2020

SO6414 : Cyclist at Cinderford

taken 4 years ago, near to Cinderford, Gloucestershire, England

Cyclist at Cinderford
Cyclist at Cinderford
Taken looking into what was once Bilson yard, an extensive network of sidings, from the start of the Great Western's Churchway Branch to Northern United colliery. Out of shot to either side of me are the remains of the embankment which once carried the Severn & Wye Railway's Cinderford extension, built in 1900 when demand for a station closer to Cinderford town centre became too great for the company to ignore. Previously, Cinderford Station had been a few miles out of town in the middle of nowhere: the cost of bridging two Great Western branch lines led to the S&W dragging their heels in providing a more convenient alternative! The line at this point closed in 1965 with the Christmas Eve closure of Northern United, the last remaining deep colliery in the Forest of Dean and the last industry served by the branch, and is now a footpath and cycle track.

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Geographical Context: Paths Railways Place: Cinderford Area: Forest of Dean Primary Subject: Cycle Route other tags: Old Railway Cycle Track Path Forest of Dean Railway Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Forest of Dean [9] · Cinderford Station [7] · Looking [7] · Industrial Units [5] · Yard [5] · Bilson [3] · Footpath and Cycle Track [2] ·
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SO6414, 48 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
John Winder   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Sunday, 24 May, 2020   (more nearby)
Submitted
Thursday, 28 May, 2020
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SO 6451 1436 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:49.6034N 2:30.9822W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SO 6448 1449
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South-southeast (about 157 degrees)
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