2015

SK3903 : Battlefield Line

taken 10 years ago, near to Market Bosworth, Leicestershire, England

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Battlefield Line
Battlefield Line
Battlefield Line

The Battlefield Line Railway is a heritage railway in Leicestershire. It runs from Shackerstone to Shenton, via Market Bosworth, a total of 5 miles. Shenton is near Bosworth Field, (the location of the final battle of the Wars of the Roses), giving the railway its name.
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Market Bosworth Station

Market Bosworth station is a former stop on the London and North Western Railway and the Midland Railway, who jointly operated the line between Moira West Junction and Nuneaton as the Ashby and Nuneaton Joint Railway. The station is to the west of the market town of Market Bosworth.
Nowadays it is part of the heritage Battlefield Line Railway, some 3 miles to the south of the railway's base at Shackerstone. The station opened in 1873.


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SK3903, 228 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
N Chadwick   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 5 July, 2015   (more nearby)
Submitted
Wednesday, 18 November, 2015
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SK 3926 0307 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:37.4388N 1:25.2881W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SK 3929 0318
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South-southwest (about 202 degrees)
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