Sturminster Newton station.
Some 30 miles distant from Bournemouth, we have now reached Sturminster Newton on our Somerset & Dorset Railway exploration. Unfortunately I don't know the name of the photographer or the date of the above image that is taken from the old Station Road bridge.
The bridge is no longer there as the whole cutting at this point has been filled in for new buildings and a car park. There are many instances where it is relatively easy to see where old rail lines ran. That is not the case here as barely anything remains. The building on the left is still in use, now Streeters Carpets and Beds. The hillfort of Hambledon hill in the distance does of course still stands high although it is no longer visible from this point as mature trees now line what has become the North Dorset Trailway where the track in this photo runs east towards Blandford Forum.
Sturminster Newton station.
Some 30 miles distant from Bournemouth, we have now reached Sturminster Newton on our Somerset & Dorset Railway exploration. Unfortunately I don't know the name of the photographer or the date of the above image that is taken from the old Station Road bridge.
The bridge is no longer there as the whole cutting at this point has been filled in for new buildings and a car park. There are many instances where it is relatively easy to see where old rail lines ran. That is not the case here as barely anything remains. The building on the left is still in use, now Streeters Carpets and Beds. The hillfort of Hambledon hill in the distance does of course still stands high although it is no longer visible from this point as mature trees now line what has become the North Dorset Trailway where the track in this photo runs east towards Blandford Forum.