Second World War Pill Box
Victorian Railway Folly
Set back high above the towpath is an embankment perched on top of which is Second World War pillbox . The embankment was part of the South Eastern Railway’s master plan to connect Shalford and Godalming with the Redhill line. However the plans all went awry and this section of line was never actually laid, although the Navigation trustees had received £150 in compensation for the building of the bridge. The National Trust have cleared a Railway Walk here which follows the embankment away from the river towards the A3100 Guildford to Godalming road. The pillbox was built in 1940 high up on the embankment affording the defenders a commanding position of the waterway, and is one of many hundreds that formed a line of defence across the Wey Valley.
Second World War Pill Box
Victorian Railway Folly
Set back high above the towpath is an embankment perched on top of which is Second World War pillbox . The embankment was part of the South Eastern Railway’s master plan to connect Shalford and Godalming with the Redhill line. However the plans all went awry and this section of line was never actually laid, although the Navigation trustees had received £150 in compensation for the building of the bridge. The National Trust have cleared a Railway Walk here which follows the embankment away from the river towards the A3100 Guildford to Godalming road. The pillbox was built in 1940 high up on the embankment affording the defenders a commanding position of the waterway, and is one of many hundreds that formed a line of defence across the Wey Valley.