2011

SK5642 : New Basford: Camelot Avenue

taken 13 years ago, 3 km from Lenton, Nottingham, England

New Basford: Camelot Avenue
New Basford: Camelot Avenue
It is hard to believe that this was once the site of a main line railway. Camelot Avenue is built on the site of the station and goods yard of New Basford station. Famous Nottingham railway photographers such as Gordon Hepburn and Tom Boustead stood approximately where I stood to take this snap to take their pictures of trains bursting out of Sherwood Rise Tunnel on the uphill slog from Nottingham Victoria. The remains of the tunnel are hidden in the trees directly ahead - see SK5642 : The remains of Sherwood Rise Tunnel.

The Great Central Railway main line from London Marylebone to Sheffield via Leicester and Nottingham was the last trunk route to be completed (1899) and the first to close (1967). North of Nottingham and in the city much of its route has disappeared - embankments flattened, cuttings filled, viaducts demolished - and it is hard to follow.


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Geographical Context: Housing, Dwellings Suburb, Urban fringe Railways other tags: Great Central Railway Sherwood Rise Tunnel New Basford Station Tunnel Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · New Basford [24] · Camelot Avenue [13] · New Basford Railway Station [11] · Sherwood Rise Tunnel [8] ·
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SK5642, 185 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
John Sutton   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 28 April, 2011   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 1 May, 2011
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SK 564 423 [100m precision]
WGS84: 52:58.5053N 1:9.6567W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SK 563 423
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South-southeast (about 157 degrees)
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