the CVR hopes to re-open its line to connect with at the former sand sidings where a new platform will be built. South of the sidings is another bridge crossing over the River Churnet and the "Oakamoor Tunnel" and Oakamoor railway station, which might be rehabilitated if a southern extension of the line is built to Alton Towers (which has the potential to service the nearby theme park), despite the former station buildings being a Landmark Trust-owned holiday property. Leek Brook-Waterhouses section Bradnop 36-yard "Bradnop Tunnel" directly north of station Former Bradnop station site cleared (no public access) Ipstones Apesford level crossing close by Current terminus of the route, no public access Platform not in-use, plans are being looked at for re-opening Ipstones Summit (further south) at 1,063 feet above sea level Winkhill No track at present (2014) Former station building now private residence Cauldon Lowe Track torn up for reuse at Endon Waterhouses Possible future terminus of the CVR Former Leek & Manifold signal box now a cycle hire Start of the Manifold Trail Awards 2005: National Railway Heritage Awards, Ian Allan Publishing Award, awarded for Consall station and signalling and Kingsley & Froghall station 2008 National Railway Heritage Awards, National Express East Coast Volunteers Award, awarded for the reconstruction of the Up platform and waiting shelter at Kingsley and Froghall. The project was joint first with the Great Central Railway. 2013: Winner of "ACES Best Dinner Award 2012" 2015: Winner of "Best Use of Production Music in Radio Advertising" at Library Music Awards for Signal1 Radio "1940s Event" advert 2016: Winner of Daily Mirror Top 10 UK Steam Train Trips 2019: 9th in Telegraph Travel "Best One-Day Rail Journeys in the World" Media coverage In 1983, Simon Groom visited as part of the BBC programme Blue Peter to cover the movement of the former signalbox from Clifton to Cheddleton In July 1985, Cheddleton station was used as the fictional Fuddlewich in the BBC series Happy Families starring Jennifer Saunders In April 2001, Vince Henderson visited to record the annual wartime event for an episode of Discovery Real Time's Off the Rails In September 2011 the line featured in an episode of Countryfile. The railway's diesel multiple unit was used for several interviews on the subject of the British "staycation effect". The programme featured several locations along the line, including Cheddleton & Consall stations and the demolished wire mills