Martins Heron railway station
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Martins Heron railway station by Nigel Cox as part of the Geograph project.
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Martins Heron railway station
Image: © Nigel Cox Taken: 10 Jun 2010
The station was built in 1988 as one of the conditions imposed by the local authority in allowing Tesco to build a superstore here, the back of the signboard of which can just be seen over the roofs to the right. This accounts for the Tesco house-style cupola on the station building to the right. This is a repeat of Andrew's Image from 2006 but just about the only change that is visible is the addition of anti-climb spikes to the CCTV posts. The original London & South Western Railway line through here was completed in 1856. I think the name should be pronounced Hern rather than Heron...
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Image Location
Latitude
51.407506
Longitude
-0.724969