November on the Southwell Trail - Part 1 (2024)

A selection of photographs from the Edingley section of the Southwell Trail including the old station house...

October on the Southwell Trail (2024)

Seasonal colours from the ash trees on the Edingley section of the Southwell Trail...

Seasonal colours from the ash trees on the Edingley section of the Southwell Trail...

Southwell Trail

The following small selection of photographs focuses on the Southwell Trail’s past life as a railway line connecting Southwell to Mansfield. Passenger trains stopped running in the 1920s but the line was maintained for goods services until the 1960’s. More information about the trail and the railway can be found in this leaflet produced by Nottinghamshire Council: 

https://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/media/1528400/southwell-trails-booklet.pdf

The photographs below show the old Edingley and Kirklington Station house, one of the bridges over the trail, the old height gauge which stands in the picnic area near to the station:

These days the trail is tree lined and used by walkers and cyclists but it retains a straight, often tunnel-like appearance:

Winter on the Southwell Trail - Part 25

Following on from the previous post, this selection was taken on the path from the Southwell Trail to Edingley which runs alongside Edingley Beck. I had previously taken a series of images at this location in misty conditions (see Winter on the Southwell Trail - Part 21) and I thought they would also work well with snow on the ground.

These were some of the results: