A walk around Calne [52]
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A walk around Calne [52]
Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 7 Oct 2020
Some interesting old fence posts at the side of the dismantled railway including some seemingly made from rails. The Chippenham and Calne branch was a 5 mile (8 kilometre) single track line which ran along the valley of the River Marden. The branch opened in 1863 and closed in 1965. Much of the line is now a cycle path, part of Sustrans National Cycle Route no. 403. From the town centre the route leads through mostly modern housing before meeting open countryside after crossing the recently built A3102. After passing Calne Sewage Works and crossing both the abandoned Wilts and Berks canal and the River Marden the route joins the dismantled Calne Branch railway which is followed back to the town centre where it crosses the canal again. About 3½ miles.
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51.435118
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