watercress-line\/","title":{"rendered":"Watercress Line"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1303\" class=\"elementor elementor-1303\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-22d7b357 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"22d7b357\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1902f9d4\" data-id=\"1902f9d4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-652255ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"652255ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.12.1 - 02-04-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">You can join the line at the picturesque Georgian town of Alresford or at the bustling market town of Alton. Fares give you all day travel, so you can visit all four heritage stations with period charm as well as these historic towns.<\/p><p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">Alresford station is where the watercress that gave the line its name was sent all over the country by train from the goods platform you can still see behind the signal box. Here you can visit the West Country Buffet for some delicious hot meals, snacks and drinks, and visit our gift shop for a range of souvenirs and model railway pieces.<\/p><p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">The Watercress Line has a full schedule of special event and family days across the year, with a huge variety of things to do up and down the line. Mase sure you visit this amazing living steam railway in the heart of Alresford.<\/p><p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; line-height: 15.6933px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;\">For more information please follow this link: <a style=\"color: #0563c1; text-decoration-line: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/watercressline.co.uk\/\">https:\/\/watercressline.co.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let off steam at this living history railway! 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