Marlborough features [18]
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Marlborough features [18]
Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 17 Jul 2017
The sign is on the Chiseldon and Marlborough Railway Path which follows the trackbed of the Swindon, Marlborough and Andover Railway later the Midland and South Western Junction Railway. Services ceased in 1961. In addition to this through railway, Marlborough was also served by a branch line from the GWR main line at Savernake. The intertwined history of the two lines is well detailed by Wikipedia at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlborough_railway_stations Marlborough is a market town on the Old Bath Road once the main road from London to Bath. The twice-weekly market is sited in High Street, one of the widest in England, lined on both sides with fine listed buildings of which the town has almost 300. There is evidence of local settlement from every period from the prehistoric to the present day. The town is home to the renowned Marlborough College. The River Kennet flows through the town.
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51.419838
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-1.711325