Abandoned Cheltenham Honeybourne Railway Pt 1 of 2
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 พ.ค. 2018
- Abandoned Cheltenham to Honeybourne railway looking at the un restored bits. I have done some research on this but perhaps not enough, you may enjoy a little fact checking. Every now and then someone will ask why the Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Railway doesn't extend into Cheltenham or join the main line at Honeybourne. These films may go some way to answering this question. The old track bed certainly makes a very convenient and quick walking or cycling path into the centre of the town, as well as being a very pleasant countrified walk in a built-up area. The farther north the more wild the path gets, and from here I'm not sure what is permitted and what isn't, so if you follow you must make your own decisions regarding how far to go. There is a footpath that crosses the track just before the Hunting Butts Tunnel and that makes a good start/end point. From here you can easily walk to Cheltenham Race Course, and maybe jump on the heritage railway to Broadway to start the next adventure. This is our history disappearing into the wild, and I am trying to film what I can before it gets swallowed up forever.
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Lovely to see this video. I know this stretch quite well, and used to walk my dogs along it in the 1990s, before it was all spoilt by Waitrose. In those days, you could walk from Lansdowne station to the race course station (then derelict) via the tunnel which is now sadly blocked off. I am filled with admiration for your detective work and to the efforts you put into filming these places, given your health issues. Well done
You are very kind thank you. Ron
Great heritage line this which I remember travelling in the day.I usually stop off at Winchcombe station after visiting Prescott Hillclimb which the railway passes very close to.I remember on one occasion we had cars on the hill,a Spitfire overhead & a train going past.Trains & cars & planes anyone?!
That is a special memory Paul, it will no doubt stay with you for ever. Ron
Another really informative video with that clear and distinctive voice. Well done as ever 👍👍
Thank you Simon, very nice of you to say so. Ron
We regularly walk sections of the Honeybourne line, and have recently just "discovered" the section from the Prince of Wales stadium to Hunting Butt's tunnel.... All most enjoyable, thanks for posting your video....
Thanks for taking the time to watch. P.W.
Really enjoyed Cheltenham to Honeyborne section.
Good to hear Norris. P.W.
"I'm sure that should be in a pond somewhere"...brilliant!
Goodness knows how they got it there James. P.W.
What a useful railway closed and stations in the centre of town rather than edge of town plus it joined two major lines..
Hi Chris, it looks like short term thinking at the time. Ron
Fyi, The 2 bridges on the pebworth, are Technically not connected. The 1st bridge serves the GWR and the 2nd serves a Rail Engineering company, that stands on the old Long Marston army base. It was also the through line to Stratford upon avon, which is now a public footpath (the greenway)
Thanks for posting the info Mark. Ron
Fab, have walked short sections of this when rambling around Chelts, but look forward to doing it all in one. My Favourites are the over bridges in the town section, and trying to remember what Tescos looked like when it was the Old Gas Works. Fab Film thank you 🙏🏻
You are most welcome Donni, thanks for watching. Ron
I walked my cub pack in the 80s from the racecourse, through the tunnel and back to Cheltenham.
Happy days Sue, thanks for posting. Ron
Lovely video. I watched it "back to front". Saw part 2 first. Thouroughyl enjoyable journey. Thank you
Thank you Michael. P.W.
Looks like I need a day exploring that next summer
From memory Van, the surfaces are ok for winter walking. and you can see more with no leaves. Ron
Brilliant.....thankyou for this....I use the footpath from the station to the get to the leisure centre all the time and often wonder about the history. We rode the train from the racecourse and back a few years ago which was a treat. Also, I didn't realise there was a path from the other side of the running track onwards!!...somewhere new to explore when the weather gets better!...thankyou!!!!!!!
Glad it helped. Ron
I live near cheltenham and love coming to this railway and never new any of this
Thanks for the comment. If you check my channel there are lots of films on local abandoned railways. It's amazing what is and isn't left behind.
I had a wander along the section from the sports stadium to the Tunnel a few months ago and its interesting to see the formation has been cleared right back to the cess on both sides over the last few hundred yards, indeed the the cess drains have been rebuilt, maybe planning to extend the wagon storage capacity through the tunnel? it would be nice to think they could extend the track all the way to the stadium one day, I believe they own it that far, it would need some extensive bridge repair however.
Ricasso, if you go to their web site different departments post blogs of what they are doing. Very interesting, give it a go. P.W.
Nice video, well done, good to see something on the "forgotten sections" of this line, just a few points, the low round brick structures between Queens road and Malvern road station were built as planters or raised flower beds during the construction of the cycle path,( the 80's) similarly the various access ramps along the cycle path were also built at the same time, the location you intimated as the High St halt was in fact Market St access ramp, the halt was more or less on top of the High St bridge which was nowhere near as extensive as the old photo you showed as the halt (or station) which was certainly not the High St..not sure where that was, possibly on the midland main line at Tewkesbury road? sorry, I dont mean to sound picky but I thought some clarification was needed here and there. just to add I was a supervisor during the building of the cycle path and was involved in the construction of the features you pointed out.
Thanks for taking the trouble to comment, I am always happy to have corrections, from someone who knows what they are talking about. PW
Yes you are right, The picture shewn of the station and sidings is just by the tewkesbury road, behind the RANGE, The high street halt was as you said just on top of the embankment on high street bridge, The one on Tewkesbury road in the black and white photo was also called high street station, But was as you said midland railway
Hello P.W. - This afternoon my wife and I enjoyed walking from Cheltenham Station as far as we could along the Honeybourne Line. Thank you for this great video and Part 2 as well. Your video answered all the questions that came to me as I was walking along. May I ask a quick question - what camera did you use to shoot the video? Thank you again for these great videos which will stand the test of time and inform historians for centuries to come. Regards from John
Hi John glad you enjoyed it. The camera was just a basic Sony HD camcorder. Ron
@@ParkinsonsWalks Many thanks.
Nice, I am building a oo gauge model of this section ,Malvern road east, The bit you filmed just where the corner wall is starting to fall down, Is the corner where the large signal box once stood, The large wall is still white washed where the locker room was, CHELTENHAM SPA MALVERN ROAD EAST SIGNAL BOX., If you stand back just a little you can still see the outline of this box on this wall, It was until recently completely covered in ivy.
Thanks for that Garry, I'll go take a look. Good luck with the model, will you be showing it anywhere? PW
@@ParkinsonsWalks No ,it will be a permanent layout in my garage, I may put it on here one day thou,
@@garryowen5826 did you get to build the layout? I would love to see, I was and still am contemplating an n gauge version of the stretch of line and love to see what you have so far
Malvern Link has 3 major buildings fro the station still in use, a goods building and an engine shed. Market street was the High Street station, your photo before was the Midland Main Line and to the left The MSWJR engine shed (still standing now a furniture warehouse) and goods yar
Thank You Peter for taking the trouble to post that info. P.W.
@@ParkinsonsWalks Long do I recall the days on my Grandparents farm on lazy summer days waving at the train guards in their brake vans having a cuppa as they crossed the farm.
@@peterhopkins7505 Happy days Peter. P.W.
The orginal goods shed (i think) was still there at Malvern Road at the time of you filming this, as it was used by travis perkins. People wouldn't have known looking into the site as it was clad over. Unfortunately it is gone completely now and replaced by a housing estate.
Hi Dave, it seems a lot of our railway heritage is disappearing under housing developments at the moment. P.W.
January 2021 update: the trolley is still there
Wonderful! Thanks Chris. Ron
I don`t care how well it`s done I HATE graffiti.
Hazel, I agree, but we stand little chance of stopping it so we either have to laugh or cry. Thanks for commenting. P.W.