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Station Road, FERNDOWN, BH22 0LB

The main trading unit in this shot is the Pet supply & Hardware store, with the usual paraphernalia out the front. Note the way the shop veers away from the road (Station Road) to accommodate the access area to the long-defunct railway station which stood to the right. To the left stands the old Post Office, which function is now (2010) part of the Co-op store further down Station Road. [ In 2011, these units were demolished - a development of flats will soon occupy the site.]

Newcombe Road is a residential cul-de-sac in West Moors, a town in Dorset. The housing in this image comprises two-storey apartment blocks.

The white dwelling nearest the camera on the left-hand side of the road (Station Road) is the old Railway Crossing lodge - one of the earliest buildings extant in the village, which partially obscures the 'Tap and Railway' pub behind it - formerly the 'Railway Inn'. In the middle distance on the right stands the old Post Office and the still-trading Hardware/Pet food supply shop.

This is the replacement development, completed late 2012, on the site of the old Post Office and Hardware shops, the subject on an earlier 'Geograph',Image The units are not, at this date (early 2013) occupied.

The former railway station occupied what is now this wooded patch beside Station Road. The railway route now forms part of the Castleman Trailway.

The start of the Castleman Trailway, East of West Moors, slightly to the South of the old railway line; seen from Mary Lane, looking into Arnold Close.

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.

This narrow alley in West Moors is on the route of the Castleman Trailway (green sign to the right of the path) and National Cycle Network route 256 (blue sign to the left). This alley, and the housing either side, are on the site of West Moors railway station. The station closed to passengers in 1964, as part of the "Beeching Cuts". The railway line to West Moors continued in use for freight traffic until 1974. See the Disused Stations website: http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/w/west_moors/index.shtml for more details about West Moors station.

Close to the site of the former railway station and level crossing at West Moors.

Pub on Station Road. Internally, central curving bar, drinking and eating areas on three sides. Cask ales on offer at my visit: Ringwood Best, Fortyniner. For some customer comments, see http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/28/2885/Tap_Railway/West_Moors