The Freight House under a blue sky: a long red-brick Victorian goods shed with a slate roof and a round window in the gable, with a modern glazed entrance porch on the side facing the car park.

Rochford, Essex. Built 1889

A Victorian goods shed, back in use for Rochford

Events, a workshop with tools you can use, a local museum and space for community groups, all in the old railway freight house next to Rochford station.

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What's on

Coming up

Sat 3 Oct10:00
Family
Freight House open day
Come and look round the building, meet the hackspace and museum volunteers, and find out what is planned.
Step-free access: the event hall is on the ground floor.
- Drop in, no booking needed
- Quiet room available
The Freight House volunteers
Free
Thu 15 Oct19:30
Talk
The Freight House and the railway: a short history
An illustrated talk on the goods shed, the coming of the railway to Rochford in 1889, and what the building has been used for since.
Step-free access: the event hall is on the ground floor.
- Seated event
- Induction loop: TODO confirm
Rochford museum working group
£5, under 16s free
Sat 24 Oct10:00
Hackspace
Repair café
Bring a broken household item and volunteers from East Essex Hackspace will help you try to fix it. Small electricals, textiles, bikes and toys.
Step-free access: the event hall is on the ground floor.
- Drop in, no booking needed
- Some tool noise
East Essex Hackspace
Free, donations welcome