Tilton railway bridge and Whatborough Hill
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Tilton railway bridge and Whatborough Hill
Image: © John Sutton Taken: 19 Feb 2013
This winter view shows a little more of the 755ft/230m Whatborough Hill than Ashley Dace's Image], taken in leafier October 2010, does. The GN&LNWJt Line from Melton to Market Harborough gave the London & North Western Railway access to Nottingham and the Great Northern another route south for Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire coal. The line opened in 1879, lost its sparse Northampton-Nottingham passenger service in the early 1950s and closed completely in 1964. Latterly the line carried mainly coal and iron ore, and summer holiday specials to Skegness and Mablethorpe from Leicester Belgrave Road. See http://www.meltonmowbray.steamrailways.com/J%20O%27Gaunt,Marefield,Tilton.htm .
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Image Location
Latitude
52.64281
Longitude
-0.876313