Site of Hay on Wye railway station
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Site of Hay on Wye railway station
Image: © John Winder Taken: 11 Apr 2009
The station at Hay (not Hay on Wye until the 1950s, and renamed in an effort to make the town more attractive to tourists) was in the background of this shot, where the buildings are; the route of the railway is easily discernible in the foreground. The railway at Hay was open as early as 1816, as part of a tramway from the canal at Brecon. The route went through various changes of ownership, ending up in the hands of the Midland Railway, who used it in order to encroach into the Great Western Railway's territory. Part of the Wye Valley Walk now uses this section of the trackbed; the station site is a car park used mostly by canoeists.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.076462
Longitude
-3.126395