During
World War II, in 1940, the
Admiralty requisitioned
Ditcham Park, a nearby country house for use as a
convalescent home for sailors (the house is now a
private school). The halt was built to serve Ditcham Park, principally for trains from the extensive
naval facilities in
Portsmouth about away.
Woodcroft Halt, which was also known as
Ditcham Park Halt, opened on 4 October 1943, and closed on 1 October 1945. Because of its naval nature, it was featured on few maps, but some maps did mark it by a little tab without a name. It was closed in 1945 and subsequently demolished; just a footbridge remains. ==Location==