The Lea Bailey Light Railway

Introduction

The photograph on this page of The Lea Bailey Light Railway by Des Blenkinsopp as part of the Geograph project.

The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.

There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk

The Lea Bailey Light Railway

Image: © Des Blenkinsopp Taken: 12 Feb 2015

A group of enthusiasts are aiming to re-create a working narrow gauge industrial railway on this long abandoned trackbed. Part of the site includes the tunnel of a failed gold mine. http://www.lblr.fod.uk

Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0

Image Location

coordinates on a map icon
Latitude
51.873289
Longitude
-2.517921