The former Cuckoo Line and the A267
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The former Cuckoo Line and the A267
Image: © Marathon Taken: 4 Sep 2021
The bridge in the foreground originally carried the Cuckoo Line over Rotherfield Lane as can be seen in this Ordnance Survey Map from 1960 - https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=15&lat=51.02394&lon=0.25027&layers=11&b=1 Later on a new bridge was added to carry the A267 across Rotherfield Lane. That is beyond the old rail bridge. It became known as the Cuckoo Line because traditionally, the first cuckoo of spring was released from a cage at Heathfield Fair. The line was opened in two stages - between Polegate and Hailsham opened on 14th May 1849 and northwards from Hailsham to Eridge in 1880, the section here being opened on 1st September 1880. The Cuckoo Line was closed to passengers north of Hailsham on 14th June 1965 and the final stretch of line on 9th September 1968. See http://disused-stations.org.uk/r/rotherfield_and_mark_cross/index.shtml and https://www.eastsussex.gov.uk/leisureandtourism/discover-east-sussex/countryside-sites/cuckootrail/ for more information.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.022003
Longitude
0.252145