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Frittenden Road, ASHFORD, TN27 8LG

A large double vented structure.

Looking towards Ibornden Farm Oast.

The Kent & East Sussex Railway, which closed here in 1954, once passed through the trees ahead and just to the right of here was the site of Frittenden Road station. For more information about the station and photographs of it see http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/f/frittenden_road/ The original line was opened by the Rother Valley Railway between Rolvenden and Robertsbridge in 1900. At that time Rolvenden station was named Tenterden until the station up the hill was opened. The railway extended to Tenterden Town in 1903 and on to Headcorn in 1905, naming itself the Kent & East Sussex Railway in the process. The section from Tenterden Town to Headcorn closed in 1954 and the rest of the line in 1961. The line west of Tenterdown Town was reopened by the Kent & East Sussex Railway in stages. Tenterdown Town station was reopened on 3rd February 1974 but the line only went as far as Rolvenden. The extension to Wittersham Road came in 1977, to Northiam in 1990 and to Bodiam in 2000. The section from Tenterdown Town to Headcorn was never reopened and some parts have completely disappeared whereas other sections like here either side of Frittenden Road are clearly visible in the landscape.

he Kent & East Sussex Railway, which closed here in 1954, once crossed the road here and passed through the trees on the left. Just to the left of here was the site of Frittenden Road station. For more information about the station and photographs of it see http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/f/frittenden_road/ The original line was opened by the Rother Valley Railway between Rolvenden and Robertsbridge in 1900. At that time Rolvenden station was named Tenterden until the station up the hill was opened. The railway extended to Tenterden Town in 1903 and on to Headcorn in 1905, naming itself the Kent & East Sussex Railway in the process. The section from Tenterden Town to Headcorn closed in 1954 and the rest of the line in 1961. The line west of Tenterdown Town was reopened by the Kent & East Sussex Railway in stages. Tenterdown Town station was reopened on 3rd February 1974 but the line only went as far as Rolvenden. The extension to Wittersham Road came in 1977, to Northiam in 1990 and to Bodiam in 2000. The section from Tenterdown Town to Headcorn was never reopened and some parts have completely disappeared whereas other sections like here either side of Frittenden Road are clearly visible in the landscape.

Site of former Frittenden railway station. The station building existed until recent years but appears to have been removed with just the brick base surviving to the left. None of the railway buildings remains. The tracks would have run straight ahead just to the left through where a corrugated arched hut now stands. The line came from Tenterden and ran on towards Headcorn where it met the main line between Dover and London. The line was run by the Kent & East Sussex Railway and closed in 1954. See more information http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/f/frittenden_road/index.shtml