View north, disused railway trackbed, Swindon Village, Cheltenham
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View north, disused railway trackbed, Swindon Village, Cheltenham
Image: © Brian Robert Marshall Taken: 1 Aug 2014
Just about visible slightly left of centre near the horizon is the Hunting Butts tunnel, which is more of a wide bridge than a proper tunnel. The southern portal as it is now can be seen here Image and in 1980 pictured by Bill Blair here Image The line itself ran from Cheltenham to Stratford upon Avon via Honeybourne and closed as recently as 1976, well after the Beeching cuts of the 1960s. There are some invaluable photos of the line after it was closed but before the track was lifted here http://www.hondawanderer.com/Disused_Railways.htm
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Image Location
Latitude
51.918459
Longitude
-2.078759