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Brydges Road, ANDOVER, SP11 9SJ

The Memorial Hall on Andover Road, Ludgershall on a cold, frosty afternoon.

This cottage carries a plaque with the date 1791.

This building is for sale, it will be demolished and fourteen flats built.

On Andover Road; until recently, before the take-over, Somerfield.

A grade II listed building, dated 1791.

This small path behind the former Prince of Wales Hotel leads to the Ludgershall Masons Hall. Note the Masonic symbols on the gate.

The Swindon, Marlborough and Andover Railway opened their line between Grafton and Andover, including the station here at Ludgershall, in 1882. Two years later the railway was absorbed into a new company called the Midland & South Western Junction Railway which ran trains from Andover to Cheltenham via Swindon. The station, which was quite extensive in area, closed for passenger traffic in 1961 along with the rest of the line, and the station buildings were subsequently demolished. However the tracks remain in place for the Army to transfer military goods to and from their depot in Ludgershall, giving access to Salisbury Plain. Here the station platforms are still in situ although very overgrown. The timetable for 1953 showed 4 northbound trains a day to Swindon, 3 of which went on to Cheltenham, and 5 southbound trains a day to Andover.

Please see Chris Talbot's Image for a full history of the hotel which was converted into flats some years ago. Since Chris took his image the scaffolding has been removed. The road in front is the A342 Andover Road, although older maps refer to it as Winchester Street.

Opened in 1882 on the Midland & South Western Junction Railway's line from Swindon to Andover Junction, this station closed to passengers in 1961. View south east at heavily overgrown platform remains. The line was used for occasional MoD traffic when this image was taken.