The Skegby Trail
Introduction
The photograph on this page of The Skegby Trail by Alan Walker as part of the Geograph project.
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The Skegby Trail
Image: © Alan Walker Taken: 7 Mar 2018
This southerly facing photograph is of the Skegby Trail at a point where the old trackbed approaches the end of a fairly steep gradient rising through a deep cutting. To see a photograph of the trail taken some 270m ahead and looking back in this direction, click here:- Image For a photograph of the trail taken some 200m behind the viewpoint, click here:- Image - - - The Skegby Trail was built on the track bed of the former Great Northern Railway's Leen Valley Extensions branch line running between Shirebrook and Kirkby-in-Ashfield. This line gave the company access to local collieries including those at Pleasley and Shirebrook.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.138914
Longitude
-1.261951