Site of Cockermouth station, 1986
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Site of Cockermouth station, 1986
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 8 Jul 1986
View eastward, towards Penrith: ex-LNW (Workington, Cockermouth, Keswick & Penrith section). The station, and the line between Keswick and Workington, had been closed from 18/4/66 - and obviously now 20 years later had been redeveloped. The rest of this route - the only effective rail access to the Lake District - was closed from 8/9/72, and considerable stretches were used to 'improve' the A66 trunk road. The mountain in the distance is Skiddaw (3,054 ft.).
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Image Location
Latitude
54.660164
Longitude
-3.365846