Trackbed of the Denton Branch
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Trackbed of the Denton Branch
Image: © John Sutton Taken: 27 Aug 2009
The Denton Branch, from Belvoir Junction on the Nottingham-Grantham line (SK832384) was built in the 1880s by the Great Northern Railway. It terminated north of the Denton-Harston road (SK847321), from where quarry-owned railways (originally narrow gauge, but standard gauge from 1948 until closure in 1974) led to opencast ironstone pits at Denton, Harston and Cedar Hill. In 1941 the railway to quarries at Harlaxton was built, from Casthorpe Junction (SK861343) to Gorse Lane (SK878308), via a reversing point at Swine Hill (SK886320). This photograph is taken looking towards the terminus from near the bridge under Belvoir Road. Here as elsewhere on the branch, a lot of trees have grown in the last 35 years. See other photos nearby for more on the ironstone railways in this area.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.887401
Longitude
-0.722562