opposite platform. The following year the station was awarded a First Class award in the Best Preserved Station competition of the Association of Railway Preservation Societies. The station celebrated its 145th birthday on 9 November 2007. A cake was cut by Pewsey Parish Council chairman, Alex Carder, with First Great Western service delivery manager Alison Stone. Staff Trevor Beaven, a long-serving stationmaster who retired in 2020, was awarded an MBE for his services in 1999. Culture Pewsey Station is mentioned in the December 2005 film, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. The train evacuating the Pevensie children from London Paddington stops at a rural station which is identified by the train guard as Pewsey. In actuality, the scene was shot at Highley Station on the preserved Severn Valley Railway. Even so, the film is correct in as much as any train going to Coombe Halt, the ultimate destination of the Pevensie children, would have to pass through Pewsey on its way from London Paddington. Services All services at Pewsey are operated by Great Western Railway. Off-peak there is generally a train every 2 hours between and of which some continue to , or . Additional services call at Pewsey during the peak periods. References Railway stations in Wiltshire DfT Category D stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1862 Former Great Western Railway stations Railway stations served by Great Western Railway 1862 establishments in England