Stamford railway station [7]
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Stamford railway station [7]
Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 28 Sep 2021
Looking along the lines in the direction of Leicester. The station was opened in 1846 by the Syston and Peterborough Railway, and is now part of the Birmingham to Peterborough Line. The main building and the stationmaster's house are in Tudor style and are built of coursed rubble stone under a Collyweston stone slate roof. The station has a waiting shelter and a footbridge, both from circa 1890. Listed, grade II*, with history and details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1366147 Stamford is a market town on the southern border of Lincolnshire, located at the lowest point that the River Welland could be forded. It is some 11 miles northwest of Peterborough and about 27 miles east of Leicester, and is set on Roman Ermine Street and the Great North Road. The picturesque town is constructed almost entirely of limestone, much of the town centre was built in the 17th and 18th centuries in Jacobean or Georgian style. Tourism is an important element of Stamford’s economy.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.647217
Longitude
-0.481393