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Woolfield, SANDY, SG19 1AR

One of the channels of the River Ivel can be seen here flowing around the backs of houses at Sandy. The Ivel is predominantly a Bedfordshire river and a tributary of the Great Ouse.

The railway relic looks like a carriage axle.

According to an accompanying information board, this somewhat curious display constitutes the Railway Triangle, a 'gateway garden for Sandy'. It goes on to say that the Sandy Enhancement Group have created a number of gardens for the public to enjoy. When the opportunity arose to create a new garden at the entrance to Sandy railway station a railway theme seemed most appropriate. Whether a short length of rusty track with buffer stops and a couple of old wheels set on a patch of scruffy grass really constitutes a garden is a moot point. However, here it is and it at least makes for a talking point. In the background is the Bell public house.

Railway relics form the centrepiece of this display in Station Road, created in 2011 by the Sandy Enhancement Group with assistance from local councils, organisations and volunteers. In the background can be seen the station buildings designed in 1850 by Henry Goddard for the Great Northern Railway. Pevsner and Charles O'Brien describe these as "typically economical, yellow brick with round-arched windows." Stefan Czapski has drawn my attention to the very similar design of the Image at Algarkirk & Sutterton, well maintained in private ownership although the station saw no passengers after 1961 and the line closed completely completely in 1964, the alignment later being adopted by the A16 road. Sadly both stations have lost their original bargeboards. For a view from the other direction see Stephen McKay's Image

From Car park