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Lowside, WISBECH, PE14 8RF

Northeasterly view along Low Side which runs parallel with the old course of the River Nene (seen at left). After leaving Wisbech & Upwell tramway's Upwell depot > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1241222 - the line's southern terminus - the trains headed northwards > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1241251 to the village of Outwell, crossing Small Lode > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1241268 and passing a farm before emerging on Low Side which was the final request stop. A farm driveway now runs where the railway trackbed used to be > > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1241431. Low side is the name of the road with runs parallel with the old course of the River Nene - the tram followed this road's eastern verge. http://www.lner.info/co/GER/wisbech/route.shtml

The Well Creek aka The River Nene (old course) had a thin layer of ice on it which was slowly melting in the winter sunshine.

Wisbech & Upwell tramway's Upwell depot > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1241222 was 5 miles 72 chains distant from Wisbech. The line had eleven sidings, with two originally allocated for passenger traffic. During the fruit season the sidings could hold more than a hundred vans. The depot had a cattle dock, a depot office, a passenger waiting room, and a coal merchant's office and staithes. There was also an ash pit, and an old GER tender was used for a water tower until 1953 when it was removed. http://www.lner.info/co/GER/wisbech/route.shtml From the Upwell depot, which was the southern terminus of the tramway, the trains headed northwards > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1241251 to the village of Outwell, crossing Small Lode > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1241268 and passing a farm before emerging on Low Side > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1241442 which was the final request stop. A farm driveway now runs where the railway trackbed used to be > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1241431. Running parallel with Well Creek (the old course of the River Nene) the tramway then ran along the grassy verge seen in the foreground before reaching the final section of reserved track at Goodman's Crossing request stop before reaching Outwell Village depot. Outwell Village depot > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1241458 was located just past the bridge seen in the background - by the old course of the River Nene and adjoined by St Clement's church on the other side. It originally had four sidings and was equipped with coal chutes to transfer coal to barges for distribution through the Fens. The depot had a small office building built from red brick > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1241479 and an old van body for storage. The brick office still stands, but most of the depot site has since been built over by modern housing. The name of the cul-de-sac/access road is called "The Tramway".

The building is 18th century date and appears on the ordnance survey 1st edition maps. The building was originally constructed as a carriage house possibly in the mid-18th century with attached stabling and a fodder store located above the stable. The building was altered in the mid-19th and 20th centuries. (from Norfolk Heritage Explorer) http://www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?MNF51907-Barn-to-north-of-Springwood&Index=44610&RecordCount=57339&SessionID=a9160ee0-71ed-497b-99c1-c966654282e7

Trains of the Wisbech & Upwell tramway once used to run alongside the grassy verge. Houses on Rectory Road (A1101) can be seen on the other side of the old course of the River Nene.

The Wisbech & Upwell tramway once used to run along its grassy verge. The houses on the other side are located on Rectory Road (A1101).

Rather more a canal than a river, this is the old course of the River Nene.

A public house overlooking the River Nene.

Public house located on the A1122 (Wisbech Road), viewed across Well Creek, the old course of the River Nene. See > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1241561 for another view.