IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Shincliffe, DURHAM, DH1 2TQ
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to DH1 2TQ by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
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Image Listing (14 Images Found)
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Shincliffe railway station (site), County Durham
Opened in 1844 by the Newcastle & Darlington Junction Railway, later to be part of the North Eastern Railway, on the line via Ferryhill and Leamside, this station closed to passengers in 1941 and completely in 1963.
View south towards Ferryhill and Darlington. The track was lifted in 2012. The station building was still extant when this image was taken, but was hidden from view by the encroaching vegetation.
For more information, see http://disused-stations.org.uk/s/shincliffe/index.shtml
Image: © Nigel Thompson
Taken: 29 May 2021
0.09 miles
2
Disused railway heading south
This view shows the site of the former Shincliffe station, closed to passengers in 1941. Further information on the station, including photographs before and after closure, and on the history of the railway can be found at http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/s/shincliffe/index.shtml
Image: © JThomas
Taken: 17 Nov 2012
0.09 miles
5
Disused railway route near to High Shincliffe
The route of the Leamside Line is seen here heading north. There was a single track in place as recently as November 2012: see - http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3242562, but when this image was recorded (June 2014) that had been lifted.
Recently (April 2014) the Sunderland Echo was reporting on plans to reinstate at least part of the Leamside Line though the stretch seen in this image would probably not be affected.
Image: © Trevor Littlewood
Taken: 8 Jun 2014
0.13 miles
7
Leamside line trackbed
The Leamside line was the route of the first main line from York - Newcastle prior to the current route through the city of Durham opening. The image shows the trackbed looking towards the site of the second Shincliffe station, at High Shincliffe. As the North East coalfield contracted from the 1970s traffic on the line diminished and it was closed in 1991 though track was not lifted completely until 2013.
Image: © David Robinson
Taken: 18 Oct 2018
0.13 miles
8
Disused Leamside line near High Shincliffe, looking north
This is the Leamside Line, which previously linked the East Coast Mainline south of Durham with Heworth in Gateshead, passing through Washington.
With passenger services withdrawn in 1954, it was consigned to freight use only (as a 'Mineral Railway' for coal). It had served as the East Coast line until 1872, when it was diverted to the west of Durham city.
This section, south of High Shincliffe towards the mainline, has already been made into a single track line and is due to be removed altogether imminently. The trees and vegetation have already been cleared in anticipation of the workmen. The trackbed is not to be sold and all plans to reinstate the line have been deferred until at least 2019.
Image: © Dean Molyneaux
Taken: 29 Nov 2012
0.16 miles
9
Barn in field south of High Shincliffe
A large brick-built barn in a field north-east of the A177 and close to Low Grange Farm.
Image: © Trevor Littlewood
Taken: 8 Jun 2014
0.18 miles
