Brooklands Station

Brooklands Station is a railway station dating from 1859, constructed in red brick with blue brick dressings and a Welsh slate roof. The station was built on the Manchester South Junction and Altrincham Railway, which initially opened in 1849.

The street-facing entrance is a single-story building of three bays with a central doorway. This section is defined by blue brick pilasters, with arched recesses containing arched doorways and plate glass windows with a 1 over 1 design. A continuous blue brick band sits above the openings, topped by a blue brick cornice band and bracketed eaves, finished with a timber fascia and a hipped roof including a single chimney. The station building adjacent to the platform has a six-window arrangement.

A red brick road bridge with a segmental arch carries a glazed iron footbridge, linking to the Manchester platform. This bridge predates the station, believed to be from 1849 when the railway line was first established. The Manchester platform is covered by a three-bay hipped roof canopy supported by cast iron columns, each with four decorative brackets. The canopy has been shortened on the rail side due to electrification and features a timber fascia. The backing building uses red brick with blue brick and stone bands, containing several arched openings.

The Altrincham platform retains the base of the staircase with matching banding, and a three-bay station house with arched doorways, pilasters, and brackets, topped by a Welsh slate roof with end stacks. The end elevations of the station house feature small first-floor windows and projecting eaves supported by brackets. The station's history is notable as one of the first suburban railways, contributing to its local area’s development. It was constructed at the request of local residents at Marsland's Bridge, partly funded by a Manchester banker who also developed housing along Brooklands Road. Electrification occurred in 1931, and since 1992, the line has been integrated into the Manchester Metrolink system. The interior remains unexamined.