Gatekeeper's cottage
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Gatekeeper's cottage by John Lucas as part of the Geograph project.
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Gatekeeper's cottage
Image: © John Lucas Taken: 30 Oct 2008
The level crossing was constructed when the railway line was extended to the current terminus in 1909 from the original 1869 terminus. The barriers are now fully automatic so the cottage is now in private hands.
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Latitude
52.890993
Longitude
-4.40721