Volunteers are getting Brighouse Station in tip-top condition for summer.

Volunteers from the Friends of Brighouse Station group (FOBS) have been deadheading, pruning and watering plants at the station, which maintains beautiful plants in its planters, barrels and climate change garden all year round.

The group has cleaned the planters and local history boards of any grime accumulated over the winter, as well as keeping the climate change garden in order.

FOBS Chair, Paul Marshall, said the station has “never looked as good maintenance wise and plant wise,” as fragrant Wallflower Sugar Rush blooms around the station and the winter plants start to flower.

FOBS Secretary Anne Cass scrubs off the winter grime from the station planters.

placeholder image — FOBS Secretary Anne Cass scrubs off the winter grime from the station planters.

Mr Marshall added: “We are now getting ready for the summer bedding plants.

“At the end of May all the winter stuff will have to be taken out.

“When the frost has disappeared, we can then start putting the summer stuff in.”

The group – which now has around 60 members – has looked after the station’s planters and plant beds for around 10 years, and last March won the Community Rail Awards 2026 Photography Competition with their entry – Brighouse Busy Lizzies.

Brightly coloured plants bloom at Brighouse Station.

In November last year, a series of improvements to the station was completed, including the addition of CCTV cameras, repainting, and the installation of electronic arrival and departure screens.

A new bus stop, shelter, and accessible toilet were also installed.

Brighouse Station car park is currently closed to the public as part of the ongoing Transpennine Route Upgrade, to allow for bus replacement services to and from Huddersfield.

It is expected that the car park will reopen on May 27.