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Terrace Road, DOVER, CT15 4EH

Seen from the end of a footpath from Terrace Road and mentioned in the http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/e/elvington/index.shtml these had been used on the EKLR (East Kent Light railway) as a vehicle barrier at the start of Burgess Hill.

This path leads from Elvington to Pike Road (and the industrial works).

The railing (one of two) is at the end of a footpath, put there as a safety measure.

This is the path that coal miners, living at Elvington and employed at Tilmanstone Colliery, would have walked along to catch at train from Elvington station. This was opened on 16 October 1916, closed to passengers on 1 November 1948 and closed completely on 1 March 1951 http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/e/elvington/index.shtml This view may change sometime in the future as planning permission has been granted by Dover District Council under application number DOV/13/00654, for “A) full application for the re-contouring of the spoil and restoration of the former Colliery, proposed siting of a photovoltaic array (10 MW), restoration of the former railway halt including siting a visitor interpretation boards and rock store, landscaping and ecological works and footpath link and B) outline application for the siting of industrial units (Class B2) (10,000 sq m GEA) with all matters reserved, with the exception of layout, scale, associated car parking and means of access (amended and additional details)”. This is a similar scheme to that found near Betteshanger, which has now become Fowlmead Country Park Image

This path leads from Terrace Road, Elvington towards the Industrial Works on Pike Road.

This path leads from the Industrial works and factories on Pike Road, uphill towards Terrace Road, Elvington.

Elvington was originally built in the early part of the 20th Century as a mining village to serve the neighbouring Tilmanstone colliery which finally closed in 1986.

The station was opened on 16 October 1916, closed to passengers on 1 November 1948 and closed completely on 1 March 1951 http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/e/elvington/index.shtml Planning permission has been granted by Dover District Council under application number DOV/13/00654 for “A) full application for the re-contouring of the spoil and restoration of the former Colliery, proposed siting of a photovoltaic array (10 MW), restoration of the former railway halt including siting a visitor interpretation boards and rock store, landscaping and ecological works and footpath link and B) outline application for the siting of industrial units (Class B2) (10,000 sq m GEA) with all matters reserved, with the exception of layout, scale, associated car parking and means of access (amended and additional details)”. This is a similar scheme to that found near Betteshanger, which has now become Fowlmead Country Park in Image A further exploration of the application relating to the halt, revealed that a short length of track is to be layed in the cutting, beside and beyond the platform (which is shown in this view from the top of the cutting). It cannot be very long as the trackbed towards Eastry lies buried under the spoil heap created by Tilmanstone Colliery, a little way beyond the platform.