Former course of the Leen Valley Railway
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Former course of the Leen Valley Railway
Image: © John Sutton Taken: 6 May 2011
The line of trees straight ahead marks the course of the Great Northern Railway's Leen Valley line, built in 1881 to serve collieries north of Nottingham and closed to passengers in 1929 and to all traffic in 1968. It is now a footpath beside Hucknall Road, on the eastern side of Bulwell Common.
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Image Location
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52.997686
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-1.178686