Station Road, West Moors
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Station Road, West Moors
Image: © Malc McDonald Taken: 9 Mar 2025
Station Road is the main road through the town of West Moors in Dorset. Its name is a clue that West Moors used to have a railway station. The house on the other side of the road is another clue that trains used to run here. It was built as a cottage to house the gatekeeper for the level crossing which was located here. The house was built at an angle to align with the railway tracks rather than the road. The railway closed to passengers in 1964, but remained open for occasional freight trains for a further ten years. The road is on the route of the B3072.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.826306
Longitude
-1.889489