2020

SO6414 : Railway fencing at Bilson Yard

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

Railway fencing at Bilson Yard
Railway fencing at Bilson Yard
The site of Bilson Yard, once a busy railway freight yard complete with signal box, junctions off to other branch lines and even a small passenger halt (opened as a temporary measure in 1907 until the GWR could construct a line joining up with the S&W's line into Cinderford station itself, which they did in 1908; Bilson Halt remained in unadvertised use until official closure in 1944). Now the site of the yard is an open space with a footpath and cycle track running through it and the only reminder of the area's past use is the distinctive railway fencing, using repurposed sleepers as fenceposts, along each edge of the former railway property.

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Geographical Context: Railways Derelict, Disused Place: Cinderford Area: Forest of Dean Primary Subject: Fencing other tags: Old Railway Forest of Dean Railway Cycle Track Path Railway Boundary Fence Railway Fenceposts Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Cinderford Station [7] · 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
Saturday, 30 May, 2020
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SO 6459 1410 [10m precision]
WGS84: 51:49.4634N 2:30.9110W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SO 6458 1412
View Direction
South-southeast (about 157 degrees)
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