Little Bytham: roads, roofers and an abandoned railway
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Little Bytham: roads, roofers and an abandoned railway
Image: © John Sutton Taken: 25 Oct 2023
The bridge and the embankments each side once carried the line from Saxby Junction, near Melton Mowbray, to Bourne, which closed early in 1959. This was part of the Midland & Great Northern system, which carried holidaymakers from the Midlands to the Norfolk coast. This line crossed the East Coast Main Line at right angles on a girder bridge which was removed years ago. The gardens of the houses on the left end at the embankment which carries the ECML (see the map extract which accompanies this Geograph image).
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Image Location
Latitude
52.746999
Longitude
-0.494519