Wells and Walsingham Light Railway - Route Description

Route Description

[ ] Wells and Walsingham Light Railway
Legend
Wells
The Midden
Warham
Wighton Halt (1982-2005)
Wighton Halt or Seton's Halt
Walsingham

The current line starts at Wells Station, on the A149 coast road just south of the town. After leaving the station trains begin to climb the 1 in 80 gradient to Warham, passing the remains of the Leicester Lime Works before passing under a road bridge carrying the Wells to Walsingham road.

At Warham the line starts to descend, and passes over a level crossing before reaching the request halt. Leaving the halt the line passes through a cutting, then over an embankment close to the Warham Camp hill fort, before reaching Wighton Halt.

After three level crossings, 'Barnard's Cutting' is reached. The 1 in 29 gradient created during the restoration of the route has been restored to the original 1 in 60 by engineers from the National Construction Training College removing 17,000 tons of material in 1999.

After passing over a high embankment and a brick underbridge the line enters the outskirts of Little Walsingham, before arriving at Walsingham station.

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