Railway Land Nature Reserve
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Railway Land Nature Reserve by Simon Carey as part of the Geograph project.
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Image: © Simon Carey Taken: 4 Feb 2007
This part was once the grounds of a Victorian house called Leighside an island surrounded by railway tracks which could be reached only by a bridge from Pinwell Road. Today the area is part of a nature reserve that covers the area from the river to the edge of the town.