 Bassenthwaite Lake station is seen in 1973, looking south-east towards the lofty, snow-covered peak of Skiddaw. The up (left) platform is devoid of buildings but the station building remains intact on the down platform. Behind it the staff cottages are visible, with the stationmaster’s house far right.
Photo from John Mann collection 
On 18 April 1975 work is in progress to build the A66 trunk road through the Lake District (replacing the A594). South of Bassenthwaite Lake station it will follow the course of the former railway along the shore of Bassenthwaite Lake for much of the distance from Braithwaite. The road narrowly misses Bassenthwaite Lake station but associated works appear to have involved demolition of part of the up platform, and the near end of the down platform is in a sorry state. All three buildings remain on the down side of the station.
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by Alan Young
Looking north-west at part of the down platform of Bassenthwaite Lake station on 12 April 1977. The single-storey station building, with the gents’ toilet in the foreground, stands derelict with the stationmaster’s house beyond.
Photo by Alan Young 
By the 21st century almost all British closed stations have either been demolished or refurbished. Very few have simply faded away: Bassenthwaite Lake station is in this category. On 9 May 2009, more than forty years after closure, the station building has become a ‘romantic ruin’, roofless and encroached by trees and shrubs.
Photo by Roy Lambeth  The derelict Bassenthwaite Lake station is seen on 9 May 2009, its gables gaunt against the sky. It is remarkable that the timber screen is more-or-less intact, still carrying BR(LM) paint, over forty years since closure.
Photo by Roy Lambeth 
Looking north inside the derelict booking hall of Bassenthwaite Lake station on 9 May 2009.
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by Roy Lambeth
 In addition to the derelict station building at Bassenthwaite Lake, the adjacent railwaymen’s cottages are also empty and neglected in May 2009.
Photo by Roy Lambeth 
Looking north-east at the disused Bassenthwaite Lake station on 9 May 2009. The stationmaster’s house (left) is in residential use but in the distance the station building, which also housed a sub-post office, is derelict.
Photo by Roy Lambeth 
Looking south-east at Bassenthwaite Lake station on 24 January 2010. The derelict station building is in the foreground with the gents’ toilet in the centre of the picture. To the left, the rendered building was a pair of railwaymen’s cottages.
Photo by Alan Young  The disused Bassenthwaite Lake station is seen on 24 January2010. The view is through the open door to the booking hall and the booking office window. The station office occupied the forward-thrusting section of the building through whose windows the staff could obtain a clear view of the platforms. Despite being closed for more than forty years the doors, window frame and herringbone frieze above still carry the maroon and cream livery of BR London Midland Region.
Photo by Alan Young 
Looking north-west along the remains of the down platform of Bassenthwaite Lake station on 24 January 2010. The derelict station building, with the gents’ toilet in the foreground, is crumbling away and vegetation is invading the site. The stationmaster’s house, in residential use, stands beyond.
Photo by Alan Young
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